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Note: Prices indicated as "Pre-order Price" are valid only for orders placed before February 28, 2017. 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
(M)	Museum cars	Only available at the Marklin Museum
(I)	Insider	Only available with a Marklin / Trix / LGB Club membership
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T11140 - Digital "Regional Express" Starter Set w/Mobile Station, 230V DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 359.00
Goes with: T15306
Digital Regional Express Starter Set w/Mobile Station, 230V

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) regional express: Class 146.2 electric locomotive and 2 regional express cars, 2nd class, in the Regio DB paint scheme. The train looks as it did around 2014.

Model: The locomotive frame is constructed of die-cast metal. It has a DCC-Selectrix decoder with a sound generator. The locomotive has a 5-pole motor with 2 flywheels. It also has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights change over with the direction of travel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The cars have close coupler mechanisms. A long-distance bus is included. A Mobile Station, track connector box, a 230 volt / 36 VA switched mode power pack, and oval of track with Radius 2 curved track are included. Required space: 110 x 50 cm / 44" x 20". Total length over the buffers of the train approximately 452 mm / 17-3/14".

Highlights:

Locomotive equipped with a DCC-Selectrix decoder. Sound. Long-distance bus.

One-time series.

This train can be lengthened with the 15306 add-on set.

T11141 - Digital SBB "Freight Train" Starter Set w/Mobile Station, 230V SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 289.00
Digital SBB Freight Train Starter Set w/Mobile Station, 230V

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways class Ae 610 electric locomotive, freight service area (SBB Cargo). Three different Swiss freight cars: 1 each gas tank car for Schröder & Klaus in Lucerne (registered in Germany), 1 each type Rilns sliding tarp car, and 1 each type Sgns container flat car with Innofreight containers (registered in Switzerland).

Model: The locomotive frame is constructed of die-cast metal. It has a DCC-Selectrix decoder. The locomotive has a 5-pole motor with a flywheel. The headlights change over with the direction of travel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The cars have close coupler mechanisms. A Mobile Station, track connector box, a 230 volt / 36 VA switched mode power pack, and oval of track with Radius 2 curved track are included. Required space: 110 x 50 cm / 44" x 20". Total length over the buffers of the train approximately 468 mm / 18-7/16".

Highlights:

Locomotive equipped with a DCC-Selectrix decoder.

One-time series.

This set can be expanded with the entire Minitrix track program.

T11631 - DRG "Freight Transport" Train Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 289.00
Goes with: T15743
DRG Freight Transport Train Set

Prototype: This set can be expanded with the entire Minitrix track program.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for DCC, Selectrix, and conventional operation. It also has a 5-pole motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. The headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in analog operation, and can be controlled digitally. Also included is a Bavarian "Löwenbräu" refrigerator car, a 2-axle tank car, and a type G Kassel boxcar. All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 227 mm / 8-15/16".

Highlights:

Beer refrigerator car with a short wheelbase is new tooling.
First time for the type G Kassel boxcar with a close coupler mechanism.

One-time series.

Comment: T11635 - "Kaffeeküch" Bistro Car Starting in the mid-Eighties the DB worked intensively on the problem of how to make commuter and regional service more attractive, since a large growth potential was assumed here. Yet there was no money available for new modern cars and locomotives. Around 5,000 "Silberlinge" / "Silver Coins" were present however that at that time had reached around half of their useful life and were due for major overhauls. The DB therefore decided to make the "Silberlinge" more attractive as part of the overhauls that were due. Among these overhauls were equipping the cars with new materials and colors, better seats, luggage racks and trash containers, an enclosed restroom system, an a general-purpose area with fold-down seats for wheelchairs, bicycles, and baby strollers. A new product-specific external paint scheme was also part of this in the sense of "corporate identity". Initially, various rebuilt variations were tested in the regions of Cologne/Gummersbach, Hamburg, and Stuttgart. The results of these variations was the "Hannover" design that was applied in 1988/89 to an advance series of 78 cars. A small series of 57 cars followed in 1990 for the area of Saarbrücken, whereby tend cars were equipped with a buffet compartment at the special request of the party placing the order. These cars were called "Kaffeeküch" corresponding to the Saarland dialect and were designated this way on the sides of the cars. The cars now had a dining area in the middle of the car with 16 place seats at four tables as well as five standup tables. In addition, there was a glassed in counter operated by the meat products company Schröder in Saarbrücken. In addition to coffee and kiosk items, you could also get fresh sausage dishes here. Externally the cars were very recognizable with the large lettering "Kaffeeküch", the stylized image of two people at a standup table and the advertising for the meat products company Schröder, later replaced by advertising for Coca Cola and Karlsberg beer. In the beginning, the "Kaffeeküch" cars ran in the CityBahn / City Railroad trains on the route Trier - Saarbrücken - Homburg - Kaiserslautern. Later they were used on the StadtExpress / City Express trains on the route Trier - Saarbrücken - Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Karlsruhe - Offenburg - Freiburg and at the end they ran with the Regional Express trains between Trier-Koblenz, whereby the catering was no done by ISB-Service from Koblenz. Their use ended in 2002/03 and most of the "Kaffeeküch" were converted or scrapped. Only one car was acquired by a private party and it is supposed to be put back into operational condition.

An add-on car to go with this set can be found under item number 15743.

T11635 - "Moselle Valley Railroad" Fast Train Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 299.00
Moselle Valley Railroad Fast Train Set

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express locomotive road number 110 468-6 with streamlined ends ("Bügelfalte" / "Pants Crease"). B-B wheel arrangement, in the ocean blue / ivory paint scheme with the red "Egge Cookies". Built starting in 1963. 2 fast train passenger cars consisting of the types BDm, ABm in the ocean blue / ivory paint scheme, an a type Bnburzb "Kaffeeküch" / "Coffee Snack Bar" fast train passenger car in the City-Bahn paint scheme and including advertising for Schröder, the operator of a meat products company in Saarbrücken. Use: Passenger cars in commuter and long-distance service, here during the testing of the "Kaffeküch" in fast train service Saarbrücken - Koblenz in the summer holidays period of 1991.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The locomotive's motor has a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for lighting. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The fast train passenger cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 598 mm / 23-1/2".

Highlights:

"Kaffeeküch" tooling variation.

One-time series.

T11638 - SBB "Refrigerated Transport of Foodstuffs" Train Set, Er SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 349.00
SBB Refrigerated Transport of Foodstuffs Train Set, Er

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) class Re 460 fast general-purpose locomotive. Advertising locomotive for the Swiss retailer COOP. Locomotive road number: 460 083-9. Two type Sgns container flat cars loaded with refrigerated containers for the firm COOP, used on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS). The train looks as it did in 2015.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The locomotive's motor has a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for lighting. The locomotive has an NEM coupler pocket. Two container flat cars have close coupler mechanisms and are each loaded with 2 COOP refrigerated containers lettered "Erdbeeren" (strawberries) and "Karotten" (carrots). Total length over the buffers 361 mm / 14-3/16".

