2021 Marklin, TRIX and LGB New Items

Here are the 2021 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 28, 2021. 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
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T11148 - Regional Express Digital Starter Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 299.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) diesel electric road engine inspired by the class 245, a bi-level car, 1st/2nd class, and a bi-level car, 2nd class. The train looks as it did around 2013.

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

T15091 - Line Inspection Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 175.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 x type Kkklms 440 without a brakeman's platform and 1 x type VB 98 as a type 395 line inspection car for the German Federal Railroad (DB) around 1989.Use: Line inspection on the Dsseldorf S-Bahn.

Model: Model: The low side cars have different car numbers and a close coupler mechanism. The "Type 395 Line Inspection Car" (VB 98) has a die-cast metal frame with a digital function decoder for mfx and DCC. The car also has operating special couplers. Maintenance-free LEDs are used for interior lighting and they can be controlled in digital operation. Total length over the buffers 235 mm / 9-1/4".

Comment: The single and dual motor classes VT 95 and VT 98 rail busses were the saviors of the branch lines on the newly established German Federal Railroad. The regular production deliveries of the dual motor variation starting in 1955 included 329 VT 98 powered rail cars, 310 VS 98 control cars, and 320 VB 98 intermediate cars. Yet, starting in 1980 the star of the dual motor rail busses also began to sink. Line abandonments and replacement by locomotive-hauled trains caused a large part of these units to disappear on storage tracks by 1987/88. Yet, several were able to start a second career including intermediate car number 998 115 (former VB 98 115), which was retired on July 29, 1982 at the maintenance facility in Hof.By November of 1983, it had been converted at the maintenance facility in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel into station car number 65175 for the maintenance facility in Dsseldorf. It was now supposed to act chiefly as a meeting and line inspection car in the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network. The interior had to be changed accordingly. The bench seats were removed and a large discussion table with appropriate seating was installed as well as other conveniences such as a kitchenette, toilet, carpeting, and drapes. The icing on the cake was the S-Bahn paint scheme at that time in gravel gray / orange. From then on it served as inspection car number 395 (later UIC No. 60 80 99-23 357-9) for the Dsseldorf New Construction Office among other things for inspection of the S-Bahn lines in the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Sieg transport associations. Typically, it was arranged on such runs between two type Kkklms 440 flat cars without brakeman's platforms to provide participants on the run a better overview. It was then usually pulled by class 212 diesel locomotives. It was finally retired in 1999, but shortly after that, it was sold to the Jlich Amateur Railroad Club (EAKJ). In 2002, a private party acquired it and used it with the Cologne-Bonn Railroad Fans (KBEF). It spent the next few years waiting to be overhauled at the maintenance facility in Gerolstein. Then it went to the Siegen locomotive shops for the South Westphalian Railroad Museum (SEM), where it was overhauled and repainted by the firm "Rail Design B„cker" also located there. Since then it can be admired there especially at the annual Siegen Locomotive Shops Festival.

T15284 - Palatinate Freight Car Set
Pre-order price: $ 175.00

Prototype: Prototype: One (1) beer refrigerator car with a brakeman's cab, one (1) tank car, one (1) type Nml boxcar, one (1) type Oq gondola, and one (1) type Gm boxcar, painted and lettered for the Palatinate Railroad and the Royal Bavarian State Railways (K.Bay.Sts.B.).

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. The type Oq gondol has a load insert of coal.Total length over the buffers 285 mm / 11-1/4".

T15405 - The Red Bamberg Cars Car Set, Part 1 DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 249.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 type C4ylb-43/52 streamlined limited stop fast passenger cars and 1 type C4ylf-43/52 streamlined cab control car as they looked around 1954 for the German Federal Railroad (DB) in a crimson paint scheme.

Model: Model: The cars are new tooling. All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms and built-in interior lighting. The cab control car has automatic white headlight / red marker light changeover, which can be controlled in digital operation using the function decoder. These lights also work in analog operation.Total length over the buffers 402 mm / 15-13/16".

You can make up a complete train by adding the 15406 car set and the class V 80 diesel locomotive, item number 16801.

T15406 - The Red Bamberg Cars Car Set, Part 2 DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 119.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 type C4ylb-43/52 streamlined limited stop fast passenger cars as they looked around 1954 for the German Federal Railroad (DB) in a crimson paint scheme.

Model: Model: The cars are new tooling. Both cars have close coupler mechanisms and built-in interior lighting. Total length over the buffers 268 mm / 10-9/16".

You can make up a complete train by adding the 15405 car set and the class V 80 diesel locomotive, item number 16801.

T15458 - Display with 10 Type Erz IIId Hopper Cars DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 349.00

Prototype: Prototype: 10 German Federal Railroad (DB) type four-axle Erz IIId OOtz 41 design hopper cars. Version with high upper superstructures, two unloading hatches per side, and a brakeman's platform on the end. Used to transport iron ore. Welded, pressed steel standard design trucks, with a welded in beam as reinforcement. The cars look as they did at the start of the Sixties.

Model: Model: The hopper cars have detailed construction with different car numbers. All of the cars have a brakeman's platform and a setting wheel on the end. The hopper cars have load inserts of scale-sized real iron ore. All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. All of the cars are individually packaged. Length over the buffers per car 64 mm / 2-1/2".

T15491 - coop® Container Transport Car OBB - Austria
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways Cargo Business Area (SBB Cargo) type Sgns four-axle container transport car. Loaded with 2 coop® refrigerated containers. The car and the containers look as they did around 2017.

Model: Model: The car has a die-cast metal frame, type Y 25 trucks, including close coupler mechanisms, and it is loaded with 2 refrigerated containers. Length over the buffers 123 mm / 4-7/8".

T15511 - Side Dump Car Freight Car Set NS - Holland
Pre-order price: $ 129.00

Prototype: Prototype: 3 type Tds curved slides side dump cars for the firm ARMITA WAGONS, used on the Dutch State Railways (NS). Version with a hinged roof over the load area.Use: For moisture sensitive freight.

Model: Model: The cars have different car numbers, close coupler mechanisms, and freight loads. Total length over the buffers 180 mm / 7-1/8".

T15884 - Bicycle Express Passenger Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 149.00

Prototype: Prototype: Three German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) commuter cars. 1 type ABnrz 418.4 car, 1st/2nd class, 1 type Bnrz 436 car, 2nd class, and 1 type Dduu 498.1 bicycle car.Use: Bicycle and regional express trains.

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

Comment: Hidden behind the German Federal Railroad's traffic red painted commuter cars are the 26.4 meter / 85 foot 10 inch commuter cars with stainless steel car bodies, which were popularly known as "Silberlinge" / "Silver Coins". At the start of the Nineties, these "n" cars were modernized since they had reached about half of their useful life and no money was available for new cars. As part of an expanded overhaul, these cars were to be more attractively equipped for the passengers. The following were specified as design features: seating, luggage racks, and trash containers, self-contained restroom systems, new materials and colors, as well as a general-purpose area on demand with folding seats and floor space for strollers, wheelchairs, bicycles, etc. All kinds of design variations were tried out here, which led chiefly to a considerable increase in the variety of types for interior area design. The cars missed the "Corporate Identity" of the time and they had a mint turquoise / pastel turquoise / light gray paint scheme, which initially gave them the nickname "Grnlinge" / "Green Things". Starting in 1996, there was another new paint scheme concept. The modernized "Silberlinge" / "Silver Coins" were now given a traffic red paint scheme with light gray doors and decorative striping. Later, older modernizations were successively adapted to the new paint scheme concept and the cars thus mutated to "Rotlingen" / "Red Things".Due to regionalization and the purchase associated with it of a variety of new powered rail cars, the DB AG's "n" cars have since become mostly history and are still encountered only in special or backup services. One of these special services are the so-called bicycle express trains, which can still be seen especially in Baden-Wrttemberg, because the combination of train and bicycle has enjoyed increasing popularity for years, especially in day excursions. A special feature of all bicycle express trains is the use of cars with extra-large bicycle capacity such as converted baggage cars as bicycle transport cars with space for about 100 bicycles. The most beautiful areas of Baden-Wrttemberg can thus be experienced in an environmentally friendly way with a big advantage. Compared to an excursion with an automobile, you do not have to return to your starting point after a bicycle tour. You can come home from the station of your choice.

