2013 Marklin, TRIX and LGB New Items

Here are the 2013 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 provides your best chance to get these.

Note: Prices indicated as "Pre-order Price" are valid only for orders placed before February 25, 2013. For orders after that date, the higher price (if shown) will prevail.
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80024 - Z Museum Car Set for 2013

Pre-order price: $ TBA
Z Museum Car Set for 2013.

Prototype: DB high-side gondola with the advertising on the side for the firm "Albrecht Braun", Lonsee, Germany. Magirus curve-hood truck with a flatbed as a delivery truck loaded with pallets of flagstone.

Model: Length over the buffers 54 mm / 2-1/8". The truck is constructed of metal in a realistic paint scheme and is loaded with a prototypical reproduction of a freight load "pallets with concrete stones".

One-time series. Available only at the Märklin World of Adventure in Göppingen, Germany.

Packaged in an extensively lithographed metal tin.

80323 - Insider Z Annual Car for 2013

Pre-order price: $ TBA
Insider Z Annual Car for 2013.

Prototype: 2-axle insulated boxcar. Privately owned car painted and lettered for Kühltransit AG, used on the DB.

Model: The side walls of the car represent vertical board construction. The car has fixed refrigerated area doors. This is a new car type as an insulated boxcar. The car body has boards running the length of the car; the car body is made of plastic and is prototypically lettered. Length over the buffers approximately 40 mm / 1-9/16".

Highlights:

New tooling.
New car type as an insulated boxcar.
Car body with boards running the length of the car.

81176 - "Blauer Enzian / Blue Gentian Long Distance Express Train"

Pre-order price: $ 499.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class V 200.0 general-purpose heavy diesel hydraulic locomotive in a crimson red paint scheme with the striking lettering "Deutsche Bundesbahn" and 5 different design German Federal Railroad (DB) express train passenger cars. 1 type WRPw4üe end car with baggage area, engine room, galley, and dining area, 3 type A4üe intermediate cars, 1st class, 1 type A4üe end car, 1st class with an observation area. Steel blue paint scheme. Rebuilt cars from the former Henschel-Wegmann train. Used for the "Blauer Enzian / Blue Gentian" long distance express train. Train route Munich - Augsburg - Würzburg - Bebra - Hannover - Hamburg Altona. The train looks as it did around 1958.

Model: All axles on the locomotive are powered. The locomotive has dark nickel-plated wheel tires. The lighting is done with maintenance-free warm white / red LEDs that change over with the direction of travel. The cars are new tooling. The train has close couplings between the cars and regular couplers to couple to the locomotive and at the other end of the train. Total length over the buffers approximately 595 mm / 23-7/16".

Highlights:

The cars are new tooling.

The 81176 model is being produced in 2013 in a one-time series only for Insider members.