Highlights:

Swiss headlight / marker light changeover.
Many sound and control functions.
Warm white LEDs for headlights.
COOP refrigerated containers are new tooling.

One-time series.

Comment: T11638 - SBB Class Re 460 "Coop" Electric Locomotive On March 3, 2014, shortly after 11 AM, the SBB's new advertising locomotive, road number Re 460 083, had its big appearance in the Basel SBB station, because around thirty people waited with excitement for the arrival of "their" locomotive. These people were not the usually passengers, rather special guests of Coop CEO Joos Sutter. The train was a special train for the maiden run of the new Coop advertising locomotive "Miini Region". From that point on, it was supposed to be the mobile messenger for the new Coop seal of quality of the same name. This new seal stands for regional products that are grown and produced in the vicinity. The locomotive is handsome in its white paint scheme with red/white checked stripes down to the frame to set off the locomotive. It shows only the lettering "coop" and the "Miini-Region" emblem on all sides. However, the nickname "Table Cloth" was soon being applied in this scene for the locomotive. Road number Re 460 083 comes from a series comprising 119 units (Re 460 000-118), placed into service by the SBB between 1992 and 1996. As early as the start of the mid-Eighties the SBB had worked intensively on the purchase of a new electric locomotive with three-phase propulsion, which was intended for the project "Bahn 2000" / "Railroad 2000". The SBB therefore had the in-house suppliers at that time ABB in Oerlikon and SLM in Winterthur develop an appropriate unit, which was quickly designated as Locomotive 2000 - officially as the class Re 460. The result of the specifications was a general-purpose high-speed locomotive with a maximum speed of 230 km/h / 144 mph and a performance of 6.1 megawatts / 8,177 horsepower, which was designed for express and freight train service. A ribbed lightweight locomotive body had to be designed in order not to exceed the total weight of 84 metric tons. The design studio Pininfarina was responsible for the shape of the design. A three-phase asynchronous motor drove each wheel set in the trucks. A traction rectifier with GTO thyristors supplied the traction motors of each truck with the necessary traction current. The Re 460 locomotives were equipped with radially adjustable wheel sets in order to keep wheel wear as low as possible on the (Alpine) routes with their many curves. New territory was the control technology, because control electronics were installed for the locomotive as well as for the propulsion. The well-proportioned side walls quickly made the Re 460 locomotives into advertising mediums for all types of institutions and the retail firm Coop finally came to make use of this locomotive.

T14301 - Minitrix Track Extension Set SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 99.00

T15098 - DB AG "Hopper Car" Freight 3-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 85.00
DB AG Hopper Car Freight 3-Car Set

Prototype: 3 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Td hopper cars. Version with a hinged roof over the load area. Use: For moisture sensitive freight.

Model: The cars have different car numbers, close coupler mechanisms, and freight loads. Total length over the buffers 180 mm / 7-1/16".

One-time series.

T15306 - "Regional Express" Passenger 3-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 189.00
Goes with: T11140
Regional Express Passenger 3-Car Set

Prototype: Three German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) commuter cars. 1 type Bnrdzf 477 car, cab control car without a baggage compartment. 1 type Abn car, 1st and 2nd class. 1 type Bn car, 2nd class. Use: Regional Express on the route Aalen - Stuttgart.

Model: All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. The cab control car has a function decoder that also works in analog operation. The cars have authentic paint schemes and lettering. Total length over the buffers 495 mm / 19-1/2".

Highlights:

Function decoder.

Ideal add-on for the 11140 starter set.

T15412 - DB AG type DABpza 785.1 "Service" Bi-Level Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 75.00
DB AG type DABpza 785.1 Service Bi-Level Car

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type DABpza 785.1, "Service" bi-level car, 1st/2nd class. Built starting in 2003.

Model: The car has built-in LED lighting with lighted train destination signs and close coupler mechanisms. Length over the buffers 167 mm / 6-9/16".

Highlights:

Tooling variation.
LED interior lighting.
Lighted train destination signs.

T15547 - NS "ICL" Express Train Passenger 3-Car Set NS - Holland
Pre-order price: $ 119.00
Goes with: T16003
NS ICL Express Train Passenger 3-Car Set

Prototype: Dutch Railways (NS) ICL express train, consisting of a type Aimz express train passenger car, 1st class, and 2 type Bimz express train passenger cars, 2nd class. The cars look as they did about 2009.

Model: All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. Interior lighting can be installed in the cars. Total length over the buffers 495 mm / 19-1/2".

66616 LED lighting kit.

The class 1800 locomotive goes with these cars and is available under item number 16003.

T15567 - Museum Car Set 2017 Minitrix DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 44.00

Prototype: Type Glmhs Leipzig boxcar, privately owned and used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). Mercedes-Benz 319 delivery truck with a van body.

Model: This is a privately owned car painted and lettered for the firm Bindulin-Werkes H.L. Schönleber, Fürth, Germany, based on an historic theme, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). Length over the buffers 75 mm / 2-15/16". The auto model is an exclusive version with a suitable historic paint scheme and lettering.

Highlights:

Auto model from the firm Rietze in an exclusive version.

One-time series. Available only at the Märklin Museum in Göppingen, Germany.

T15632 - VTG Tank 3-Car Set, weathering DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 85.00

Prototype: 3 "VTG" privately owned standard design tank cars with a brakeman's platform. Used on the German Federal Railroad (DB).

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. They have different car numbers. They also have different forms of extensive weathering. Total length over the buffers 234 mm / 9-1/4".

Highlights:

Different forms of weathering.

One-time series.

T15651 - "HUPAC" Freight Transport 3-Car Set, Era VI SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 125.00
HUPAC Freight Transport 3-Car Set, Era VI

Prototype: 1 each Millet tank car (used on the SBB), 1 each SBB tank car, and 1 each type Sgns container transport car lettered for "HUPAC" with interchangeable freight transport units.

Model: All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. The frame for the container transport car is constructed of metal. Total length over the buffers 335 mm / 13-3/16".

One-time series.

T15659 - DB Schenker Rail Acid Tank Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 35.00

Prototype: DB Schenker Rail sulfuric acid tank car, used on PKP Cargo (PKPC). The car looks as it currently does in real life.

Model: The car has a detailed partially open frame. The side sills are "U" shapes with cable lugs. The car has Minden-Dorstfeld design trucks. It also has a separately applied work platform. Length over the buffers 80 mm / 3-1/8".

T15678 - Beer 4-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 125.00

Prototype: 4 different privately owned beer cars for the breweries "Löwenbräu", "Franziskaner-Leistbräu", "Bürgerliches Brauhaus München", and "Eberlbräu München", used on the Royal Bavarian State Railways (K.Bay.Sts.B.). Version with a brakeman's cab.

Model: The cars have NEM coupler pockets with close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 196 mm / 7-3/4".

Highlights:

New tooling.