T15898 - Type Bimz 2339 Express Train Passenger Car DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: German State Railroad (DR) type Bimz 2339 express train passenger car, 2nd class, as IR 2637 Berlin-Lichtenberg – Munich.

Model: Model: The car has close coupler mechanisms. A lighting kit can be installed in the car. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

T15899 - Type Bimz 2423 Express Train Passenger Car DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: German State Railroad (DR) type Bimz 2423 express train passenger car, 2nd class, as IR 2637 Berlin-Lichtenberg – Munich.

Model: Model: The car has close coupler mechanisms. A lighting kit can be installed in the car. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

T15986 - Passenger Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) commuter car, 2nd class (type Bnrz 451.4), nicknamed "Rotling" (no English equivalent, also refers to a type of rosé wine).

Model: Model: The car has close coupler mechanisms. A lighting kit can be installed in the car. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

T16008 - Class BB 22200 Electric Locomotive SNCF - France
Pre-order price: $ 219.00

Prototype: Prototype: French State Railroad (SNCF) class BB 22200 fast general-purpose locomotive. Universal locomotive with the technical equipment as a multiple system locomotive. Version in the "En Voyage" paint scheme and with 2 pantographs.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a digital interface connector. It also has a 5-pole motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 109 mm / 4-5/16".

T16009 - Class 1600 Electric Locomotive NS - Holland
Pre-order price: $ 229.00

Prototype: Prototype: Dutch State Railways (NS) class 1600 fast general-purpose locomotive, road number 1652 and the coat-of-arms for the city of "UTRECHT". Built starting in 1976.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a digital interface connector. It also has a 5-pole motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The LED headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Length over the buffers 109 mm / 4-5/16".

T16100 - Class 112 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 269.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) standard design electric locomotive, road number 112 269-6. Express locomotive with aerodynamic ends, including the so-called "Bgelfalte" / "Pants Crease". Basic paint scheme in crimson/ivory. Continuous rain gutter, skirting, and buffer cladding included. The locomotive looks as it did around 1974.Use: Passenger trains in long-distance service and occasionally in commuter and freight service.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. The motor has a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The warm white LED headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. They and the cab lighting can be controlled in digital operation. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. It also has separately applied grab irons. Length over the buffers 103 mm / 4-1/16".

Comment: In order to take up previous luxury, the DB decided in 1960 to build an exclusive and especially comfortable set of cars for the "Rheingold" and the "Rheinpfeil" associated with it. Since the new "Rheingold" could now be pulled by electric locomotives due to progressive electrification in the German area from Basle to Duisburg, there also had to be new locomotives. The DB thus decided on a modified version of the recently proven E 10, which in the future was to be given a more streamlined superstructure. Starting in March of 1963, locomotives with a top speed of 160 km/h / 100 mph and with road numbers E 10 1265-1270 were available for the "Rheingold" thanks to a gearing change and Henschel trucks adapted for the purpose, the locomotives naturally in the elegant two-color "Rheingold" paint scheme of cobalt blue / beige. The more streamlined body with the characteristic "Pants Crease" look on the ends that was used for the first time was also applied starting in 1963 to all of the regular production E 10 locomotives. The six Rheingold E 10.12 units were followed in 1963/64 by another five units, the E 10 1308-1312, also in cobalt blue / beige. After the "Rheingold" and the "Rheinpfeil" were changed into TEE trains, the DB applied the crimson/beige TEE paint scheme to the E 10.12 units and their car sets. A last series of these 160 km/h / 100 mph fast units was delivered in 1968 with the new class designation 112 485-504 but with regular production trucks adapted to the higher speed and again in crimson/beige.With the start of the summer schedule for 1968, all of the locomotives were used in premium passenger service emanating from Frankfurt/Main, particularly TEE and F-Zug long-distance expresses. The new delivery of the regular production class 103 locomotives to the Frankfurt/Main base starting in 1970 meant that the class 112 units were gradually removed from premium service by 1972. The former stars now moved to the Dortmund base where they were still used at least in part to pull premium express trains. Yet various uses in regional and freight service were also now part of the program.Over the course of their years in service, these units kept changing their paint scheme and frequently their class designations too. Road numbers 112 485-504 thus became 114 485-504 in 1988 and starting in 1991 they had the designation 110 485-504 after E 10 units were taken out of service. The remaining class 112 units became the class 113 in 1992. Starting in 2005 the last class 113 units of the DB Regio went to DB Autozug, where the last two former Rheingold/Rheinpfeil locomotives (113 268 and 309) were removed from service on June 2, 2014. Both were preserved, were sold to TRI Train Rental, Inc., completely overhauled in the meantime and largely restored to their original condition, however in the crimson/beige TEE paint scheme. In the future, they are to pull among other things the AKE Rheingold Tourism trains. In addition, road numbers 113 311 (former E 10 1311) and 110 488 (former 112 488) are still in existence at the DB Museum in Koblenz and in Rottweil under the care of the "Die Bgelfalte 110 488-4" Association.

T16184 - Steam Locomotive, Road Number 18 495 DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 429.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (Stuttgart District / based in Ulm) road number 18 495 (class S 3/6, series k, Maffei 1924) with a type 2´2 T 26,4 tender. The locomotive looks as it did around 1959.

Model: Model: The locomotive and tender are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. It also has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator with the formats mfx and DCC. The locomotive and tender are close coupled. 3 axles powered through side rods. Traction tires. Triple headlights consisting of warm white LEDs. Length over the buffers 134 mm / 5-1/4".

A passenger train to go with this locomotive can be made up with item numbers 18209 and 18409.

T16253 - Class 225 Diesel Locomotive DB - Germany Special Toy Fair item - only available to attendees
Pre-order price: $ 199.00

Prototype: Prototype: AIXrail, Inc. Railroad Company diesel road engine, road number 225 073-6. Diesel hydraulic locomotive. Exhaust hoods included.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a 14-pin digital interface connector. The motor has a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel and they can be turned off by means of a bridge plug. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. It also has separately applied grab irons. Length over the buffers 102 mm / 4".