Comment: "Blauer Enzian" / "Blue Gentian" F-Zug Long Distance Express The ?Blaue Enzian? stood for a type of mystique during the German Economic Miracle period. The precursors to the West German economic miracle made themselves known quite soon after the founding of the German Federal Railroad (DB). And, the DB management recognized early on that the senior managers for the economy would need a reliable transportation network. The worst of the damage from World War II had hardly been cleared, and the railroad prepared a train network as early as 1951 that was planned to connect the important West German urban centers by means of fast trains. The so-called ?F-Zug? network had its roots in the express powered rail car network of the pre-war period, but it had an important difference: While the German State Railroad Company (DRG) before World War II had oriented the network of ?Flying Trains? to Berlin, the main routes of the F-Zug network in the postwar period ran from North to South due to the ?Iron Curtain?. Fast train connections were set up between Hamburg, Bremen, the Rhine-Ruhr area and Cologne, Frankfurt (Main), Stuttgart, Nürnberg, Munich, and Basle, trains which ran with just a few stops out in the morning and back in the evening. The idea was that it should be possible to do an outside business appointment in one day. Of course, this did not work for great distances such as Hamburg - Munich. Borrowing from the ?FD? in use before the war, the train class was now called ?F-Züge?, where the ?F? stood for ?Long Distance?. An ?F? surcharge had to be paid in addition to the regular ticket price. The train routes were given euphonious names starting in 1953: The train pair F 55/56 (Hamburg ? Munich ? Hamburg) was the first and was given the name ?Blauer Enzian?. With ?Gambrinus?, ?Helvetia?, ?Senator?, ?Roland?, and ?Domspatz? ? to mention just a few ? the ?F-Züge? or ?Long Distance Trains? bore additional melodious names and became the pride of the new German Federal Railroad. The name ?Blauer Enzian? did not have its roots in the famous song of a German hit singer; that came much later. The ?Blauer Enzian? was more the result of a contest organized among the passengers, who voted for the alpine flower. It?s possible that the passengers associated the paint scheme and the train?s destination near the Alps with the rare bright, pure blue color of the flower. The ?Blaue Enzian? was an exception among the ?F? trains due to its cars, because from December of 1953 on it was upgraded through the use of the car set for the former Henschel-Wegmann train. The Henschel-Wegmann train ran between Berlin and Dresden before World War II starting with the summer schedule of 1936. It served the barely 180 kilometer / 113 mile route with two pairs of trains daily. The fastest run for this distance required 1 hour and 35 minutes. This made the Henschel-Wegmann train a good half hour faster than all of the previous trains. Even today there is no comparable offering by far; the fastest connection between Berlin and Dresden adds up to a good two hours and 15 minutes. In 1946, this set of cars was standing totally plundered and no longer usable in Hamburg- Langenfelde. In 1952, the DB had it brought back to the builder, Wegmann, in Cassel, where the five cars were completely overhauled, updated, and painted in the blue of the ?F? trains. The design of the cars remained largely unchanged. The trucks however were equipped with a fourth spring and the basic plan as well as the interior features was adapted to the new requirements of the ?F? train service. The train offered an elegant view in its steel blue and silver paint scheme with black skirting. After the DB had presented this rebuilt train to the public at the German Transportation Exhibition in Munich from June to November of 1953, it was in service for 5 years starting in December of 1953 as long distance train F 55/56 ?Blauer Enzian? between Hamburg and Munich with intermediate stops in Hannover, Göttingen, Fulda, Würzburg, Treuchtlingen, and Augsburg. Starting at the end of 1956 / beginning of 1957 the steam motive power in use until then north of Würzburg gave way to diesel power with the new class V 200.0. South of Würzburg older class E 17 and E 18 electric locomotives were used until the new class E 10 electrics entered service. In 1959, the German Federal Railroad took the Henschel-Wegmann train out of service and stored it at the maintenance facility in Neuaubing. It was scrapped there in 1962 after it was finally retired.

81800 - "HVLE/VTG" Freight Train Set

Pre-order price: $ 355.00
HVLE/VTG Freight Train Set.

Prototype: Havelland Railroad, Inc., Berlin (HVLE) class 285 diesel electric locomotive, built by Bombardier as a regular production locomotive from the TRAXX family of locomotives, and 5 type Falns hopper cars painted and lettered for VTG, Inc., Hamburg.

Model: The locomotive has a 5-pole motor. All of the axles are powered. The triple headlights and red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. These lights are maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs. The brake shoes are show in relief. All of the cars have close couplers at both ends and black nickel-plated wheels. The locomotive and cars have finely executed, extensive paint schemes and lettering. Total length over the buffers approximately 360 mm / 14-3/16".

Highlights:

Extensive paint schemes and lettering.
Close couplers.
Finely detailed models.

81870 - Starter Set. Intercity passenger train with a large track layout

Pre-order price: $ TBA

Prototype: The locomotive and cars have Era V paint and lettering. 1 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 111 electric locomotive. 1 type Av compartment car, 1st class, 1 type Bp open seating car, 2nd class, and 1 type Bimdzf cab control car, 2nd class.

Model: The locomotive has a 5-pole motor and has been improved in looks. All of the axles are powered. The locomotive has LED headlights and marker lights that change over with the direction of travel, warm white / red. The locomotive and cars are finely painted and lettered. The cab control car has warm white LED headlights and red LED marker lights that change over with the direction of travel. All of the car wheels are black nickel-plated. The locomotive and cars are in a special edition, not available separately. The remaining contents of the set consist of 16 sections of straight track, 12 sections of curved track, 3 electric turnouts, 1 track bumper, 1 rerailer, a control box, a distribution strip, wire, and a 230 volt / 8 VA wall-plug switched mode power pack and an appropriate locomotive controller with smooth control. A track plan brochure is also included. Train length approximately 440 mm / 17-5/16". The track plan in this starter set can be expanded with the 8192 and 8193 SET extension sets or with your own designs.

