2006 Marklin New Items

Here are the 2006 New Items from Marklin

Authorized Marklin Digital Dealer .

If you see something you like, email me: RJFtrains@aol.com

If you have an interest in any of the items listed below, let me know ASAP, even if they are scheduled for 3rd or 4th quarter delivery, and especially if the items are MHI, Limited, Export, or even car sets. These almost always sell out in the US and ordering early is your best assurance of getting these items!

Note: Prices indicated as "Pre-order Price" are valid only for orders placed before March 15, 2006. For orders after that date, the higher price (if shown) will prevail.
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(E)	Export	Items generally only available for one year -- limited availability
(EX)	Exclusive	Available only by subscription -- very limited availability
(L)	Limited production	One-year only runs; often sold out early in the year

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Note: items designated by part numbers beginning with the letter 'T'

07420 - Controlling Locomotives, Trains, and Accessories Electrical Manual
Price: $ TBA

General introduction to electricity. Fundamentals of wiring for connections on conventionally powered layouts as well as for layouts controlled digitally with the 6021 controller, etc., and Marklin Systems. Controlling turnouts. Examples of manual, semi-automatic, and fully automatic operations for layouts controlled with analog, digital, or with Marklin Systems. Operation of working models such as the crane, coaling station, turntable, transfer table, etc. Numerous examples of applications and circuits. Functional test of components. Format 26.4 x 22 cm / 10-3/8” x 8-11/16”. Hardbound.

Highlights:

Marklin H0 Electrical Manual.
Completely new edition.
Includes using Marklin Systems.

Currently only available in German. Other language versions will be available later.

15690 - “A Year with Marklin” Annual Chronicle
Price: $ TBA
“A Year with Märklin” Annual Chronicle

This DVD shows the high points of the past year in Marklin model railroading. Playing time approximately 60 minutes. (DVD: item no. 15690) German version, (DVD: Art.-Nr. 15691) international version (English, French, Dutch).

15691 - “A Year with Marklin” Annual Chronicle
Price: $ TBA
“A Year with Märklin” Annual Chronicle

18750 - Fire Department Vehicle
Price: $ TBA

Prototype: MAN type 450 ”Fire Extinguishing Group Truck LF 16”.

Model: This fire department vehicle is made mostly of metal with separately applied plastic parts, separately applied windows, and real rubber tires on detailed rims. Separately applied side markers, load area hand rails, ladders, and other elements. Finely modeled and imprinted radiator grill. Length 79 mm / 3-1/8”.

18751 - Fire Department Vehicle
Price: $ TBA

Prototype: MAN type F8 ”Dry Powder Fire Extinguishing Truck”.

Model: This fire department vehicle is made mostly of metal with separately applied plastic parts, separately applied windows, and real rubber tires on detailed rims. Separately applied side markers and other elements. The pressurized container for extinguishing material and extinguishing material canon are realistically modeled. Finely modeled and imprinted radiator grill. Length 100 mm / 3-7/8”.

18752 - Fire Department Vehicle
Price: $ TBA

Prototype: Büssing type 650 ”Equipment Truck”.

Model: This fire department vehicle is made mostly of metal with separately applied plastic parts, separately applied windows, and real rubber tires on detailed rims. Separately applied side markers. Equipment platform with separately applied ladders, equipment chests, and other elements. Finely modeled and imprinted radiator grill. Hose tender on the rear. Length 110 mm / 4-3/8”.

18753 - Fire Department Vehicle
Price: $ TBA

Prototype: Büssing type 650 ”Equipment Truck”.

Model: This fire department vehicle is made mostly of metal with separately applied plastic parts, separately applied windows, and real rubber tires on detailed rims. Separately applied side markers as well as a roof load with separately applied ladders and other elements. Finely modeled and imprinted radiator grill. Hose tender on the rear. Length 100 mm / 3-7/8”.

16075 - Reproduction Rail Zeppelin

Price: $ 988.80

Prototype: Propeller driven Kruckenberg Rail Zeppelin. Unit as it looked in 1931 on the German State Railroad Company (DRG). Era II.

Model: Reproduction of the two-axle Marklin I Gauge model of 1930. In appearance it looks like the historic Marklin-model, but it is technically updated in construction. It can be run on current 1 Gauge two-rail track (cannot be run on three-rail track). Built-in digital decoder for operation with DC power, AC power, Marklin Digital, or Marklin Systems. One axle powered from a current 1 Gauge motor. Powered propeller on the rear of the unit. Built-in interior lighting as well as dual headlights and a red marker light, both with incandescent light bulbs. These lights are on all of the time. The body and frame of this Rail Zeppelin reproduction are prototypically made of metal with finer details imprinted on the metal. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16”. Rail Zeppelin length approximately 56 cm / 22-1/16”.

Comment: Airplane Technology on Rails – In the 1920s, aeronautical engineer Franz Kruckenberg, born in Uetersen, Germany in 1882, had the vision of fast railroad passenger service with propeller-driven railroad cars. The plans developed by him were based on lightweight airplane technology and reached their peak on June 21, 1931 in a triumphant record run by his streamlined Rail Zeppelin. It reached 233 km/h / 146 mph, a speed record for powered railroad cars that stood for 23 years. The principle of propeller-driven railroad cars proved to be less than ideally suited in the course of test runs. Yet, Kruckenberg laid the foundation for modern, lightweight high speed rail cars with the Rail Zeppelin and axle-powered successor designs developed by him. The Rail Zeppelin was and still remains a legend and synonym for the rapid progress in railroad technology that has reached its peak in the present with the current high speed powered rail car train technology. It is very probable that the 1 Gauge model of the Rail Zeppelin introduced by Marklin shortly after the record run also contributed greatly to keeping the memory alive down to the present of this proponent of technology from the steam era, which was still growing at that time. The new Marklin metal model is an almost identical reproduction of the rare Rail Zeppelin collector’s model of 1931. A closer look at the new model will reveal that the third rail pickup shoe is missing, since the new model is designed for operation on current 1 Gauge two-rail track. In addition, it has a digital decoder and a current 1 Gauge motor.