Comment: T16253 – AIXrail Diesel Locomotive, Road Number 225-073The class 225 came into being starting the middle of 2003, when 67 units of the previous class 215 were sold to DB Cargo and designated as the class 225. As a rule, the steam heating equipment was no longer required and was replaced by preheater and heat retention equipment as well as ballast weight. Yet, the release of more powerful class 218 units made continued existence of the class 225 increasingly difficult and this class thus increasingly disappeared from the rails. Road number 225 073 a very long time as the "Last of the Mohicans". It was finally retired on December 7, 2016 at the Ulm Depot. It was acquired in the spring of 2017 by the railroad company AIXrail out of Aachen to be used in construction and freight train service. It was quickly painted in the attractive AIXrail color scheme of green and black. Other private railroad companies did not go empty and another 30 locomotives thus found a new home.A small look back at the history of the class 225 (former 215) should not be missed: From the mid-Sixties on the progressive retirement of steam locomotives led to an increasing demand for powerful diesel locomotives. The latter had to be able to run at higher speeds as well as enable the transfer to electric train heating. MAN had just developed a more powerful motor with 2,500 horsepower but it had still not been tested enough. There was also still not enough experience with electric train heating on diesel locomotives. The class V 168 (from 1968 on: 215) was conceived as an intermediate solution to cover the urgent need for locomotives. This was version of the V 168 lengthened by around 400 mm / 16 inches, which was then supposed to allow the optional installation of different powerful motors. Steam heat with Vapor-Heating design heating boilers were retained for the time being, but it had to be possible to convert the locomotives to electric heating. In 1968, Krupp delivered ten pre-production units with the road numbers 215 001-010. They served as test beds for the new 2,500 horsepower motor from MAN. With the installation of hydrodynamic brakes the maximum speed on road number 215 005-010 was increased to 140 km/h / 87.5 mph. One-hundred-forty regular production units of the class 215 followed between 1969 and 1971. With the exception of road number 215 071-093 and the last 20 units, all of the locomotives were equipped with the reliable 1,900 horsepower motor. The exceptions had an improved 2,500 horsepower motor installed in them. The last regular service for the class 215 ended with DB Regio Hessen in April of 2003. Unscheduled use still took place for a couple of months after that with DB Regio Rheinland, and then they were gone.

T16441 - Class 44 Steam Locomotive DB - Germany Insider item - only available to Marklin Club members
Pre-order price: $ TBA

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) steam locomotive with a tender, road number 44 1143 (2-10-0 design) with a type 2´2´ T 30 tub-style tender. The locomotive looks as it did around 1950. Use: Heavy freight trains.

Model: Model: The locomotive is a tooling variation. The locomotive and tender are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, built into the boiler. 5 axles powered through side rods. Traction tires. The locomotive has a built-in mfx/DCC digital decoder and a sound generator. There is a close coupling between the locomotive and tender. Warm white LEDs are used for the dual headlights, running gear lights, and cab lighting. The locomotive has flickering firebox lights by means of processor-controlled LEDs (red/orange). The dual headlights work in analog operation. The tender has an NEM coupler pocket on the end. The smoke box door can be opened. Length over the buffers 141 mm / 5-9/16".

Comment: The class 44 was built from 1926 to 1949 and is thereby one of the standard design locomotives built over the longest period of time. A total of almost 2,000 units were built. In Germany the legendary 44"s formed the backbone of heavy freight train service for many years. In addition, they were in use in several European countries. A locomotive with tender ready for service weighed a proud 185 metric tons. The technically challenging three-cylinder running gear transferred the output of 2,000 horsepower to the rails.

T16442 - Class 150 X Steam Locomotive SNCF - France
Pre-order price: $ 439.00

Prototype: Prototype: French State Railroad (SNCF) class 150 X steam locomotive with a tender (2-10-0 design). The locomotive looks as it did around 1950. Use: Heavy freight trains.

Model: Model: The locomotive and tender are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, built into the boiler. 5 axles powered through side rods. Traction tires. The locomotive has a built-in mfx/DCC digital decoder and a sound generator. There is a close coupling between the locomotive and tender. Warm white LEDs are used for the dual headlights, running gear lights, and cab lighting. The locomotive has flickering firebox lights by means of processor-controlled LEDs (red/orange). The dual headlights work in analog operation. The tender has an NEM coupler pocket on the end. The smoke box door can be opened. Length over the buffers 141 mm / 5-9/16".

Comment: T16442 – SNCF Class 150.X Steam LocomotiveThe history of the French steam locomotive class 150.X began in the middle of World War II, since after the occupation of France by Germany the local locomotive builders Batignolles-Châtillon (Nantes), SFCM Cail (Denain) ), Fives-Lille (Lille), Schneider-Creusot (Le Creusot), and Grafenstaden (Illkirch-Grafenstaden) were pulled into the production of the German classes 44, 50, and 52 needed for the war. After the liberation of France from the occupying German troops, the French locomotive builders delivered the class 44 units ordered by the DRG directly to the French State Railroad (SNCF). This included road numbers 44 1517-1520, 1701-1720, 1766-1795, 1805-1845, 1859-1905, 1936-1949, and 1956-2025 built between 1944 and 1948. These 226 locomotives were initially rostered by the SNCF as the class 150.X while maintaining their ordinal numbers. Starting in March of 1950, they were rostered in the aforementioned class with the ordinal numbers 150.X.1-226. Furthermore, after the end of the war road numbers 44 819, 838, 928, 929, 941, 942, 962, 1083, 1089, 1110, 1801, and 1803 had to be surrendered to the SNCF, which then – however maintaining their ordinal numbers – also rostered them as the class 150.X.The class 150.X units were the heaviest decapod locomotives in the French network as well as rare exotic units as three-cylinder locomotives with right hand controls. The focal point of their use was the Lorraine industrial basin with it numerous steel works, coking plants, coalmines, and ore works, where they could prove their worth pulling heavy volume freight trains. Yet, their heyday only lasted until the mid-Fifties, because as early as mid-1954 the encroaching AC electrification with 25 kilovolts / 50 Hertz increasingly limited their use in the Lorraine Basin. Soon part of the class 150.X units were no longer needed. It thus turned out well that the Turkish State Railroad (TCDD) was looking for a powerful locomotive for their lines in the Taurus Mountains and struck it rich with the class 150.X, which were not even ten years old. Starting in the spring of 1955, 48 units thus landed in Turkey, which rostered them there as 56.701-748. Starting in May of 1960, the class 44 units in France were based in the Depot Audun-le-Roman, west of Thionville on the line to Longuyon, as the last foothold for these heavy three-cylinder units. There road numbers 150.X.29 on July 23, 1965 and 150.X.145 on August 4, 1965 were retired as the last locomotives of their class.

T16443 - Class 44.9 Steam Locomotive DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn
Pre-order price: $ 439.00

Prototype: Prototype: German State Railroad (DR) steam locomotive with a tender, road number 44 9612-1 (2-10-0 design) with a type 2´2´ T 24 tub-style tender for powdered coal. The locomotive looks as it did around 1974. Use: Heavy freight and passenger trains.

Model: Model: The locomotive is a tooling variation. The locomotive and tender are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, built into the boiler. 5 axles powered through side rods. Traction tires. The locomotive has a built-in mfx/DCC digital decoder and a sound generator. There is a close coupling between the locomotive and tender. Warm white LEDs are used for the dual headlights, running gear lights, and cab lighting. The locomotive has flickering firebox lights by means of processor-controlled LEDs (red/orange). The dual headlights work in analog operation. The tender has an NEM coupler pocket on the end. The smoke box door can be opened. Length over the buffers 141 mm / 5-9/16".

Comment: The class 44 was built from 1926 to 1949 and is thereby one of the standard design locomotives built over the longest period of time. A total of almost 2,000 units were built. In Germany the legendary 44"s formed the backbone of heavy freight train service for many years. In addition, they were in use in several European countries. A locomotive with tender ready for service weighed a proud 185 metric tons. The technically challenging three-cylinder running gear transferred the output of 2,000 horsepower to the rails.