82319 - Tank Car
Pre-order price: $ TBA
Tank Car.

Prototype: 2-axle tank car with a brakeman's platform.

Model: This is an exclusive tank car, only for purchase by Insider members with 5 years of club membership. The car has black nickel-plated solid wheels. Total length over the buffers 40 mm / 1-9/16".

82530 - Freight Car Display with 20 Different Tank Cars

Pre-order price: $ 589.00

Model: This is a sales display with 20 different type "Zans/Zacns" funnel-flow tank cars. The cars are completely new tooling with fine, scale detailing. 5 each of 4 cars painted and lettered for GATX, GATX/DHL, Ermewa, Wascosa, and VTG AG are included. All of the cars are individually lettered and packaged. Length over the buffers for each car 77.5 mm / 3-1/16".

Highlights:

Completely new tooling.

82558 - Sliding Wall Boxcar Set

Pre-order price: $ 89.00
Sliding Wall Boxcar Set.

Prototype: 2 German Federal Railroad (DB) type Hbis 297 sliding wall boxcars, one of the cars with the lettering "Schwaben Bräu". Era IV version. 1 each Culemeyer road roller and a tractor.

Model: The set consists of two two-axle sliding wall boxcars with black nickel-plated solid wheels. Also included is a Culemeyer road roller on which a sliding wall boxcar can be loaded prototypically. A Kaelble tractor to go with it is also included. The tractor and the road roller are constructed of metal. Length over the buffers for each car approximately 64 mm / 2-1/2". The railroad cars and the street vehicles are a special edition, not available separately.

86000 - Era III Freight Transport Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 99.00

Prototype: 2 DB type Glmhs 50 boxcars, 1 type Tehs 50 refrigerator car painted and lettered for a large Munich brewery, used on the DB, and a DB type R 10 stake car with a brakeman's cab. The stake car can be loaded with 12 rails included with this set.

Model: All of the cars are finely painted and extensively lettered. The stake car has a brakeman's cab, a separately painted load surface, stake included with it, and a freight load of rails. The two boxcars and the refrigerator car have prototypically reworked car floors. The cars have dark nickel-plated wheels. All of the cars are in a special edition, not available separately. Total length over the buffers approximately 220 mm / 8-5/8".

86202 - Torpedo Ladle Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 149.00
Torpedo Ladle Car Set.

Prototype: 2 special cars lettered for the firm Krupp with 18 axles for transporting molten crude iron, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). The cars look as they did in Eras III/IV.

Model: The cars have 2 main supports constructed of metal, each one on a 4-axle and a 5-axle truck. The torpedo ladles are self-supporting with a machine unit and a thrust bearing. The cars have finely executed paint schemes and lettering. Both cars are individually packaged. Length over the buffers for each car 154 mm / 6-1/16".

The 86202 set is being produced in a one-time series only in 2013.

87339 - Commuter Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 149.00
Goes with: 88784
Commuter Car Set.

Prototype: Typical commuter car set for Era IV, consisting of 2 each type Bnp 719 commuter cars, 2nd class, 1 each type AByl 411 commuter car, 1st/2nd class, 1 each type Byl 421 commuter car, 2nd class.

Model: This is a 4-part car set consisting of a car, 1st/2nd class, and three cars, 2nd class. All of the cars have an extensive finely executed paint scheme and lettering and are equipped with black nickel-plated metal wheels. Total length over the buffers approximately 480 mm / 18-7/8".

One-time series for the Märklin Händler Initiative / Märklin Dealer Initiative (MHI).

All of the cars are in a special edition, not available separately. The addition of the 88784 locomotive to the 87339 car set makes for a prototypical commuter train.

87911 - "Passenger Train New YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD" Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 129.00
Goes with: 88036

Prototype: Cars to make up a passenger train for the American railroad "New York Central & Hudson River Railroad". 1 four-axle American old-timer passenger car with a baggage area and end platforms (combine). 4 four-axle American old-timer passenger car with end platforms (coach).

Model: The cars have prototypical paint schemes and lettering. The cars have dark nickel-plated wheels. Total length 365 mm / 14-3/8".

Highlights:

Extensive, fine paint schemes.

The 88036 locomotive can be added to the 87911 car set to make up a prototypical American passenger train.

88036 - New YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 219.00
Goes with: 87911

Prototype: 1 American steam locomotive with a tender, 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.

