2008 Marklin New Items

Here are the 2008 New Items from Marklin

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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 February 29, 2008. 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)	MHI / 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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80019 - 2008 Z Gauge Museum Car (L)

Pre-order price: $ 48.00

Prototype: Older design wooden barrel car with a brakeman's cab, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). Privately owned car painted and lettered for the firm Hengstenberg, Esslingen, Germany. Büssing truck with a flatbed and a tarp.

Model: The barrels are made of real wood and have a separately applied metal platform. Length over the buffers 40 mm / 1-9/16". The truck model is constructed of metal with historic lettering.

One-time series.

Comment: Preservative ... The firm Hengstenberg in Esslingen was founded in 1876 out of a factory for pickled canned food. The firm's concept has been and is high quality food without additives using preservative preparation: Hengstenberg was instrumental in the introduction of the purity law for vinegar made from wine.

80318 - Insider Annual Car for 2008

Pre-order price: $ TBA
Insider Annual Car for 2008.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Bt 10 container car. Loaded with 3 type Efkr pa bulk freight containers from the series "Von Haus zu Haus" / From Door to Door". Used for foodstuffs and raw materials for the firm Knorr, Heilbronn, Germany.

Model: The containers are mounted on the car, have advertising lettering on them, and different registration numbers. Length over the buffers 40 mm / 1-9/16".

One-time series for Märklin Insider members.

81881 - "Allgau Express" Train Set (L)

Pre-order price: $ 384.00
Allgau Express Train Set (L)

Prototype: Bavarian Provincial Railroad (Regental Railroad, Inc.) and EuroTHURBO, Inc. (subsidiary of the SBB/CFF/FFS) "alex" regional. Siemens Dispolok, Inc. type ER 20 diesel locomotive and 3 updated passenger cars. Type Am compartment car, 1st class; type Bm compartment car, 2nd class, and type BRDpm bistro open seating car, 2nd class.

Model: Both trucks are powered on the locomotive. The headlights and marker lights on the locomotive are LED's. Total train length over the buffers 455 mm / 17-15/16".

Highlights:

An attractive model: The "Hercules" in the service of "alex".
Modern technology: The locomotive with all wheels powered and LED lighting.

One-time series.

Comment: Here comes "alex" ... The Allgäu Express is a modern concept for regional express passenger service in the alpine foothills. This train closes gaps in the passenger network that are no longer served since the discontinuation of the InterRegio trains. Powerful locomotives, updated cars, and trained personnel offer punctuality, comfort, and service - features the "alex" is using in the travel market to establish its image. The scenery extending across borders presents additional details about the railroad and its philosophy in the Internet: http://www.alexpress.de/alexpress.

82285 - DB AG "Hoyer" 2-Car Set w/Tank Containers

Pre-order price: $ 76.00
Goes with: 88483
DB AG Hoyer 2-Car Set w/Tank Containers

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Sdgkms 707 standard design deep well flat car and type Lgjs 598 flat car for containers. Each loaded with 2 tank containers painted and lettered for the firm Hoyer, Hamburg, Germany.

Model: The deep well flat car has a metal frame. The containers come in a fine frame design, are removable, and can be stacked. They have different registration numbers. Total length over the buffers 145 mm / 5-11/16".

82453 - Marklin X "Doornkaat" Glass Tank Car. (EX)

Pre-order price: $ 33.00
Goes with: 88311
Marklin X Doornkaat Glass Tank Car. (EX)

Prototype: Privately owned car lettered for the firm Berentzen-Gruppe AG for "Doornkaat" with the classic slogan.

Model: The car has a finely detailed frame. It also has a separately applied brakeman's cab. The tank is made of real glass and is sealed with a cork. Length over the buffers 40 mm / 1-9/16".

One-time series for the Märklin "Exclusiv" program.

Comment: Everything clear? "Doornkaat", the grain spirits distilled three times and with an alcohol content of 38% by volume, is one of the most famous brand names for spirits. The firm was founded in 1806 in North German in East Frisia by the Mennonite from Groningen, Jan ten Doornkaat Koolman. The slogan "Doornkaat - aus Kornsaat" / "Doornkaat - from Grain Seeds" and the "connoisseur" enjoying it with deliberate slowness have been famous for decades. The brand presently belongs to the Berentzen Group, Inc. in Haselünne/Emsland, Germany.

82623 - SNCF High Capacity Covered Hopper 2-Car Set (L)

Pre-order price: $ 84.00

Prototype: Type Uapps high capacity covered hopper car, used on the French State Railways (SNCF). Privately owned car painted and lettered for the firm Soci‚t‚ des Produits Nestl‚ S.A. for transporting bulk food products.