One-time series.

T15682 - "EC 40 MoliŠre" Passenger 3-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 129.00
EC 40 MoliŠre Passenger 3-Car Set

Prototype: 3 German Federal Railroad (DB) express train passenger cars consisting of 1 type Avmz 111.1 compartment car, 1st class, 1 type ARmh 217 half dining car, and 1 Bpmz 291.3 open seating car, 2nd class. The cars look as they did as EC 41 "MoliŠre" around 1991/1992.

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Interior lighting can be installed in them. The 1st class car has marker lights that can be turned on and off manually. This car can be used in digital and analog operation. Total Length over the buffers 502 mm / 19-3/4".

One-time series.

66616 LED lighting kit. The "EC 41 MoliŠre" can be made up with item numbers 16106, 15682, 15683, and 15698.

T15683 - Passenger Car for "EC 40 MoliŠre" DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 39.00
Passenger Car for EC 40 MoliŠre

Prototype: Type Bpmz 291.3 EC open seating car, 2nd class.

Model: The car has a German Federal Railroad (DB) paint scheme from around 1991/1992. It has a close coupler mechanism, and interior lighting can be installed in it. The car has a new car number and the train routing for the EC 41 "MoliŠre". Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

One-time series.

66616 LED lighting kit. The "EC 41 MoliŠre" can be made up with item numbers 16106, 15682, 15683, and 15698.

T15698 - "EC 41 MoliŠre" 3-Car Set
Pre-order price: $ 129.00
EC 41 MoliŠre 3-Car Set

Prototype: 3 express train sleeping cars consisting of the types WLAB for the DR, WLABu for the PKP, and WLAB 52 for the SZD. Use: High-quality long-distance service, here in the EC 41 "MoliŠre" around 1991/1992.

Model: The express train sleeping cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 459 mm / 12".

One-time series.

Comment: EC 40/41 "MoliŠre" "They only ran one winter", the three sleeping cars from the former socialist Eastern European countries in the EuroCity (EC) 40/41 "MoliŠre". In fact, the "MoliŠre" ran three unusual sleeping cars as through cars in the winter schedule for 1991/92. The EC 40/41 served the connections Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Köln - Aachen - Lüttich (LiŠge) - Paris as a regular route. In this schedule period, a DR sleeping car from Berlin, a PKP sleeping car from Warsaw, and an SÄD sleeping car from Moscow were added to this train in Aachen from the express D 240/241 "East- West Express" or they were transferred to the "MoliŠre". These "socialist" sleeping cars were all based on the type Y that was generously used internationally and that had car ends slightly tapered inward. The cars were built in the GDR at the VEB Waggonbau Görlitz and the VEB Waggonbau Bautzen. They ran on type Görlitz V trucks without axle mounts and with coil springs. They were designed for a maximum speed of 140 km/h / 88 mph with their wheelbase of 2,500 mm / 98-7/16" inches. The longitudinal and cross members were made of rolled lightweight steel shapes that formed the underframe. The main cross members were designed so that the cars could also run with type Görlitz VI trucks. The car bodies consisted of the underbody, end walls, side walls, and the roof, and they were built on the surface as a rigid tube using lightweight profile shapes. The rubber diaphragms and two-part sliding doors formed the passageways at the ends of the cars. The compartment and corridor windows could be opened on the DR and PKP cars and folding doors with fixed steps at the ends of the side walls led to the interior. The SÄD sleeping cars had ribbed side walls, doors opening inward, one-piece windows, and additional coupler equipment for the SA3 center buffer coupler. The interior space of the cars accommodated ten sleeping compartments and one service compartment. The compartments were connected with the end entry spaces by means of a side corridor. The sleeping compartments could be occupied as 1st class compartments with one or two passengers or as 2nd class compartments with three passengers, depending on the demand. The beds were folded up against the compartment wall during the day. Each compartment had its own washbasin with a cabinet that could be covered, and the cars had separate tanks for supplies of warm, cold, and drinking water. The heating equipment for the water with its below-baseboard heat exchanger was electrically powered. If it failed, self-sufficient oil heating provided warmth. A pressurized ventilation system with automatic controls for summer and winter operation provided fresh air in the cars' interiors.

66616 LED lighting kit. The "MoliŠre" train consist can be lengthened prototypically with the 15682 car set and the 15683 add-on car.

T15732 - VTG Powdered Freight Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 39.00

Prototype: VTG type Uacs used on the German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG). Built starting in 1972. Use: Transport of powder type freight such as cement, granulate, potash, etc.

Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 108 mm / 4-1/4".

66616 LED lighting kit.

T15737 - CD Sleeping 3-Car Set CD - Czech Republic
Pre-order price: $ 129.00

Prototype: Czechoslovakian Railroad (Cesk‚ Drahy CD) type WLAB 824 sleeping car, type WLAB 822 sleeping car, and a type Y/B 70 slumber coach in the paint scheme and lettering around 2009. Built starting in 1968.

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 459 mm / 12".

Highlights:

New tooling for the types WLAB 822 and WLAB 824.

One-time series.

66616 LED lighting kit.

T15740 - DB Container Flat Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 32.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) universal flat car. Suitable for the transport of "pa" containers ("von Haus zu Haus" / "from door to door") and large containers.

Model: The frame is constructed of metal. The car has a close coupler mechanism. It is loaded with 5 removable "pa" type Ddikr containers. The "pa" containers are painted and lettered for the firm "Witco". All of the containers have different registration numbers. Length over the buffers 92 mm / 3-5/8".

Highlights:

"pa" type Ddikr containers are new tooling.

T15742 - "Weihenstephan" Container Transport Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 32.00
Weihenstephan Container Transport Car

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Lbgjs 598 general-purpose transport car. Suitable for transporting "pa" containers ("von Haus zu Haus" / "from door to door") and large containers.

Model: The car's frame is constructed of metal. The car has a close coupler mechanism. The car is loaded with removable beer containers. The beer containers are painted and lettered for the brewery Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, and they are extensively imprinted. All of the containers have different registration numbers. Length over the buffers 92 mm / 3-5/8".

One-time series.

T15743 - Passenger Car for the "Mosel Valley Railroad" Fast Train DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 39.00
Goes with: T11635
Passenger Car for the Mosel Valley Railroad Fast Train

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Bm 234 fast train passenger car, 2nd class, in the paint scheme ocean blue / ivory, as the car looked in 1991.

Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism and interior lighting can be installed in the car. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

One-time series.

66616 LED lighting kit. Ideal add-on car for the "Mosel Valley Railroad" fast train available under item number 11635.

T15744 - Container Transport 2-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 65.00

Prototype: 2 German Federal Railroad (DB) type Lbgjs 598 general-purpose transport cars for medium and large containers. "Pa" type Efkr containers for powdered freight and foodstuffs.