T16496 - Class 151 Electric Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 299.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) heavy freight locomotive, road number 151 111-2. The locomotive looks as it did around 1978.Use: Freight and passenger trains.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. The motor has a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel and warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. These lights and the cab lighting can be controlled in digital operation. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel and work in analog operation. Length over the buffers 122 mm / 4-13/16".

Comment: T16492 – The Class 151 Electric LocomotiveDue to increasing performance requirements in heavy and fast freight service the class 151 appeared in 1972 as a further development of the 150 (until 1968: E 50). Its design was based on the new parameters from the Railroad Construction and Operation System (EBO) of 1967, which provided for freight service speeds up to 120 km/h / 75 mph and trainloads up to 2,000 metric tons. These values could only be achieved with a locomotive of over 5,000 kilowatts / 6,705 horsepower performance so that just reworking the class 150 was out of the question right from the start.Krupp and AEG were responsible for the design of the 151. In the interest of standardization, use was made of the proven traction motors for the classes 110 and 140. However, entirely new methods of insulation and heat dissipation had to be developed for the desired increase in performance. Despite this the locomotive became so heavy with the unavoidable new more powerful main transformer and the reinforced electric resistance brakes that the required axle load could be maintained only with extreme application of lightweight construction technology. The cabs were equipped with anatomically correct seats and air conditioning based on the latest information. Equipping the locomotives with energy-absorbing buffer beams was obligatory. The latter enabled the installation of center buffer couplers. The proven trucks from the 150 were discarded and new, welded lightweight steel trucks were designed. The class 103 provided box-style bracing and the wheel guide mechanism with Lemniskaten steering linkage. The proven rubber ring spring drive was preserved. A 29-step high voltage relay system with thyristor load relays provided control for the traction motor voltage.Road number 151 001 was delivered as the first unit on November 21, 1972. By 1977, 170 units were delivered by Krupp, Henschel, Krauss-Maffei, AEG, Siemens, and BBC. They were initially used all over West Germany and in part even with passenger trains. Road numbers 151 089-122 had and some still have today an automatic coupler ("Unicoupler"). For many years, they ran mostly as double units in m.u. operation pulling heavy ore trains in the routings Hamburg – Beddingen (5,700 metric tons), Venlo – Dillingen (5,130 metric tons) and Moers – Linz (3,220 metric tons). Up to 2009 only locomotives involved in accidents were retired. After this, so many units were stored because of the economic and financial crisis that the roster of six-axle locomotives still active in the last four years sank in 2019 to eight units with automatic couplers. Yet the class 151 locomotives found a new field of activity among private firms such as the Bavarian Railroad (5 units), EGP (6 units), Hector Rail (10 units), HSL (3 units), Lokomotion (4 units), Saar Rail (2 units), and SRI (4 units).

T16682 - Crocodile Class Ce 6/8 III Electric Locomotive OBB - Austria
Pre-order price: $ 449.00

Prototype: Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) class Ce 6/8 III. Design with diagonal side rod drive. Built starting in 1926. World famous electric locomotive type, nicknamed "Crocodile".

Model: Model: The body is made of plastic impregnated with metal for improved pulling power. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for the formats mfx and DCC. It also has a motor with a bell-shape armature, centrally mounted. 6 axles powered. Traction tires. Warm white LEDs are used for the triple headlights. The locomotive has NEM coupler pockets. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel in analog operation.Length over the buffers 125 mm / 4-15/16".

Comment: The takeover by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) of the Gotthard line in 1909 brought radical changes. The most important new thing was the electrification of the Gotthard line now pursued with the highest priority, which included the start of electric operation on the actual ramps from Erstfeld to Biasca as well as the Gotthard tunnel on December 12, 1920. Finally, the line could be run continuously with electric locomotives from Lucerne to Chiasso starting May 28, 1922.The SBB required a large quantity of new locomotives for this purpose – and with the so-called "Crocodile" was born "the" Gotthard locomotive for freight trains. Initially, 33 units were delivered between 1919 and 1922 as Ce 6/8 II 14251-14283. Two groups of driving wheels, each with three powered axles and a pilot truck were linked by a close coupling. A short locomotive body was enthroned between the two groups of driving wheels thus guaranteeing marvelous maneuverability through curves. Constantly increasing performance in freight service caused the SBB to purchase 18 more Crocodiles in 1926/27 as Ce 6/8 III 14301-14318. They featured higher performance with 1,809 instead of 1,647 kilowatts / 2,426 instead of 2,209 horsepower. Their drive with two traction motors per group of driving wheels had been changed a little from their predecessors and was now done by means of the so-called Winterthur diagonal side rod drive with the help of a counter jackshaft. Together with their older siblings, they dominated heavy freight service on the Gotthard in the following decades. In the mid-Fifties their maximum speed was increased from 65 to 75 km/h / 41 to 47 mph and they were thus re-designated logically as Be 6/8 III 13301-13318.The end of their use on the Gotthard did not come until the baptism of the Ae 6/6 at the end of the Fifties. All of the units initially went from the Erstfeld Depot to the Basle Depot and from there to other base locations. The "Crocodiles" now made almost all of Switzerland "unsafe" pulling freight trains. At the end of their career, they were only allowed to pull lightweight less-than-carload-lot trains. The last Ce 6/8 III disappeared from the rails in April of 1977. However, two units remain preserved with the road numbers 13302 (MEC Horgen) and 13305 (SBB Historic).

T16801 - Class V 80 Diesel Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 289.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class V 80 with diesel hydraulic drive and universal joint shaft power transmission. Bo-Bo wheel arrangement. The locomotive looks as it did around 1954. Use: Lightweight passenger and freight trains.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are using for the lighting. The cab lighting can be controlled in digital operation. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and marker lights will also change over with the direction of travel in analog operation.Length over the buffers 80 mm / 3-1/8".

Comment: 88803 – DB Class V 80 Diesel LocomotiveBefore World War II, large diesel locomotives were not built in Germany beyond one-off designs. Power transmission was the chief problem. The hydraulic fluid transmission developed by F”ttinger passed its test in the drive system for diesel-powered rail cars on the DRG. Hydraulic power transmission was successfully used on a large diesel locomotive for the first time on road number V 140 001 built in 1935. World War II interrupted these trend-setting experiments, yet at the end of the Forties the new German Federal Railroad took up the development of diesel locomotives with greater performance again and proceeded quickly with them. A universal unit with two trucks for medium size lines and heavy switching work was planned with a maximum axle load of 15 metric tons on branch lines. The power transmission was designed to go from the motor using a hydrodynamic transmission and universal joint shafts to the reversing and wheel set gearboxes.The concept of the V 80 came about as a joint development of the railroad's central office in Munich and the industry: a diesel locomotive with trucks with a high-mounted center cab. The complete heating plant was under the shorter nose, and under the longer one was the motor, cooling equipment, and fuel tank. The gearbox was in the middle of the locomotive under the cab. The trucks, frame, and body were completely welded. Initially, two 800 horsepower units from Daimler-Benz or from MAN as well as a 1,000 horsepower unit from Maybach were available as motors. Five each of the V 80 were delivered in 1951/52 from Maffei and MaK. They were extensively tested as innovative pioneers of a new generation of locomotives and naturally, they also had to undergo various improvements. Important changes were the replacement of the original heating boiler by a vapor-heating unit and the replacement of the original motors by the MTU type MB 12V 493 with 1,100 horsepower output.After unsatisfactory testing in switching work the locomotives were used in commuter service in the greater Frankfurt and Nrnberg areas, often even with shuttle trains. The operating experience soon showed that the V 80 could not to be used as a universal unit. It performance was not enough for passenger train service and in switching operations it proved to be cumbersome and expensive. Starting in the fall of 1963, all of the V 80 units were stationed at Bamberg, where they were used in almost all of the services on the main lines and branch lines there. The locomotives designated starting in 1968 as the class 280 in the computer numbering system were retired as a splinter class between 1976 and 1978. Road number 280 010 went in 1977 to the Hersfeld County Railroad. Later it followed the other units to Italy with the exception of road number 280 002. The locomotives found a new life there on privately owned railroads and pulling construction trains. Initially, road number V 80 002 was preserved as a DB museum locomotive, but it was so heavily damaged in the fire at the DB's museum depot in Nrnberg-Gostenhof that what remained of it had to be scrapped on October 17, 2005. In any event, road number V 80 001 came back from Italy in October of 2005 after being purchased by a private collector. It was completely overhauled and restored technically and visually in the DB style of the Seventies. The DB Museum was able to acquire road number V 80 005 in June of 2008 as a replacement for road number V 80 002. The steam locomotive works in Meiningen restored road number V 80 005 externally to its original paint scheme as road number 280 005 by April of 2013. Road number V 80 007 completed the round in August of 2013, when it was bought back from Ludger Guttwein's German Private Railroad, Inc. It now gleams again visually as a gem in DB red.