Model: The cars have a finely detailed reproduction of the brakeman's platforms, ladders, and handrails. The cars have different authentic car numbers. Total length over the buffers 137 mm / 5-3/8".

One-time series.

86306 - "Long Henry" Car Display w/20 Cars (L)

Pre-order price: $ 588.00
Goes with: 88971
Long Henry Car Display w/20 Cars (L)

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Fad-50 / OOtz high capacity hopper cars. Used in unit trains for transporting ore and coal.

Model: All of the cars are weathered and have different car numbers. The load inserts have a layer of real iron ore. Each car comes individually packaged. Length over the buffers for each car 53 mm / 2-1/16", all together about 1,120 mm / 44-1/8".

Highlights:

The "Lange Heinrich / Long Henry" as a unit train.
A possible train length of over 1 meter / 39 inches.
20 different cars.
Presentation in an attractive display.

One-time series.

The right locomotive to go with the "Langer Heinrich / Long Henry" unit train is the "Jumbo", item no. 88971.

88100 - Marklin Z DB "The Senator" Diesel Powered Rail Car Train

Pre-order price: $ 539.00
Marklin Z DB The Senator Diesel Powered Rail Car Train.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class VT 10.5 "Senator" articulated train (daytime train). Lightweight construction with 2 diesel powered end cars and 5 intermediate cars, connected by single-axle trucks. Used in daily service between Frankfurt and Hamburg starting in 1954.

Model: One powered end car has its truck actually powered. The train has LED headlights and marker lights. There are close couplings with electrical connections between the cars. There are Scharfenberg couplers (non-working) at the ends of the train. Length over the couplers 455 mm / 17-15/16".

The 88100 powered rail car train is being produced in a one-time series only for Märklin Insider members.

Comment: VT 10.5 - "Senator" by Day, "Komet" by Night. At the start of the Fifties, the German Federal Railroad (DB) developed two articulated powered rail car trains for long distance service. Franz Kruckenberg, who had already made a name for himself in the Thirties with fast vehicles, participated in the design. In the development of the two powered rail car trains, he was able to go back to valuable experience that had already been made with the Rail Zeppelin and the SVT 135 155: high speed resulting from largely all-aluminum lightweight construction. These two articulated powered rail car trains were presented for the first time at the German Transportation Exhibition (DVA) in Munich in 1953: The VT 10 501, built by Linke-Hofmann-Busch as a daytime train "Senator" for the DB, and the VT 10 551, built by Wegmann as the overnight train "Komet" for the German Sleeping Car and Dining Car Company (DSG). In addition to their use and paint scheme, these two trains also had design differences. While the cars for the "Senator" were equipped with single-axle running gear, the "Komet" had Jacobs trucks between the cars. The end cars on both trains each had a two-axle power truck. MAN diesel motors with originally a performance of 118 kilowatts / 158 horsepower, later with 154 kilowatts / 206 horsepower, were used in the motor cars. The maximum speed was 120 km/h / 75 mph; a planned increase to 160 km/h / 100 mph was not carried out. The power transmission was done hydraulically by means of a four-speed transmission. The "Senator" offered its passengers 135 seats in 1st class, 24 of them reclining seats. The trains went into regular service with the beginning of the summer schedule in 1954. The daytime train, road no. VT 10 501 as Ft 41/42 "Senator" on the route Frankfurt/Main - Hamburg, the overnight train as Ft 49/50 "Komet" between Hamburg and Basle (starting in the summer of 1955 to Zürich). The running characteristics of the overnight train received a positive evaluation. Those of the daytime train were the opposite according to DB documents: "All things considered, it is apparent that the freight car characteristics cannot be removed from this train." The "Senator" was in use until June of 1956, was rebuilt several times and tested in experimental runs. In 1959, it was taken out of operation and in 1962 was scrapped. All of the cars from the two trains were scrapped except for the intermediate car VT 10 551i from the overnight train that is used by Nürnberg railroad enthusiasts as a home for their club. The experiences with the two Kruckenberg designs fed the development of the subsequent DB VT 11.5 TEE powered rail car train.

88191 - DB AG cl 189 Electric Loco (L)

Pre-order price: $ 272.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 189 fast freight locomotive. Multiple system locomotive from the Eurosprinter family from Siemens.