Model: The cars' frames are constructed of metal. The cars have close coupler mechanisms. The first car is loaded with 5 removable "pa" type Efkr containers in the classic paint and lettering for the German Federal Railroad's "Von Haus zu Haus", and the second car is loaded with 5 removable "pa" type Efkr containers painted and lettered for the firm "Südzucker". All of the containers have different registration numbers. Total length over the buffers 184 mm / 7-1/4".

Comment: "Von Haus zu Haus" / "From Door to Door". These handy containers, which are trans-loaded in combination "Haus-zu-Haus" or "Door-to-Door" service from the road to the rails, are called "medium sized containers" in railroad jargon in Germany. The abbreviation "pa" container is also known; less well known is the origin of this abbreviation. "Porteur am‚nag‚" in the UIC technical language of French means approximately "transport equipment" and designates the standard for the load surface and for the containers. There are different designs of medium sized containers in this same size range, and these designs are adapted to the characteristics of the freight to be transported - mostly liquids or powdered bulk freight.

T15775 - DB AG type DBpza 780.1 "Hanseatic Express" Bi-Level Car, 2nd DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 79.00
DB AG type DBpza 780.1 Hanseatic Express Bi-Level Car, 2nd

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type DBpza 780.1 bi-level car, 2nd class. Train route Hamburg - Rostock. Built starting in 2003.

Model: The car has built-in LED interior lighting, with lighted train destination signs and a close coupler mechanism. The car has redesigned wheel pickups for better rolling characteristics. Length over the buffers 167 mm / 6-9/16".

Highlights:

LED interior lighting.
Lighted train destination signs.
Redesigned wheel pickups.

One-time series.

You can make up a prototypical train with the class 182 locomotive, item number 16957, the 15776 bi-level car set, and the 15775 bi-level car.

T15776 - DB AG "Hanseatic Express" Bi-Level 2-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 175.00
DB AG Hanseatic Express Bi-Level 2-Car Set

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type DABpza 785.1 "Service" bi-level car, 1st/2nd class, and type DBpbzfa 766.1 bi-level cab control car, 2nd class. Train route Hamburg - Rostock. Built starting in 2003.

Model: The cars have built-in LED interior lighting, with lighted train destination signs and close coupler mechanisms. The cab control car also has white/red light changeover by means of LEDs and a function decoder that also works in analog operation. The cars have redesigned wheel pickups for better rolling characteristics. Total length over the buffers 334 mm / 13-1/8".

Highlights:

Tooling variations.
LED interior lighting.
Lighted train destination signs.
Redesigned wheel pickups.

One-time series.

You can make up a prototypical train with the class 182 locomotive, item number 16957, the 15776 bi-level car set, and the 15775 bi-level car.

T15777 - ÖBB Express Train Passenger Car, 1st class OBB - Austria
Pre-order price: $ 37.00
™BB Express Train Passenger Car, 1st class

Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) skirted express train passenger car, 1st class, in the so-called blood orange "Jaffa" paint scheme. The car looks as it did around 1984.

Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 133 mm / 5-1/4".

One-time series.

Comment: T15777 - ÖBB Skirted Express Train Passenger Car, 1st Class In the second half of the Thirties, the DRG purchased new passenger cars especially to decrease air resistance and to the increase the speed of normal D-Zug express trains to 150 km/h / 94 mph. The result was the so-called "Schürzenwagen" / "Skirted Cars" with entry doors mounted flush on the car bodies, skirting on the side sills, and up to 150 millimeters / 5-7/8" wrapped around the buffer ends making the car walls rounded at the ends. After the end of World War II, various skirted cars remained in the Austrian area. After the exit of Soviet reparations and the return of cars used since that time by the American occupiers, the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) had by 1955 forty-three skirted cars on its roster. Among them were six type AB4ü-38 passenger cars that were only a few years old and that were therefore viewed as very modern. They were now quickly placed into service again as purely 1st class cars, chiefly in international service. Over the course of time, the ÖBB did several conversions in order to satisfy growing requirements. Among these changes were equipping the cars with type "Wegmann 15" trucks with a maximum speed of 140 km/h / 88 mph. The interiors were also updated in line with the spirit of the time, but the division of space in the cars remained the same. Due to the axle generators now present on the trucks, the skirting had to be shortened in this area. Another critical improvement was the replacement of the accordion diaphragms on the ends of the cars with rubber diaphragms. The lengthening of the transitions on the ends of the cars with metal shapes allowed the mounting of the rubber diaphragms. The appearance of the cars experienced a striking change with the installation of sliding windows. The skirted express train passenger cars were among the most comfortable cars in service until the purchase of new passenger cars by the ÖBB. They were RIC capable until 1979 and ran in high quality, international trains. They were then used exclusively in domestic trains thus putting them in second rank, yet at least two cars are proved to have made it into the blood orange Jaffa paint scheme. Four of these skirted cars were overhauled for the historic trains during the anniversary "150 Years of Railroads in Austria" in 1987 and they were repainted in fir green. They then took their place in nostalgia service, but by 2008 at the latest all were put into storage.

66616 LED lighting kit.

T15778 - ÖBB Express Train Passenger Car, 1st/2nd class OBB - Austria
Pre-order price: $ 37.00
™BB Express Train Passenger Car, 1st/2nd class

Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) skirted express train passenger car, 1st/2nd class, in the so-called blood orange "Jaffa" paint scheme. The car looks as it did around 1984.

Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 133 mm / 5-1/4".

One-time series.

Comment: In 1939, regular production began for streamlined cars. Due to the sheathing that extended low on the cars, they entered railroad history as "Schürzenwagen" / "Skirted Cars". The weight on them was reduced considerably through the use of modern welding technology. The combination of modern construction and features made them equally popular with crews and passengers until the start of the Eighties.

66616 LED lighting kit.

T15779 - ÖBB Express Train Passenger Car, 2nd class OBB - Austria
Pre-order price: $ 37.00
™BB Express Train Passenger Car, 2nd class

Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) skirted express train passenger car, 2nd class, in the so-called blood orange "Jaffa" paint scheme. The car looks as it did around 1984.

Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 133 mm / 5-1/4".

One-time series.

Comment: In 1939, regular production began for streamlined cars. Due to the sheathing that extended low on the cars, they entered railroad history as "Schürzenwagen" / "Skirted Cars". The weight on them was reduced considerably through the use of modern welding technology. The combination of modern construction and features made them equally popular with crews and passengers until the start of the Eighties.

66616 LED lighting kit.

T15798 - SBB "Feldschlossen" Type Hbils-vy Sliding Wall 2-Car Set SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 65.00
SBB Feldschlossen Type Hbils-vy Sliding Wall 2-Car Set

Prototype: 2 sliding wall boxcars with a special paint scheme for the brewery Feldschlösschen Brauerei, used on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Both cars are imprinted differently on each side. Total length over the buffers 182 mm / 7-1/8".

One-time series.