Model: The locomotive has a 5-pole motor and a metal body. All of the driving axles are powered. The locomotive has dark nickel-plated wheels and valve gear. Length 97 mm / 3-13/16".

Highlights:

Locomotive constructed of metal.
5-pole motor.

The 87911 car set is the perfect add-on for this locomotive.

88086 - DB Class E 19 Electric Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 219.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class E 19.

Model: This E 19 is new tooling with improved, correct realization of the prototype locomotive. The locomotive has a finely executed paint scheme and lettering. It also has a 5-pole motor. All of the driving axles are powered. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel. They are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs. Length over the buffers approximately 76 mm / 3".

88199 - American Diesel Elec Locomotive as a 3-Unit Motive Power Combination

Pre-order price: $ 355.00

Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway as triple unit motive power consisting of an A-B-A combination. General Motors EMD F 7 painted and lettered for the American railroad Kansas City Southern.

Model: Both A units have a 5-pole motor powering both trucks in each unit. The B unit is unpowered. The number boards are lighted. The front and rear regular Z coupler on the A units can be replaced with pilot skirting pieces that come with the locomotive. All 3 locomotive units are permanently coupled to each other with drawbars. Total length 227 mm / 8-15/16".

88226 - OBB Class 1020 Heavy Electric Freight Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 239.00

Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) class 1020 (former E 94). Version in "Traffic Red" paint scheme with light gray striping ("Valousek" paint scheme) as the locomotive looked at the start of the Nineties.

Model: The model has been realized prototypically with largely new tooling. Both ends of the locomotive body have windows and on the roof the catenary selector screw is no longer visible, the upper headlight is new on the hoods as are the side vents on the hoods. The headlights change over with the direction of travel and are warm white LEDs. The locomotive has a 5-pole motor. Both hood sections of the locomotive are constructed of metal. Both trucks are powered. The locomotive has a finely executed, prototypical paint scheme and lettering. Length over the buffers 85 mm / 3-3/8".

88293 - GVB class Gt 2x4/4 heavy freight locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 325.00

Prototype: Bavarian Group Administration (GVB) class Gt 2x4/4 heavy freight locomotive in a green/black paint scheme. Mallet design articulated locomotive with compound running gear consisting of high and low pressure cylinders, later designated the class 96. Use: pulling and pushing heavy freight trains on steeps grades such as the Schiefe Ebene, Spessartrampe, etc.

Model: This is a finely painted and imprinted unit with an articulated frame to enable it to negotiate sharp curves. All of the driving axles are powered. The dual headlights change over with the direction of travel and are warm white LEDs. The locomotive has finely detailed valve gear. It also has an imitation of brake shoes and rail clearance equipment. The minimum radius for operation is 145 mm / 5-3/4". The locomotive comes in an exclusive wooden case with a numbered certificate of authenticity that mentions the anniversary "100 Years of the Gt 2x4/4 Steam Locomotive". Length over the buffers 81 mm / 3-3/16".

One-time series.

Comment: Placed into service 100 years ago, it was viewed at the time as the largest, most powerful tank locomotive in the "Old World" and formed the crowning point of Mallet locomotive design in Europe ? the Bavarian Gt 2x4/4. In the area of the Bavarian State Railroad there were three steeply graded routes in particular (Laufach ? Heigenbrücken, the Frankenwald Grade Pressig-Rothenkirchen ? Steinbach a.W. ? Probstzella, and the Schiefe Ebene from Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg to Marktschorgast) that presented special problems in the first years of the 20th century as a result of considerably increasing train loads. The available locomotives were not up to the task of hauling arriving freight trains further on their own or as one unit. At that time for example, around 670 ton trains had to be hauled over the mountain with two pusher locomotives ? a state of affairs that could not be sustained economically. For that reason the locomotive builder Maffei developed the Gt 2x4/4 by 1913 with its 0-8-8-0 wheel arrangement. This locomotive had two groups of driving wheels, each with four coupled sets of driving wheels. The drive was transmitted to the rails by means of the third set of driving wheels. The wheel base measured a total of 12,200 mm / 40 feet 4 inches. The super-heated steam compound cylinder layout required flexible steam lines to the low pressure cylinders for the front group of driving wheels. The 15 units delivered in 1913/14 were considerably faster, and up to three times as powerful as the freight locomotive in use up to that time so that measurable savings were possible in terms of locomotives and crews. These new locomotives showed their full potential performance as early as their first test run: A 1,000 ton heavy freight train consisting of the train and a class Gt 2x4/4 pusher locomotive made it from Pressig-Rothenkirchen to Steinbach a.W. in a phenomenal 38 minutes instead of the usual 80 minutes. Taken as a whole the test runs resulted in reductions in running times of more than 50%. In 1922, the Gt 2x4/4 acquired serious competition in the form of the Prussian T 20 which could do the same performance with less weight at 30 tons. For that reason improvements to the design were made on subsequent orders of another ten units of the Gt 2x4/4. These locomotives were equipped with more evaporative heating surface, a larger cylinder diameter on the high pressure cylinders, and a short smoke stack (without an attachment). The coal bunker was increased in size by half a ton and the axle load was increased along with the service weight. All 25 units were taken on by the DRG with road numbers 96 001-025.

