55901 - DB Class 01 Steam Locomotive with Tender

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 01 express locomotive. Version with the old style boiler, front fairing, large Wagner smoke deflectors, and 2 headlights.

Model: The locomotive frame, boiler, and tender are constructed chiefly of metal; the engineer's cab and separately applied parts are made of plastic. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder with motor control. It can be run with DC power, AC power, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. The locomotive has a powerful RE-max motor with a bell-shaped armature, made by the firm Maxon Motor AG. All of the driving axles are powered. The headlights are LEDs, they will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The engineer's cab lighting and the running gear lights, many other operating sounds, and the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with Märklin Systems. The engineer's cab has separately applied details and walkover plates to the tender that can be changed (for operation or for display). There is a prototype coupler on the front of the locomotive, a Märklin Telex coupler on the tender, and replacement couplers come with the locomotive. Other parts that can be installed on the locomotive are included: headlight guard bars, coupler grab irons, 1 each locomotive engineer and fireman, as well as the brake rigging for the trailing truck (for display). Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 75.0 cm / 29-1/2".
 

One-time series.

55942 - DB Class 094 Tank Locomotive

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 094. Former Prussian T 16.1. Version with older design boiler and sand dome positioned towards the front as well as pre-heater on the top of the boiler. Riveted water tanks.

Model: The locomotive frame and body are constructed chiefly of metal. The locomotive has an mfx decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and a sound generator with many functions. The locomotive can be operated with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has a built-in smoke generator. The triple headlights change over with the direction of power. The headlights and the smoke generator will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has many separately applied details. The smoke box door has been changed to be accurate for the era. The locomotive has Telex couplers at both ends. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 39.5 cm / 15-9/16".

55803 - DB Class 220 Diesel Locomotive

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 220 heavy general-purpose locomotive. Built as the V 200 with 2 motors and hydraulic propulsion. Typical paint scheme for the Seventies.

Model: The locomotive has a metal frame for a low center of gravity. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder with motor control. It can be run with DC power, AC power, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. The locomotive has a powerful motor, centrally mounted. All of the axles in both trucks are powered through cardan shafts and the locomotive has traction tires. The white headlights and red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation and can controlled digitally. The engineer's cabs have interior details and a figure of a locomotive engineer is in the front cab. The engine room has details in relief. The locomotive has metal grab irons and other separately applied details: handrails, antenna, roof vents. The buffer beams have sprung buffers, and brake lines and prototype couplers are included and can be installed on the locomotive. The Märklin couplers can be removed from the locomotive. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 57.7 cm / 22-11/16".

Highlights:

• Very powerful: a model with a lot of pulling power.

• Custom-tailored look without the "V": the style of the Seventies.

• Listen up: great sounds from this locomotive - and the conductor's whistle.

One-time series.

Express train passenger cars for the 220 in the same look are available under item nos. 58022, 58031, 58042, and 58052.

55565 - DB Class 220 Diesel Locomotive

Prototype: Swiss class Ce 6/8 III freight locomotive. White version lettered for the New York Central Lines, based on a hand sample produced as a single item by Märklin in the Thirties for the USA.

Model: The locomotive comes with an mfx decoder with a multiple function sound generator. Controlled high-efficiency propulsion with 2 motors. 6 axles powered. This locomotive can be run with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. The headlights / marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a three-part body with finely detailed running gear. The running gear has cast drive rods and side rods. There are two grab irons on each of the hoods as well as separately applied walkover plates. There are 4 doors that can be opened. The roofs have many separately applied details as well as 2 older design working pantographs. The buffer beams have prototypical older design spring-loaded buffers. The claw couplers installed at the factory can be replaced by 2 reproduction prototype couplers included with the locomotive. Mininum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 60.6 cm / 23-7/8". The locomotive comes on a presentation board.

One-time series.

"Crocodiles". The Swiss mountain locomotives that pulled heavy freight trains over the Gotthard grades were known as "Crocodiles". The design (articulated hoods, extended shape) and the color green was the source of the name. When traversing combinations of turnouts and "S" curves, these locomotives "snaked" through the curves like a reptile. "Six-axle full gauge locomotive, only for large curves, true reproduction of the 'Crocodile locomotive' …", this was the way the reproduction of the latest Swiss locomotive was presented in the 1933/34 Märklin catalog. The design and the pulling power of the original locomotive impressed people so much at that time that it became a synonym for progress and power. A mystique that henceforth lingered on in the history of Märklin. This legendary piece of motive power was in all of the scales offered by Märklin. First in 1 Gauge and 0 Gauge, then H0 and even in Z Gauge Mini Club. It was the top product offered everywhere in the assortment and thus became the unofficial Märklin "signature piece". The color green dominated over the longest period of its service life on the Gotthard grades and left the original color brown almost forgotten. Märklin did not bring out a "Crocodile" in brown on the market until 1984 in a limited quantity in 1 Gauge as an offering for the 125 anniversary of the company. There never was a white "Crocodile" in reality. Despite that, a large Märklin dealer in New York ordered single samples of large 0 Gauge locomotives in special paint schemes. He chose the color white, which is totally atypical in the prototype. It can't be denied that the locomotives in this fantasy paint scheme had a special effect on observers. Despite this, there was only the one order for some unknown reason. These locomotives were thereby one-off pieces seen by only a few people. Amazingly, they became very well known in collector circles. Perhaps, because who could imagine a "Crocodile", the Swiss mountain locomotive, which was typically green, in a white paint scheme?