T15799 - SBB "Swiss Post Inc" High-Capacity Sliding Wall 3-Car Set SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 119.00
SBB Swiss Post Inc High-Capacity Sliding Wall 3-Car Set

Prototype: 3 type Habbiillnss high-capacity sliding wall boxcars. Privately owned by the firm Wascosa, leased to the Swiss Post, Inc. All of the cars have different advertising decoration. The cars look as they did in 2016.

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. All of the cars have different car numbers. Total length over the buffers 435 mm / 17-1/8".

Highlights:

Current look. Attractive, poster-style decoration.

Comment: The Swiss family firm WASCOSA has the business model of leasing special freight cars. Among the over 7,000 units of the extensive car pool are the innovative type Habbiillnss sliding wall boxcars for the transport of weather-sensitive, high capacity, palletized freight. With a load surface of 62.4 square meters / 671.66 square feet, a maximum cargo load of 63.5 metric tons, two or more sliding and locking separation walls and a maximum speed of 120 km/h / 75 mph they are setting new standards for functionality and logistics.

T15801 - DRB Express Train Passenger 2-Car Set
Pre-order price: $ 75.00

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRB) express train passenger car set consisting of a type WR4ü express train dining car and a type Pw4ü-37 express train baggage car. Train route: Berlin - Hamburg.

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 300 mm / 11-13/16".

One-time series.

66616 LED lighting kit. A prototypical train can be made up with the class 03.10 locomotive, item number 16041, and with the 15802 express train passenger car set and the 15803 3rd class car.

T15802 - DRB Express Train Passenger 2-Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 75.00

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRB) express train passenger car set consisting of a type AB4ü-39 express train passenger car, 1st/2nd class, and a type BC4ü-39 express train passenger car, 2nd/3rd class. Train route: Berlin - Hamburg.

Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 266 mm / 10-1/2".

66616 LED lighting kit.

A prototypical train can be made up with the class 03.10 locomotive, item number 16041, and with the 15801 express train passenger car set and the 15803 3rd class car.

T15803 - DRB Express Train Passenger Car, 3rd class DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 37.00

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRB) type C4ü-38 express train passenger car, 3rd class. Train route: Berlin - Hamburg.

Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 133 mm / 5-1/4".

66616 LED lighting kit.

A prototypical train can be made up with the class 03.10 locomotive, item number 16041, and with the 15801 and 15802 express train passenger car sets.

T15941 - DB AG InterCity Express Intermediate 3-Car Set for ICE 1 DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 169.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) intermediate cars for the ICE 1 high speed powered rail car train, 2 each type Bvmz coaches, 2nd class, and 1 each type Avmz coach, 1st class. All built in 1991, modernized version.

Model: The cars have special current-conducting close couplers. The cars have factory installed interior lighting. Total length 495 mm / 19-1/2".

One-time series.

Intermediate car set made to go with the ICE 1, item number 16941.

T16003 - NS cl 1800 Electric Locomotive, Era VI NS - Holland
Pre-order price: $ 165.00
Goes with: T15547

Prototype: Dutch State Railways (NS) class 1800 fast general-purpose locomotive with road number 1828 and the coat-of-arms for "Apeldoorn". Built starting in 1976 as the class 1600. Painted and lettered in the classic Dutch paint scheme.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for DCC, Selectrix, and conventional operation. The locomotive has a 5-pole motor with flywheels. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. It also has LED headlights and marker lights that change over with the direction of travel and that can be controlled digitally. Length over the buffers 109 mm / 4-1/4".

Highlights:

New Aircon unit on the locomotive roof.

One-time series.

A car set to go with this locomotive is available under item number 15547.

T16014 - Steam Locomotive w/Tender, Road No 01 202 DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 369.00

Prototype: Swiss Association Pacific 01 202 standard design steam locomotive, road number 01 202, 4-6-2 wheel arrangement, built starting in 1925 for the German State Railroad Company. Current version as in use as a museum locomotive, with older design boiler, cut off front skirting and smoke deflectors in Era VI. Link to the Association Pacific 01 202: http://www.dampflok.ch/

Highlights:

Tooling variation with cut off, partially open skirting.
Smoke box door that can be opened.
Running gear lights.
Famous locomotive.

One-time series.

Comment: T16014 - Standard Design Steam Locomotive, Road Number 01 202 The class 01 was the epitome of German express steam locomotives for many years and almost until the end of steam motive power in both German states. Neither lay people nor railroad personnel could escape the fascination with it and the way it conveyed power, elegance, and speed. The German State Railroad Company (DRG) was established in 1920 and in its first type plan the classes 01 and 02 were included as a two-cylinder and a four-cylinder compound express locomotive that were identical in all other respects. After conclusion of comparison tests with ten each pre-production locomotives of both classes the dice fell in favor of the two-cylinder unit and regular production began in 1927 with road number 01 012. Procurement of this locomotive type did not end until 1938, a period of more than twelve years that resulted almost unavoidably in various design changes. The design was totally overhauled before the production run of the third series (01 102-190): While road numbers 01 102-149 still had a copper firebox, the steel firebox was introduced starting with road number 01 150. The firebox and the boiler now had a larger number of cleaning holes and the piston type feed water pump was replaced. The frame design was reinforced and the running gear was improved as was the suspension springing and the braking system. This allowed the permissible speed to be increased from 120 to 130 km/h / 75 to 81 mph. The design changes on the last series delivered (01 191-232) by contrast encompassed only the replacing of the standard piston valves by pressure balance valves designed by Karl Schulz. After World War II, 171 units remained on the future DB, which lost their "large ears" in favor of the small Witte smoke deflectors. Some of them also got rid of their front skirting. The last stronghold for the DB class 01 units was the Hof District until 1973, where road number 01 202 was also in use until the end. In 1975, the Swiss Werner Bühlmann from Münsingen bought the locomotive and had it brought to Switzerland by October 2, 1975. Here it was brought back to operational condition in almost twenty years of work at great expense by Werner Bühlmann and a group of incorrigible optimists. In 1989, the association "Pacific 01 202" was founded with the goal of keeping road number 01 202 operational, and since 1999 road number 01 202 has found a permanent home in Lyss in the canton of Bern. Starting in November of 2011, road number 01 202 spent two years at the maintenance facility in Meiningen for its scheduled main overhaul. While there, it was equipped with PZB and GSM-R safety equipment so that it could now do special runs in Germany. The frame for the locomotive and the tender as well as the tender body are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a sound generator with the formats DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The propulsion is in the tender and is a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. 4 traction tires. The firebox has flickering light by means of processor-controlled LEDs (red-orange). Warm white LEDs are used for the triple headlights, cab lighting, and running gear lights. The smoke box door can be opened. The end of the tender has an NEM coupler pocket. The locomotive has a central locking device on the smoke box, a partially open panel below the smoke box door, and 2 generators on the boiler. Length over the buffers 150 mm / 5-7/8".

Retrofit kit for brakeman's steps, rail clearance devices, and front coupler with a pocket included.