88294 - DB Class 96 Heavy Freight Steam Tank Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 399.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 96 heavy freight locomotive. Mallet design articulated locomotive with compound running gear consisting of high and low pressure cylinders. Use: pulling and pushing heavy freight trains on steeps grades.

Model: This is a finely painted and imprinted unit with an articulated frame to enable it to negotiate sharp curves. All of the driving axles are powered. The dual headlights change over with the direction of travel and are warm white LEDs. The locomotive has finely detailed valve gear. It also has an imitation of brake shoes and rail clearance equipment. The minimum radius for operation is 145 mm / 5-3/4". Length over the buffers 81 mm / 3-3/16".

Highlights:

Exclusive special model only for Insider members.
The right motive power for the Insider cars that have come out in the past.
Finely detailed valve gear and imitation brakes.

88561 - SBB Ce 6/8 II "Toy Fair" Black "Crocodile" Electric Locomotive
Pre-order price: $ 335.00
SBB Ce 6/8 II Toy Fair Black Crocodile Electric Locomotive.

88577 - DB Cargo Class 150 Heavy Freight Electric Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 245.00

Prototype: DB Cargo class 150 heavy freight locomotive. "Traffic Red" version in Era V.

Model: This class 150 is largely new tooling. It has been improved chiefly in the area of the frame compared to earlier versions of this locomotive. The locomotive is an Era V version with Klatt vent grills, engine room windows with rounded corners, and rectangular buffers. The catenary selector screw has been moved inside the locomotive. Both trucks are powered. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel. They are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs. The locomotive has dark nickel-plated wheels. Length over the buffers approximately 88 mm / 3-1/2".

88592 - SBB Class Re 4/4 II Electric Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 219.00

Prototype: Class Re 4/4 II electric locomotive as an SBB Cargo (Swiss Federal Railways freight service business area) Re 421 in a blue/red paint scheme.

Model: The locomotive has complete, finely executed detailing and paint scheme. It has a 5-pole Mini-Club motor. All of the axles are powered. The headlights are maintenance-free warm white LEDs (3 each white in the front, 1 each white in the right rear, correct Swiss headlight code). The pilots swing out on both trucks. The power pickup can be switched from catenary to track. Length over the buffers approximately 75 mm / 2-15/16".

Highlights:

Swiss headlight code.
The pilots swing out.
Comes with a static model of an Re 4/4 II.

88784 - DB Class 216 Diesel Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 249.00
Goes with: 87339

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 216 diesel locomotive in an "Ocean Blue" / beige paint scheme.

Model: Both trucks are powered. The headlights and red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. They are maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs. The locomotive has a reproduction of the inductive magnets. Length over the buffers approximately 75 mm / 2-15/16".

The 88784 diesel locomotive is being produced in a one-time series exclusively for the Märklin Händler Initiative / Märklin Dealer Initiative (MHI)

The addition of the 87339 car set to the 88784 locomotive will give a prototypical train consist.

88998 - DB Class 38 Passenger Locomotive with a Tub-Style Tender

Pre-order price: $ 239.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 38 (former Prussian P 8) passenger locomotive with a tub-style tender.

Model: This model has been reworked in many points. The triple headlights are warm white LEDs. The locomotive has finely executed detailing with an imitation of the brakes, rail clearance equipment, enlarged buffer plates, detailed valve gear, and extensive paint scheme. The locomotive has a 5-pole motor. All of the driving axles are powered. Length over the buffers 84 mm / 3-5/16".