Model: Both trucks are powered. The headlights and marker lights are LED's. The wheels are dark nickel-plated. The 2 inner pantographs can pick up power from catenary. Length over the buffers 87 mm / 3-7/16".

Highlights:

A new locomotive class in the program.
Modern technology: All wheels powered and LED lighting.

One-time series.

88192 - SBB/CFF/FFS cl 474 Electric Loco (L)

Pre-order price: $ 272.00

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) class 474 fast freight locomotive. Multiple system locomotive from the Eurosprinter family from Siemens.

Model: Both trucks are powered. The headlights and marker lights are LED's. The wheels are dark nickel-plated. The 2 inner pantographs can pick up power from catenary. Length over the buffers 87 mm / 3-7/16".

Highlights:

A new locomotive class in the program.
Modern technology: All wheels powered and LED lighting.

One-time series.

88292 - DB cl 94.5 Tank Loco (L)

Pre-order price: $ 360.00

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG), Bavarian Group Administration, class Gt 2 x 4/4 heavy freight locomotive, former Bavarian class. Mallet design articulated locomotive with high and low pressure compound cylinder groups. 2nd production run starting in 1923.

Model: The locomotive has an articulated frame to enable the unit to negotiate sharp curves. All 8 coupled axles on both groups of driving wheels are powered. The headlights are LED's. Minimum radius for operation 145 mm / 5-11/16". Length over the buffers 81 mm / 3-3/16".

One-time series.

88311 - Marlin Z EBOE cl VT 98 Rail bus with Trailer Car (EX)

Pre-order price: $ 199.00
Goes with: 82453

Prototype: Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloer Railroad (EBOE) class VT 98 motor car and class VS 98 control car. Painted and lettered with the advertising for spirits from the Sixties.

Model: Both axles on the motor car are powered. The wheels are dark nickel-plated. Total length over the buffers 127 mm / 5".

88483 - Hoyer Railserv, Inc. cl 185 CL Electric Loco (L)

Pre-order price: $ 272.00
Goes with: 82285

Prototype: Hoyer Railserv, Inc. class 185 CL fast general-purpose locomotive. Universal locomotive from the TRAXX family from Bombardier.

Model: Both trucks are powered. The headlights and marker lights are LED's. Length over the buffers 87 mm / 3-7/16".

One-time series.

88576 - DB cl 150 Electric Loco (L)

Pre-order price: $ 256.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 150 heavy freight locomotive. Version in the two-color paint scheme of the Seventies and Eighties.

Model: Both trucks are powered. The wheels are dark nickel plated. Length over the buffers 88 mm / 3-7/16".

One-time series.

88714 - DB cl 150 High Speed Powered Rail Car Train (L)

Pre-order price: $ 560.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 406 InterCityExpress (ICE 3). Multiple system version for cross-border service.1 type 406.0 end car, 1st class. 1 type 406.3 dining car. 1 type 406.6 transformer car, 2nd class. 1 type 406.5 end car, 2nd class.

Model: The intermediate car serving as a dining car has a 5-pole motor powering all 4 axles. The two end cars and the 2nd class intermediate car have lighting with maintenance-free LED's. The train has special couplings that work only with the model of the ICE 3 and that allow the cars in the train to be close coupled to each other. Train length 465 mm / 18-5/16".

Highlights:

New road numbers with rank numbers that go together protypically.
Built-in interior lighting with LED's.

88943 - DB cl 94.5 Tank Loco (L)

Pre-order price: $ 256.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 94.5 heavy general-purpose locomotive. Former Prussian class T 16.1.

Model: The locomotive has a 5-pole motor. All of the driving axles are powered. The wheels and valve gear are dark nickel plated. Length over the buffers 62 mm / 2-7/16".

One-tiem series.

88971 - DB cl 44 "Long Henry" Steam Loco w/Tender (L)

Pre-order price: $ 296.00
Goes with: 86306
DB cl 44 Long Henry Steam Loco w/Tender (L)

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 44 heavy freight locomotive. Former Version with coal firing and Witte smoke deflectors. Used for long ore and coal trains.

Model: All of the driving axles are powered. The wheels and valve gear are dark nickel plated. Length over the buffers 112 mm / 4-7/16".

Highlights:

The "Jumbo" as new tooling.
The locomotive for the "Langer Heinrich / Long Henry" unit train.
Locomotive body constructed of metal.