T16041 - DRB cl 03.10 Express Steam Loco w/Tender DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 369.00

Prototype: German State Railroad (DR) streamlined steam locomotive, road number 03 1007, in black. The locomotive looks as it did around 1940. Use: Long distance express trains.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a sound generator with the formats DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The locomotive and tender are close coupled. The tender is constructed of die-cast metal. 3 axles in the tender powered. Traction tires. Warm white LEDs are used for the dual headlights and running gear lights. Length over the buffers 150 mm / 5-7/8".

Highlights:

LED headlights.
LED running gear lights
Digital sound with many functions.

Comment: The intoxication with speed in the late Thirties - fired up by the competition with the airplane and automobile - led to the German State Railroad Company (DRG) promoting a clear increase in speed for express trains. The modern classes 01 and 03 locomotives were just as unable to meet this challenge as the numerous provincial railroad designs with compound running gear still in use. The solution was a substantially new design based on the class 03. Three-cylinder running gear with more performance provided the necessary propulsion. Modern discoveries in aerodynamics showed moreover the great influence of air resistance on achievable end speed and the coal consumption required for this, which was compensated with streamlined sheathing. The designation for this new streamlined locomotive was the class 03.10. It was planned for use on lines with a maximum axle load of 18 metric tons at a maximum speed of 150 km/h / 94 mph. The firms Borsig in Hennigsdorf near Berlin, Krupp in Essen, and Krauss-Maffei in Munich were awarded the contracts in 1938 to build the class 03.10. However of the 140 units ordered only 60 pieces were delivered to the German State Railroad. The first locomotives were given a rust red paint scheme similar to the class 05, all of which were repainted later in black. After the end of the war, 26 units of the class 03.10 were still on the German Federal Railroad's roster.

T16083 - DB AG cl 101 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 269.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) express locomotive, road number 101 071-9. With advertising decoration for the anniversary "25 Years of the MHI". The locomotive looks as it did in 2015.

Model: The locomotive frame and body are constructed of metal. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. Warm white LEDs are used for the headlights. They and the marker lights change over with the direction of travel. All of these lights and the locomotive's cab lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has NEM coupler pockets. Length over the buffers 119 mm / 4-11/16".

Highlights:

Metal body.
Many sound and switching functions.
Warm white LEDs for lighting.

T16105 - DB AG cl 115 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 239.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) electric locomotive, road number 115 205-7 (class E10.1). B-B wheel arrangement. Built starting in 1956. Use: Long distance passenger service.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. Warm white LEDs are used for the headlights. They and the marker lights change over with the direction of travel. All of these lights and the engine room lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. All of the functions can also be controlled in the digital format SX2. Length over the buffers 103 mm / 4-1/16".

Highlights:

Digital sound with many functions.

One-time series.

T16106 - DB cl 110 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 169.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) electric locomotive, road number 110 241-7 (class E10.1). B-B wheel arrangement. Built starting in 1963. Use: Long distance and commuter passenger service.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and conventional operation. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. 2 traction tires. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and the marker lights change over with the direction of travel. An interface plug for analog operation is also included. Length over the buffers 103 mm / 4-1/16". The locomotive comes in special book-style packaging for a stylish presentation. Also included are placeholders for the appropriate cars to make up the EC 41 MoliŠre.

One-time series.

Item numbers 15682, 15683, and 15698 together with the 16106 locomotive make up the "EC 41 MoliŠre".

T16123 - DB cl 211 Diesel Locomotive, Era IV DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 239.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 211 diesel locomotive. Version in Era IV ocean blue / beige. Use: Passenger and freight trains.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel and can be turned off. The locomotive has separately applied grab irons. Length over the buffers 75 mm / 2-15/16".

Highlights:

Tooling variation.
Body and frame constructed of metal.
Warm white LEDs for lighting.
Cab lighting.
Digital sound with many functions.

Comment: The class V 100 diesel locomotives were developed in the Fifties initially as a replacement for the class 64 and 86 steam locomotives and were designed for light service on main lines and mixed use on branch lines. The V 80 served as a prototype, but the new locomotive was supposed to be considerably more cost efficient. MaK in Kiel received the contract to develop the locomotive in cooperation with the railroad's central office in Munich. In the late fall of 1958 MaK delivered five pre-production locomotives, road numbers V 100 001-005 (later V 100 1001-1005, starting in 1968: 211 001-005) with 1,100 horsepower motors as well as road number V 100 006 (later V 100 2001, starting in 1968: 212 001) that had been equipped with a 1,350 horsepower motor. In 1961/62, 20 pre-production class V 100.20 locomotives were ordered with the more powerful 1,350 horsepower motor as a "lightweight road engine". Between 1963 and 1966, the German industry delivered two series of 360 units of this more powerful variation. In 1965, ten units from the last series (V 100 2332-2341) were equipped with hydrodynamic brakes for use on the line Rastatt - Freudenstadt with its steep grades. Characteristic for the V 100 was its angular, squared off shape that was clearly borrowed from the V 60. The motor performance was transmitted by means of an elastic coupling and universal joint shafts to the hydraulic Voith transmission, which allowed it to be run by means of a multi-step gearbox in full gear as a road engine (maximum speed 100 km/h / 63 mph) or in the switching range (maximum speed 65 km/h / 40 mph). The trucks were a new design with welded tube construction to which the wheelset links were mounted by means of "Silent blocs". The engine layout in the front longer hood had good access externally by means of a hood-shaped sliding door. These locomotives were general-purpose units and pulled light and medium size passenger, limited stop passenger, and freight trains on main and branch lines. In 1968, the V 100.20 locomotives were given the computer generated class designation 212, and the units for lines with steep grades ran as the class 213. Starting in the mid-Nineties they were used considerably less, and the last locomotives were put into storage at the DB AG's freight service division (railion) in December of 2004. Most of these retired locomotives were not scrapped but were sold mostly by locomotive dealers. Many are used now by track construction firms in France and Italy. German private railroads and foreign state railroads are also still grateful recipients of the V 100.20 (212). Even the DB has not done away with these proven units entirely. Twelve remotored units currently run for the DB Vehicle Services, Inc., and six 212/213 units can be found at the DB Railroad Construction Group, Inc. Fifteen units are available converted as the class 714 for the DB Emergency Technology Network and serve as motive power for rescue trains that are intended primarily for emergency use on the newly constructed routes.

T16223 - DB cl 200 Diesel Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 249.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) heavy diesel hydraulic locomotive, road number 220 085-5. General-purpose V 200.0 in crimson paint scheme as the locomotive looked at the start of the Seventies. Use: Medium and heavy passenger and freight trains

Model: The frame and body are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel and can be turned off. Warm white LEDs are used for the headlights. All of these lights and the cab lights can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 115 mm / 4-1/2".