T16823 - Class 218 Diesel Locomotive DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 279.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) general-purpose locomotive, road number 218 499-2, DB "ZugBus" / "Train Bus" Regional Service Alb-Lake Constance, Inc. (RAB), Ulm. Diesel hydraulic locomotive with roof version to accommodate the MTU 12V 956 TB 11 motor. With parallel exhaust hoods and Behr cooling equipment in a V shape.

Model: Model: The locomotive has tooling changes and a new version of the roof to represent correctly the road number 218 499-2 with a TB 11 motor and Behr cooling equipment in a V shape. It also has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. The motor includes 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 the lighting. The cabs have lighting that can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel in analog operation. The locomotive has separately applied grab irons. The logos "3-L”wen-Takt" and "bwegt" are included.Length over the buffers 102 mm / 4".

Comment: Over the past 40 years, the class 218 has left its mark on the image of the DB like no other diesel locomotive, with the exception of electrified main lines. Double-headed pulling heavy InterCity trains in the Allg„u and on the Marsch line or in regional service pulling shuttle trains – the class 218 units defined to a large extent the image of hauling trains with diesel locomotives. The class 218 locomotives represented the end of the development of the "V 160 Family". With them, steam heating could be replaced with electric heating with no problem. After the development of a diesel motor with a performance of 2,500 horsepower (1,839 kilowatts), the generator could be used to power both the traction motor and the electric heating, which made an auxiliary diesel motor superfluous. In 1968/69, the DB purchased an initial 12 test locomotives, road numbers 218 001-012, from Krupp with the new motor. After a successful probationary period, the 398 regular production units followed starting in the spring of 1971 as road numbers 218 101-398 and 400-499, with construction by Krauss-Maffei and Rheinstahl-Henschel in addition to Krupp. Road number 218 399 previously not rostered formed a "lateral entrant", because it was road number 215 112 involved in 1975 in an accident, which was restored with electric heating and then rostered as road number 218 399. Naturally, numerous detail improvements were done on the series during the procurement period. Initially, only the 2,500 horsepower motor was installed. The later production runs, over half of the units, were given a more powerful motor with 2,800 horsepower (2,059 kilowatts) performance. Initially, only German motors from MTU were installed, later also motors from the French manufacturer SEMT Pielstick (licensed production KHD). Starting in 1981, exhaust hoods were added on the roof to direct exhaust gas away from catenary and to minimize exhaust gas affecting passengers. Here hoods arranged next to one another identified the MTU twelve-cylinder motors (TB10/TB11), and diagonally arranged hoods identified the sixteen-cylinder motors (Pielstick, MTU 4000).In recent years, their ranks have thinned out considerably. With a service age of at least 40 years, many units, mostly the older production series, have since been retired. Uses worthy of mention are the bases of Niebll, Mhldorf, Kempten, and Ulm. Road number 218 499 has been based at the last location since December of 2008. It came to the DB in June of 1979 and is thereby the last large diesel locomotive purchased by the German Federal Railroad at all. As with its sibling units of the last series (road numbers 218 485-498), a Pielstick diesel motor, type "16 PA4 V 200", was initially installed in it and around 1985 diagonally arranged hoods were added. In the course of an overhaul in 1995, the Pielstick motor was replaced by an MTU motor of the same power (12V 956 TB 11) now with two exhaust hoods arranged in parallel. Here it kept its V-shaped Behr cooling equipment, which is recognizable by the large mesh grill on the roof. Tour de force performances by the Ulm units and thereby also road number 218 499 have been in part up to the present the Intercity train pairs IC 2012/2013 "Allg„u" between Stuttgart and Oberstdorf, IC 2084/2085 "Nebelhorn" between Augsburg and Oberstdorf, as well as occasionally IC 118/119 between (Stuttgart) Ulm and Lindau.

T16921 - Class R 4/4 Steam Locomotive
Pre-order price: $ 295.00

Prototype: Prototype: Royal Bavarian State Railways (K.Bay.Sts.B.) left Rhine network (until 1909 the Palatine Railways) class R 4/4 steam tank locomotive, 0-8-0T wheel arrangement. The locomotive looks as it did when delivered in 1913. Use: Freight trains.

Model: Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for operation with DCC and Selectrix. 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. Length over the buffers 69 mm / 2-3/4".

Comment: Actually, enough pusher locomotives were available for the Bavarian stations with the proven three-coupled axle class "D II" and "R 3/3" (DRG 89.6-8). Yet, their adhesion weight was not sufficient for heavy switching work. The Bavarian State Railways thus purchased nine four-coupled axle pusher locomotives, the class R 4/4, in 1914 and 1915 initially for the Palatine Railways that came under Bavarian administration. These units were bought from the firm of Krauss in Munich. They were derived from the four-coupled axle units that Krauss had delivered between 1904 and 1912 for the Lausitz Railroad, Inc. (LEAG), a subsidiary of the Local Railroad, Inc. of Munich (LAG). The R 4/4 units turned out so well that 33 units of the class R 4/4 were built by Krauss unchanged in 1918/19 for the Bavarian network. In 1924/25, another nine units followed with slight changes.All of the locomotives had wet steam running gear with four coupled wheel sets. The second and fourth wheel sets had side play of ±20 mm / 3/4" and ±40 mm / 1-9/16" respectively. The "T" shaped water tanks in and above the frame were particularly striking design features as well as the high-mounted boiler above them. All 40 of the units placed in service by 1919 had joint cladding for the steam and sand domes. Only the last nine locomotives built in 1924/25 had changes such as the separate arrangement of the steam dome and sand tanks as well as additional water tanks. While initially the locomotives only had a hand brake, they were subsequently equipped with air brakes, whereby the main air reservoir was placed on the flat part of the side water tanks.The DRG classified seven of the new Palatine R 4/4 units as road numbers 92 2001-2007 in its motive power roster. The two other units remained with the Saarland Railways. The Bavarian R 4/4 units were taken over by the DRG completely as road numbers 92 2008-2040. The units built later in 1924/25 were given the road numbers 92 2041-2049. Before World War II, the R 4/4 locomotives could be found in Bavaria mostly in Augsburg, Munich, Nrnberg, and Regensburg as well as in the Palatine by 1943. After the end of the war, all 49 units were still in existence but three had to be retired due to damage. The remaining class 92.20 units were based in Bavaria, and by the end of 1954, their ranks began to thin. As early as January 9, 1962, road number 92 2024 as the last unit was taken out of service at the main maintenance facility in Nrnberg. None of these locomotives was preserved for the future.