Comment: "Lange Heinrich" / "Long Henry". Embedded in the Northwest German plains area is the Emsland area, a region rich in bodies of water and moors. At the start of the Seventies until the end of steam locomotive operation on the DB in October of 1977, it became the Mecca for railroad enthusiasts from all over the world. The last steam giants on the German Federal Railroad ran with passenger trains to Norddeich Mole, and heavy freight trains were in operation between Emden and the large industrial centers on the Rhine and Ruhr. The star on the Emsland line was the "Lange Heinrich" / "Long Henry", a 4,000 metric ton ore train between the Emden switch yard and Rheine, always with two of the last great freight locomotives from the classes 042, 043, and 044 as motive power. The high-capacity hopper cars were loaded with imported raw material in Emden's outer harbor and were hauled by steam and diesel locomotives to the switch yard and there were assembled into long unit trains of 2,000 and 4,000 metric tons. The power output of one of the powerful locomotives was just enough to bring the load for the 2,000 metric ton trains over the lightly ascending exit onto the mostly flat 140 km / 88 mile route to Rheine. The "Langer Heinrich" trains were twice as heavy and required the use of two locomotives, which got underway after a furious start, often with slipping wheels. The trains usually had oil-fired class 043 locomotives from the Emden and Rheine Districts as motive power. The classes 042 and 043 were often used in combination, occasionally two of the class 042, and quite rarely the last of the coal-fired class 044 helped along with the other two classes. The classes 042 and 043 had been equipped for oil firing during an overhaul and had entered the motive power roster at Rheine in 1967. There were many locations along the route for taking impressive train photographs. A favorite among knowledgeable photographers was a bridge at Aschendorf, south of Papenburg. The trains could be photographed in almost their entire length on a curve leading to the right. Even more ideal and probably the best place in the Ems area was south of Lathen. There, the route ran between two sand dunes in a curve to the left and offered an unobstructed view of a complete 4,000 metric ton train under the best lighting conditions. A requirement was of course good weather, exact knowledge of the schedule for the trains, and being there early in the morning, when the sun was still low on the horizon. Long before the train entered this section of the route, a distant column of smoke and the unmistakable rhythm of the exhaust announced its approach. The waiting was then rewarded with an unforgettable view of the entire consist from the front of the locomotive to the end of the train consisting of fifty cars. (From notes by Horst J. Obermayer).

A realistic "Langer Heinrich / Long Henry" can be assembled with the "Jumbo", item no. 88971, and the cars from the display, item no. 86306.

89702 - "Neuwintersdorf" Station w/Freight Shed Building Kit

Pre-order price: $ 42.00
Neuwintersdorf Station w/Freight Shed Building Kit

Prototype: A small town station with a freight shed from the early 20th century. Station with main and side building and a roofed entry. Freight processing with a warehouse, loading ramp, and equipment sheds.

Model: This is a plastic building kit with exactly fitting parts in different colors. The rain gutters and roof supports are finely constructed, separate details. Dimensions for the station 72 x 112 x 54 mm / 2-13/16" x 4-7/16" x 2-1/8", for the freight shed 53 x 138 x 38 mm / 2-1/16" x 5-7/16" x 1-1/2". Extensive instructions are included for building this kit.

89704 - Apartment House w/Multiple Use Structure Building Kit

Pre-order price: $ 48.00

Prototype: Two typical building from the middle of the 20th century. An apartment house with 2 full floors and an attic with a dormer, also with a garage. Single level multiple use building with 3 gables, can be used as a workshop, a store, a restaurant, kindergarten, etc.

Model: This is a plastic building kit with exactly fitting parts in different colors. Dimensions for the apartment house 91 x 71 x 45 mm / 3-9/16" x 2-13/16" x 1-3/4", for the multiple use building 70 x 50 x 30 mm / 2-3/4" x 1-15/16" x 1-3/16". Extensive instructions are included for building this kit.

Highlights:

The architecture of Era III as it still exists today.
Universally usable buildings for city and country scenes.

89800 - Fire Station Building Kit w/Fire Dept. Vehicles

Pre-order price: $ 80.00

Prototype: A small town fire station in half-timbered architecture with a ground level of stone walls and a wood fire hose tower. Fire department vehicles: truck with rotary ladder, small equipment transporter, and fire chief's car.

Model: This is a plastic building kit with exactly fitting parts in different colors. The kit has a fine reproduction of stonework and half-timbered construction. Dimensions 75 x 48 x 77 mm / 2-15/16" x 1-7/8" x 3-1/16". Extensive instructions are included for building this kit. The vehicles are multi-part plastic models with glazed windows. The ladder on the fire truck can be turned and extended.

Highlights:

A consistently attractive layout theme: the fire department.
A classic composition as seen since Era III.