T16261 - SBB Cargo cl Ae 610 Electric Hobby Locomotive SBB - Switzerland
Pre-order price: $ 139.00

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) class Ae 6/6 electric locomotive as the Ae 610. Version in fire red / ultramarine blue basic paint scheme for SBB Cargo, with the city coat-of-arms for "Landquart". The locomotive looks as it currently does in real life.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder with the digital formats DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights change over with the direction of travel and can be controlled digitally. Length over the buffers 115 mm / 4-1/2".

Highlights:

Affordable beginner model from the new Hobby Program.

T16287 - 2017 MiniTrix N Toy Fair Locomotive DB AG class 218 Diesel DB - Germany Special Toy Fair item - only available to attendees
Pre-order price: $ 189.00

Special item -- only available to dealers attending the 2017 Nurnberg Toy Fair

T16295 - DB cl 290 Diesel Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 209.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) heavy switch engine, road number 290 083-5. Former class V 90. Use: Switching work and freight trains.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for DCC, Selectrix, and conventional operation. The locomotive has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has triple headlights and dual red marker lights that change over with the direction of travel and that can be controlled digitally. The locomotive also has cab lighting. The Krois coupler can be installed on the locomotive. ASF Enterprises can do this conversion for a charge. Length over the buffers 89 mm / 3-1/2".

Highlights:

Body and frame constructed of metal.
Warm white LEDs for lighting.
Cab lighting.

T16403 - DB AG cl 140 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 229.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) electric locomotive, road number 140 169-4 (class E 40). B-B wheel arrangement. Built starting in 1957. Use: Freight service.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The locomotive has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has headlights and marker lights that change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. All of these lights and the engine room lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive also has a close coupler mechanism. All of the functions can be controlled in the digital format SX2. Length over the buffers 103 mm / 4-1/16".

Highlights:

Digital sound with many functions.

Class 140 Electric Locomotive Minitrix - Article-No. 16403 Gauge: Minitrix Era: VI 249,99 EUR incl. VAT Recommended retail price Article not yet in stock. Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) electric locomotive, road number 140 169-4 (class E 40). B-B wheel arrangement. Built starting in 1957. Use: Freight service. Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The locomotive has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has headlights and marker lights that change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. All of these lights and the engine room lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive also has a close coupler mechanism. All of the functions can be controlled in the digital format SX2. Length over the buffers 103 mm / 4-1/16". DCC SX2 SX Headlight(s) ú ú ú Locomotive whistle ú ú ú Electric locomotive op. sounds ú ú Locomotive whistle ú ú Direct control ú ú Sound of squealing brakes off ú ú Rear Headlights off ú ú Conductor's Whistle ú ú Front Headlights off ú ú Station Announcements ú ú Station Announcements ú ú Brake Compressor ú ú Sanding ú ú Cab Radio ú ú Blower motors ú ú Doors Closing ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Special sound function ú ú Highlights: Digital sound with many functions. One-time series.

T16412 - DB Steam Freight Loco w/Tender, weathering DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 379.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) steam freight locomotive, road number 042 096-8, with a tender and oil firing. Converted version with a new design high-performance boiler, Witte smoke deflectors, and converted tender with an oil bunker. The locomotive looks as it did around 1972.

Model: The tender is constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a sound generator with the formats DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The locomotive and the tender are close coupled. 3 axles in the tender powered. Traction tires. The firebox has flickering light by means of processor-controlled LEDs (red-orange). Warm white LEDs are used for the triple headlights, cab lighting, and running gear lights. Length over the buffers 150 mm / 5-7/8".

Highlights:

Running gear lights.
Processor-controlled firebox has flickering light.
Cab lighting.
Digital sound with many functions.

One-time series.

Comment: World War II had been survived and the DB like the DR got back into business in the postwar period with over 300 class 41 locomotives. Since both state railroads could not do without the class 41, numerous units were equipped with new boilers. The DB developed a completely welded high-performance boiler with a combustion chamber as a replacement for the worn out St47K boiler. Compared to the previous long tube boiler, this one had a larger proportion of high-grade radiant heating surface and could therefore tolerate a higher load. Between 1957 and 1961, 102 class 41 locomotives were equipped with this new boiler at the maintenance facility in Braunschweig. This along with the removal of the front skirting changed the look of these locomotives significantly. Forty of these converted locomotives were also converted to oil firing. The units that were not converted were largely retired in the Sixties. By 1971, the grate-fired converted units followed; they were designated as the class 041 starting in 1968. The oil-fired class 41 units (starting in 1968: 042) were by contrast in use until the end of steam motive power on the DB in 1977 in the Rheine District. At least 13 oil-fired units remained preserved, however none of the coal-fired locomotives with or without a new design boiler. Currently, road numbers 41 018 (Augsburg), 096 (Klein Mahner), and 360 (Oberhausen) are operational.

Retrofit kit for brakeman's steps, rail clearance devices, and front coupler with a pocket included.

T16482 - DB AG "LINT" Diesel Powered Rail Car Train Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 309.00
DB AG LINT Diesel Powered Rail Car Train Set

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 648.1 commuter service powered rail car. Version of LINT 41/H with high-platform entries.

Model: The train has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Trix Systems. The train can also be run conventionally. The motor has a flywheel. 2 axles powered. The two train halves are close coupled with the Jakobs truck with a close coupling mechanism. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. LEDs are used for the interior lighting and the train destination signs. All of the lights can be controlled digitally. Length over the buffers 262 mm / 10-5/16".

One-time series.

T16482 - (DB AG) Class 648.1 Commuter Service Powered Rail Car as "World Championship Train" - Sauerland Winter Sports Region The LINT 41 is currently the most successful sales hit of Alstom LHB, Inc. in Salzgitter, whereby four variants are now being marketed internationally under the label "Coradia LINT". The LINT 27 is a one-part, four-axle powered rail car, while the LINT 41 comes as a six-axle, two-part unit. The LINT 54 is being offered in an eight-axle, two-part version but with longer car bodies. It can be expanded to the LINT 81 by the addition of another motorized intermediate car. The number behind the name gives the approximate train length in meters. The design of the LINT 41 is set up as modules corresponding to the criteria for modern vehicle construction. This allows adjustments and changes according to customer requirements at any time. Welded steel shapes reinforced at the ends are used on the underframe. The car bodies are built in welded lightweight steel construction as "torsion resistant tubes" of mostly non-rusting types of steel. A reinforced steel design provides the necessary safety under the ends of the unit made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic screwed and cemented together. Around 70% of the car length on the LINT 41 is designed as low floor area, whereby the floor height on the low version (LINT 41) is 598 mm / 23-1/2 inches and is 780 mm / 30-11/16" on the high version (LINT 41/H). The two car bodies are supported on the center Jakobs truck. The combined rubber-air-suspension provides the necessary riding comfort and additional lateral motion shock absorbers guarantee a quiet ride. In 2000/01 the DB initially purchased six units of the LINT 41/H as road numbers 648 001-006 for regional service in Schleswig-Holstein. By 2005, the DB placed 21 LINT 41/H units (648 101-121) and seven normal LINT 41 units (648 201-207) into service for operation on lines in the Sauerland area and in the Siegen Three Countries Corner area. Ski racks were installed in the general-purpose area in both versions. In January of 2015, road number 648 110 decorated with the winter sports themes was presented to the public for the bob and skeleton world championships that took place from February 23 to March 8, 2015 in Winterberg in the Hochsauerland County. The plan was for this train to advertise as "World Championship Train" for the "Sauerland Winter Sports Region". With its design, this specially decorated powered rail car clearly stood out from the DB Regio NRW's otherwise red trains. After the world championship, it also still served as an attractive advertising medium for the "Sauerland Winter Sports Region" situated near the Ruhr area.