T16984 - Class 798 Powered Rail Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 349.00

Prototype: Prototype: DB Regio (DB AG) class 798 (VT 98) rail bus motor car and class 998 (VS 98) control car as the "Ulmer Spatz" / "Ulm Sparrow". The unit looks as it did around 2008. Dual-motor design, built starting in 1955. Used for commuter service (branch lines).

Model: Model: The cars have a frame constructed of die-cast metal. The motor has a flywheel in the powered rail car. Both axles powered. The car has a digital decoder for DCC and conventional operation. The unit has a sound generator with extensive sound functions. Maintenance-free LEDs are used for the headlights, marker lights, and interior lighting. They work in conventional operation and they can be controlled digitally. The unit has rearview mirrors for single-man operation. The cars have special operating couplers. The motor car can be used alone. Reproduction non-working prototype couplers for installation on the ends of the car are included. Total length over the buffers 175 mm / 6-7/8".

Comment: In the spring of 1950, the triumph began for the rail busses on the DB's rails. The builder Waggonfabrik Uerdingen created a vehicle, which became so popular in the following years like hardly any other. The single-motor class VT 95 soon proved too weak for operation on lines with many grades, especially with the trailer car. Therefore, in the future these units were to be equipped with a second motor plant. The specification profile for the regular production of the dual-motor rail busses also foresaw the installation of standard couplers (prototype coupler) and equipment similar to buffers, standard design brakes as well as multiple unit control. Starting in 1955, 329 class VT 98 (starting in 1968: 798) motor cars, 310 class VS 98 (starting in 1968: 998.6) control cars, and 320 class VB 98 (starting in 1968: 998.0) trailer cars were built in several production runs. Starting in 1980, the star for the dual-motor rail busses began to sink. Line abandonments and the use of locomotive-hauled trains caused a large part of the class 798 to disappear on storage tracks by 1987/88. Then the situation stabilized again on a low level. The last high point was the updating of units 798 652, 653, and 998 896, in which the passenger areas were also freshened up. As the "Chiemgau Railroad" for use between Prien and Aschau, they were even given the new turquoise / gravel gray paint scheme for regional service. The last two powered rail cars were not put into storage until May of 2000.In the middle of 1996, the BSW Leisure Time Group VT 798 was founded in Ulm, from which emerged the Ulm Rail Bus Friends Association in 2002. This group tried with a lot of commitment to preserve "Chiemgau Rail Busses" as museum pieces. After 1½ years of negotiations with the German Railroad, units 798 652, 653, and 998 896 then came from the maintenance facility in Mhldorf to Ulm. Due to their bad condition after around ten years of use in commuter service, these cars had to be thoroughly overhauled with new seating upholstery, new curtains, new external and internal paintwork, overhauling of the public address system, and many other small repairs. In 1998, the units were also given their characteristic lettering "Ulmer Spatz" ("Ulm Sparrow") on the sides. The trailer cars 996 069, 225, 257, and 300 rounded out the roster between 1997 and 1999. They were then overhauled as bar, dance, and bicycle cars. On May 23, 1998, the rail bus set was officially christened with the name "Ulmer Spatz" ("Ulm Sparrow") by the mayor of Ulm at that time Ivo G”nner. Starting in 1999, it was used by the DB subsidiary Regional Service Alb-Bodensee, Inc. (RAB) mainly in excursion service from Ulm to the Mnsinger Alb area and now and then, it was used further as the "Sp„tzle Express" to Trochtelfingen to the company station platform for the noodle firm "Alb-Gold". Due to the main maintenance deadline, these uses ended after the 2013 season and since then the units have been in storage.

T18090 - Hobby Freight Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 19.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Es 045 high side gondola. European standard type with a length of 10.0 meters / 32 feet 6 inches.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism and is a simplified version.Length over the buffers 63 mm / 2-1/2".

T18091 - VTG Hobby Tank Car
Pre-order price: $ 19.00

Prototype: Prototype: "VTG" 2-axle tank car, used on the German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG).

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

T18092 - Type Taes 892 Sliding Roof Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 29.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Taes 892 sliding roof car. Built starting in 1976.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 88 mm / 3-1/2".

T18094 - Hobby Freight Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 19.00

Prototype: Prototype: Belgian State Railroad (SNCB / NMBS) high side gondola. European standard type with a length of 10.0 meters / 32 feet 6 inches.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism and is a simplified version.Length over the buffers 63 mm / 2-1/2".

T18201 - German Federal Postal System Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 109.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 German Federal Postal System (DBP) type Post mr-a railroad mail cars, in an ocean blue / ivory basic paint scheme. The cars look as they did in 1980.

Model: Model: Both cars have close coupler mechanisms. A lighting kit can be installed in them. Length over the buffers 330 mm / 13".

Comment: T18201 – Type Post mr-a Railroad Mail CarAfter the new DB had decided at the start of the Fifties on 26.4 meter / 85 foot 10 inch cars as a standard for passenger cars, the German Federal Postal System also quickly saw the advantages of these long cars. It therefore contracted for a design partnership under the coordination of the car builder Uerdingen to develop 26.4 meter / 85 foot 10 inch railroad mail cars for express trains. In line with the state of the technology, the following requirements were made: Things such as the widening of the sliding doors for container service, increasing the load weight from 20 to 25 metric tons, car bodies fitting in with the appearance of the DB cars, installation of an air heating and dust removal system as well as rubber diaphragms with roll-down doors.Out of this came railroad mail cars, which blended marvelously externally with the new DB cars. Their car bodies were done with welded steel shape construction using self-supporting unit body construction in which the skirting was a component part of the side sills. Their windows consisted of safety glass with wire reinforcement and were almost flush with the outer wall. Particular emphasis was put on good warmth and noise insulation. Their interior space consisted of a functional three-part division into a letter area, finished mail pouch area, and a package area. The equipment was done with the latest technology such as luggage racks in the ceiling area, package shelves, package racks, letter pigeonhole racks, sorting tables, folding tables, and finished mail pouch tables, pouch holders, letter pouch racks, as well as loading hatches. All of the outside doors were done as wide, single sliding doors of lightweight metal construction. A remarkable feature was the air heating and dust removal equipment that was installed for the most part below the floor. Enough fluorescent lamps in a lighting intensity not previously reached produced a good level of illumination at all workstations.In accordance with their intended use, the railroad mail cars were set up to transport all kinds of mail. All kinds of mail (letters, small packages, and packages) were processed before and during the train's run. Naturally, these cars were used mainly at night, since the bulk of the mail was shipped by the senders in the afternoon and evening and it was supposed to reach its destination the next morning. The cars were used in part in special mail trains, but their use in D express trains and E limited stop trains as well as in other types of German Federal Railroad (DB) trains was also a daily occurrence. The era of railroad mail did not end until 1997, since the German Federal Postal System now favored a fundamental restructuring that included sorting mail in newly created, automated mail distribution centers that were no longer tied to the rails.

T18209 - Limited Stop Fast Passenger Train in the Danube Valley Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 175.00

Prototype: Prototype: 1 type BPw4yg rebuild car, 1 type AB4yse streamlined limited stop fast passenger train car, 1st/2nd class, and 1 type B4ylwe streamlined limited stop fast passenger train car, 2nd class. The cars are painted in a bottle green scheme and lettered for the German Federal Railroad (DB) around 1959.

Model: Model: The cars in this set are new tooling. All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. The type B4ylwe limited stop fast passenger train car has LED marker lights and German State Railroad standard design trucks of "iron profile construction". The type AB4yse limited stop fast passenger train car standard design trucks of "sheet metal construction". Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 390 mm / 15-3/8".

You can model a complete train by adding the 18409 add-on car and the class 18.4 steam locomotive, item number 16184.

T18210 - Croisière Express Train Passenger Car Set SNCF - France
Pre-order price: $ 149.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 type B9c9x express train slumber coaches, 2nd class with a higher roof design and 1 type Sru club car painted and lettered for the French State Railways (Société nationale des chemins de fer français / SNCF).

Model: Model: All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 459 mm / 18-1/16".

T18211 - Croisière Express Train Passenger Car Set SNCF - France
Pre-order price: $ 99.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 type B9c9x express train slumber coaches, 2nd class with a higher roof design painted and lettered for the French State Railways (Société nationale des chemins de fer français / SNCF).

Model: Model: Both of the cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 306 mm / 12-1/16".

T18213 - Silberlinge / Silver Coins with Advertising Passenger Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 159.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) one type Bn 720 commuter car, 2nd class, one type ABn 703 commuter car, 1st/2nd class, and one type Bnrzb 725 commuter car, 2nd class around 1991. Nickname "Silberling / Silver Coin".

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 495 mm / 19-1/2".

T18214 - IC 142 Germania Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 159.00

Prototype: Prototype: 1 type Avmz 111 compartment car, 1 type Apmz 121 open seating car, and a type ARmz 211 half dining car as they looked in the summer of 1974 painted and lettered for the German Federal Railroad (DB) with the train route "Hannover - Bielefeld - Hamm - Dortmund - Dsseldorf - Cologne".

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. The type Avmz 111 has LED marker lights that can be turned off. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars. Total length over the buffers 502 mm / 19-3/4".

The motive power to go with this car set can be found under item number 16100, the class 112.

T18215 - IC 2013 Passenger Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 149.00

Prototype: Prototype: 3 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) IC express train passenger cars consisting of 1 type Bvmz 186.0 compartment / open seating car, 2nd class, 1 type Bpmz. 857.0 1 open seating car, 2nd class, 1 type ARkimbz Bord Bistro car. The cars look as they did around 2004 as IC 2013 with the train route Dortmund - Oberstdorf.

Model: Model: The cars are in the current German Railroad, Inc. design. They have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 495 mm / 19-1/2".

T18216 - IC 2013 Passenger Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 149.00

Prototype: Prototype: 3 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) IC type Bpmz express train open seating cars, 2nd class, (car numbers 7, 8, 9). The cars look as they did around 2004 as IC 2013 with the train route Dortmund - Oberstdorf.

Model: Model: The cars are in the current German Railroad, Inc. design. They have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars. All of the cars have different car numbers.Total length over the buffers 495 mm / 19-1/2".

The class 101 locomotive goes with these cars and is available under item number 16082.

T18218 - Le Capitole Express Train Passenger Car Set SNCF - France
Pre-order price: $ 149.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 type A9 express train cars, 1st class, and 1 type Vru express train dining car painted and lettered for the French State Railways (Société nationale des chemins de fer français / SNCF). In the elegant ruby red design of the "Le Capitole" express train.

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars. All of the cars have different car numbers.Total length over the buffers 459 mm / 18-1/16".

T18221 - Minitrix Museum Car for 2021 DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ TBA

Prototype: Prototype: "Dresden" design type Glmhs boxcar. Privately owned car painted and lettered for the firm Friedr. Dick, Esslingen, Germany, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). The car looks as it did around 1959.

Model: Model: The boxcar has a close coupler mechanisms. Also included is a kitchen knife from the firm Friedr. Dick with Trix engraving and a clear blade protector.Length over the buffers 75 mm / 3-15/16".

T18252 - EC Venezia Car Set Part 1
Pre-order price: $ 99.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 Russian Federation (RZD) State Railroad Company type WLABm express train sleeping cars.Use: High quality long-distance service, here in the EC "Venezia" around 2009.

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 306 mm / 12-1/16".

This car set can be lengthened prototypically with the car sets 18253, 18254, and 18255.

Comment: Direct sleeping car trains between Budapest and Venice were available as early as the 19th century. Yet after World War II, this was gone for many years. Possibilities to revive former connections did not arise again until the collapse of the communist regimes in the East Block as well as the break-up of Yugoslavia. At the beginning of the Nineties, the thought thus bore fruit to put in a sleeping car connection again between Budapest and Venice. The first EuroNight "Venezia" (EN 440/441) to Venice finally left the Budapest stub end station Keleti on May 29, 1994. Despite considerable load factors, the EuroNight "Venezia" had to be cancelled at the end of the schedule year 2011. The Hungarian rail subsidiary MÁV-START cited as a reason the considerably increased track usage fees from the Italian railroad management. These fees precluded any continued economical operation. The last "Venezia" thus made its way to Venice on December 9, 2011 and returned to Budapest on December 10, 2011.

T18253 - EC Venezia Car Set Part 2 HU - Hungary
Pre-order price: $ 99.00

Prototype: Prototype: 1 type WLAB express train sleeping car and 1 type Bc slumber coach painted and lettered for MÁV-START.Use: High quality long-distance service, here in the EC "Venezia" around 2009.

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 306 mm / 12-1/16".

This car set can be lengthened prototypically with the car sets 18252, 18254, and 18255.

T18254 - EC Venezia Car Set Part 3
Pre-order price: $ 109.00

Prototype: Prototype: 1 type WLABmee express train sleeping car and 1 type Bcm slumber coach painted and lettered for C?ile Ferate Române (CFR).Use: High quality long-distance service, here in the EC "Venezia" around 2009.

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 330 mm / 13".

This car set can be lengthened prototypically with the car sets 18252, 18253, and 18255.

T18255 - EC Venezia Car Set Part 4 FS - Italy
Pre-order price: $ 109.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 type UIC-X (Bm) express train sleeping cars painted and lettered for Italian State Railways (FS).Use: High quality long-distance service, here in the EC "Venezia" around 2009.

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Lighting kits can be installed in the cars.Total length over the buffers 330 mm / 13".

This car set can be lengthened prototypically with the car sets 18252, 18253, and 18254.

T18409 - Limited Stop Fast Passenger Train in the Danube Valley Passenger Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 55.00

Prototype: Prototype: Type B4ylwe streamlined limited stop fast passenger train car, 2nd class. The car is painted in a bottle green scheme and lettered for the German Federal Railroad (DB) around 1959.

Model: Model: This car is new tooling. It has a close coupler mechanism. A lighting kit can be installed in the car.Length over the buffers 134 mm / 5-1/4".

You can model a complete train by adding the 18209 car set and the class 18.4 steam locomotive, item number 16184.

T18413 - Passenger Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 55.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Bnb 719 commuter car, 2nd class around 1991. Nickname "Silberling / Silver Coin".

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

T18414 - IC 142 Germania Express Train Passenger Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: 1 type Avmz 111 compartment car as it looked in the summer of 1974 painted and lettered for the German Federal Railroad (DB) with the train route "Hannover - Bielefeld - Hamm - Dortmund - Dsseldorf - Cologne".

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

The motive power to go with this car set can be found under item number 16100, the class 112.