T16582 - KPEV cl G12 Steam Freight Locomotive w/Tender DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 329.00

Prototype: Royal Prussian Railroad Administration (K.P.E.V.) class G 12 (later the class 58.10-21) steam freight locomotive. With gas lighting and a Prussian type pr. 3T 20 tender. The locomotive looks as it did shortly after being delivered by Borsig in 1917. Locomotive 10.282 in the delivery book for A. Borsig Works, Berlin-Tegel, Germany.

Model: The locomotive and tender are constructed chiefly of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. The motor has a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. The locomotive and the tender are close coupled. 5 axles powered by means of side rods. Traction tires. Length over the buffers 116 mm / 4-9/16".

Highlights:

LED headlights.

One-time series.

Comment: Soon after the start of World War I, the German war ministry realized that the variety of different steam locomotives not only affected railroad operations important to the war greatly but also their maintenance. In 1915, the war ministry therefore promoted the development of a powerful standard design freight locomotive with an axle load (16 metric tons) as low as possible. In order to get to a conclusion quickly, a commission was formed consisting of representatives of the railroads and also of the military. In the end, the Prussian members imposed the construction of a 2-10-0 super-heated steam locomotive. At the start of 1917, the Borsig Works were given the contract to generate designs for the new locomotive. Borrowing from a 2-10-0 locomotive for Turkey, the new "standard design locomotive" was developed in a very short time. The first units were finished in 1917 and were given the designation G 12 in Prussia, Württemberg, and Baden. In Saxony, the G 12 was run as the XIII H. With a boiler height of 3,000 mm / 118-1/8", a Belpaire firebox, and a continuous bar frame, these units had nothing more in common with the Prussian tradition of building locomotives. The low bar frame allowed the firebox to be placed on the frame and above all to be widened on the sides compared to the previous sheet metal frame. For the first time the grate surface could be done not only in terms of grate length but also in terms of grate width. Other new features were the Coale design safety valves as well as equipping the locomotive with a feed water cleaner. Between 1917 and 1921, 1,158 units were built for the Prussian State Railways alone and later for the DRG by AEG, Borsig, Hanomag, Henschel, Krupp, Linke-Hofmann, Rheinmetall, and Schichau. The Baden, Württemberg, and Saxon state railroads purchased other class G 12 locomotives. In the DRG renumbering plan of 1925 the Baden G 12 units mutated to the DRG class 58.2-3, the Saxon G 12 (sä. XIII H) to the class 58.4, the Württemberg G 12 to the class 58.5, and the Prussian G 12 to the class 58.10-21. They were used in almost all of the German State Railroad districts. World War II moved numerous units abroad such as to Bulgaria, Austria, and Poland. Those units remaining on the DB were retired by 1953. The locomotives on the DR were by contrast indispensable for a longer period and ran in their original version until 1976 in the Erzgebirge area. Several G 12 units have remained preserved, among them the operational road number 58 311 of the Ulm Railroad Fans.

T16874 - Railpool Inc cl 186 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 229.00

Prototype: Railpool, Inc. electric locomotive, road number 186 285-3. Version with 4 pantographs. Use: Freight service.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and the marker lights change over with the direction of travel. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights, marker lights, the cab lights, the main beam lights, and many other light and sound functions can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has 28 functions. Length over the buffers 118 mm / 4-5/8".

Highlights:

Warm white LEDs for lighting.
Cab lighting.
Sound.
28 functions.

T16941 - DB AG cl 401 ICE 1 InterCity Express Train DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 469.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 401 ICE 1 InterCity Express high-speed train. Current version.

Model: The train is a five-part version. The first powered end car has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The LED headlights and LED marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. The headlights, marker lights, and the cab lighting can be controlled digitally. The second powered end car has a built-in function decoder and sound generator. It also has LED headlights and LED marker lights that change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. The headlights, marker lights, and the cab lighting can be controlled digitally. The intermediate cars have built-in interior lighting. Train length 753 mm / 29-5/8".

Highlights:

Sound in both powered end cars.
LED headlights and marker lights.
LED interior lighting.

One-time series.

The ICE 1 stands for the beginning of scheduled high-speed service on track and roadbed built just for it in Germany. Other intermediate cars to go with this train are available in a set under item number 15941.

T16952 - GYSEV cl 470 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 209.00

Prototype: GYSEV electric locomotive, road number 470 503-3, in the version as a "Wagner Locomotive". Version with 2 pantographs. Built starting in 2000. Use: Passenger and freight service.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and the marker lights change over with the direction of travel. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights, marker lights, the cab lights, the main beam lights, and many other light and sound functions can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has new tooling for the buffers and rail clearance devices. Length over the buffers 122 mm / 4-13/16".

Highlights:

Sound.
Warm white LEDs for lighting.
Cab lighting.
New tooling for the buffers and rail clearance devices.

One-time series.

T16957 - DB AG cl 182 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 199.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) electric locomotive, road number 182 007-5. Version with 2 pantographs. Built starting in 2000. Use: Passenger service.

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and the marker lights change over with the direction of travel. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights, marker lights, the cab lights, the main beam lights, and many other light and sound functions can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has new tooling for the buffers and rail clearance devices. Length over the buffers 122 mm / 4-13/16".

Highlights:

Sound.
Warm white LEDs for lighting.
Cab lighting.Affordable model with sound from the new Hobby program.

T18053 - Hobby IC Bord-Restaurant Dining Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 19.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) IC dining car in the paint scheme around 2015.

Model: The dining car is in a shortened scale for the new Minitrix Hobby program. Total length 140 mm / 5-1/2".

Locomotives to go with this car are available under item numbers 16161 and 16233.

T18054 - Hobby IC Express Train Passenger Car, 2nd class DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 19.00

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) IC type Bwmz open seating car, 2nd class, in the paint scheme around 2015.

Model: The passenger car is in a shortened scale for the new Minitrix Hobby program. Total length 140 mm / 5-1/2".

Locomotives to go with this car are available under item numbers 16161 and 16233.

T18081 - Hobby "Aral" Tank Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 17.00
Hobby Aral Tank Car

Prototype: 2-axle "ARAL" tank car, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB).

Model: The car has a separately applied platform, catwalk, and ladder. It also has a detailed, partially open frame. The car is a simplified version. Length over the buffers 55 mm / 2-1/8".