T18416 - IC 2013 Passenger Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Avmz 109 express train passenger car, 1st class, used in the IC 2013 around 2004 from Dortmund to Oberstdorf.

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

T18417 - IC 2013 Passenger Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 49.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Apmz 125 express train passenger car, 1st class, used in the IC 2013 around 2004 from Dortmund to Oberstdorf.

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

T18427 - High Capacity Sliding Wall Boxcar OBB - Austria
Pre-order price: $ 45.00

Prototype: Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) type Habbiillns high capacity sliding wall boxcar. In the version as a car for SBB Cargo, Inc., Basle, Switzerland.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 145 mm / 5-11/16".

T18431 - Flat Car DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn
Pre-order price: $ 55.00

Prototype: Prototype: German State Railroad (DR/GDR) type Rgs 3910 flat car. European standard car with a length of 19.90 meters / 65 feet 3-1/2 inches in length. Loaded with three 20-foot mail containers.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. A freight load of 20-foot mail containers is included. Length over the buffers 124 mm / 4-7/8".

T18462 - Cab Control Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 99.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Bnrbdzf 480.1 commuter cab control car in a traffic red paint scheme. Use: Regional trains and regional express trains around 2018.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism, triple headlights on the cab end with headlight / marker light changeover 3 x white and 2 x red, with a 14-pin digital interface, and with a lighted train destination sign. A lighting kit can be installed in the car. The paint scheme and lettering are authentic. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

Comment: Starting in 1960, the regular production cars of the so-called "Silberlinge / Silver Coins" came in three variations: as pure 2nd class cars, as cars for 1st and 2nd class, and as cab control cars. Yet the cabs of these cab control cars quickly became extremely unpopular with engineers. Due to the extremely cramped space and the angular shape of the cab area, the nicknames "Rabbit Hutch" or "Engineer's Restroom" quickly came into use. By today's standards, their technical features could be described as downright primitive. The maintenance facility in Karlsruhe developed a cab area in 1971 stretching across the whole width of the car without a passage to an adjacent car in order to alleviate and improve the cramped space in the cab area of the Silver Coin cab control car. The cab end of the car was similar to the new class 420 powered rail cars. By 1982, 508 of the regular production cab control cars emerged with the "Karlsruhe Cab". These cab control cars also no longer met the requirements in the Nineties for a modern workspace and they could only be used either with diesel or electric locomotives. A change required hours of conversion work on the engineer's control desk.The maintenance facility at Wittenberge therefore developed a new, modular cab in 1992. It consisted of a car body module prebuilt with fiberglass parts and an end shape inspired by the class 628, which had a DB standard design cab installed, which was introduced with the class 111. There was now a roomy and manageable cab area with a modern control desk equipped with computer-supported control for diesel and electric locomotives. It enabled operation with conventional shuttle train control as well as with the new time multiplex shuttle train control (ZWS). Here all that was needed was a simple changing of the mode of operation. Conversion was no longer required. Also present was side-selective door control, which meant these cars were often used at the head of a bi-level shuttle train. By 1998, a large number of these cab modules had been installed, whereby there were deviations in the design of the cab control cars. The type Bnrbdzf 480.1 cars were originally converted for use in Hesse and were the only type Bnrbdzf units to have both a handicapped toilet and a built-in lift for wheelchairs. Several of these cab control cars then went to other depots such as Kiel, Stuttgart, or also Mhldorf. With increasing regionalization and the use of modern powered rail cars, these cab cars along with the updated Silver Coins cars lost increasingly more options for use. Now they can be experienced only in isolated examples such as Regional Express, Regional Train, or Bicycle Express services.

T18707 - Low Side Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 159.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) 2 each type Kkklms 440 without brakeman's platforms and 2 each type Kkklms 440 with brakeman's platforms around 1987. Built starting in 1933 for the German State Railroad.Use: Transport of freight not sensitive to moisture.

Model: Model: All of the cars have different freight loads. All of the cars have different car numbers and close coupler mechanisms. 2 cars have a platform and 2 cars do not have them. Total length over the buffers 320 mm / 12-5/8".

Comment: The type KKklms 440 stake car were used for the most part to haul bulky freight, vehicles, and machines. The first year of delivery for the cars was 1933 (type Rms Stuttgart). The cars were built in large quantities and were in use on the DB for a long time.

T18711 - Deep Well Flat Car Set SNCB - Belgium
Pre-order price: $ 79.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 different standard design type Sdkmms deep well flat cars painted and lettered for TRW. Loaded with semi-truck rigs for the freight forwarder Speditionen H. Essers from Belgium.

Model: Model: Both cars are loaded with removable semi-truck rigs. The car frames are constructed of die-cast metal, and the cars have close coupler mechanisms. Both cars have different car numbers. Total length over the buffers 204 mm / 8".

T18801 - Sliding Tarp Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 129.00

Prototype: Prototype: 2 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Rils 652 sliding tarp cars with different lettering and 1 type Rilns tarp car for AAE/VTG, leased to Kielholz & Rybicki for Envilog. European standard car with a length of 19.90 meters / 65 feet 3-1/2 inches in length. Version with a single-piece tarp and rectangular buffers.

Model: Model: The cars have close coupler mechanisms. The trucks are type Y 25. The car with the lettering "DB Schenker" has lighted marker lights. Total length over the buffers 372 mm / 14-5/8".

T18851 - IC 2013 IC Cab Control Car DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 99.00

Prototype: Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Bimdzf 271.2 IC cab control car, used in the IC 2013 around 2004 from Dortmund to Oberstdorf.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism, triple headlights on the cab end with headlight / marker light changeover white/red, with a 14-pin digital interface. A 66611 LED lighting kit can be installed in the car. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2".

The class 218 locomotive goes with this car and is available under item number 16823.

T18902 - Express Freight Freight Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 109.00

Prototype: Prototype: 3 German State Railroad (DR/GDR) type Gbqss-z 1742 boxcars (former DR type Gbs 1500). The cars look as they did around 1980.Use: For moisture sensitive and especially urgent freight.

Model: Model: The cars have different car numbers and close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 264 mm / 10-3/8".

T18903 - Class VB 996 and VB 998 Trailer Car Set DB - Germany
Pre-order price: $ 219.00

Prototype: Prototype: DB Regio (DB AG) rail bus trailer cars, road number (VB) 996 257 and 998 069 as the "Bicycle Express" and as the "Ulmer Spatz" / "Ulm Sparrow". Built starting in 1955.Use: In commuter service (branch lines). The cars look as they did around 2008.

Model: Model: These cars go with 16984. The cars have a frame constructed of die-cast metal. They also have an mfx/DCC digital function decoder. Maintenance-free LEDs are used for the interior lighting, which can be controlled digitally. The cars have special operating couplers. Total length over the buffers 174 mm / 6-7/8".

These intermediate cars go with the 16984 rail bus set.

T18921 - Minitrix Trix Club Car for 2021 DB - Germany Insider item - only available to Marklin Club members
Pre-order price: $ TBA

Prototype: Prototype: Type Ucs 909 powdered freight car used on the German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG). Car includes 2 chambers for fine-grained bulk freight, here brake sand for locomotives.

Model: Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. It also has separately applied lines and steps. Length over the buffers 53 mm / 2-1/16".

One-time series in 2021 only for members of the Trix Club.

T66611 - LED Lighting Kit for Cab Control Cars
Pre-order price: $ 25.00

Model: This kit is for Minitrix cab control cars produced starting in 2021. It consists of an LED light bar (warm white). The LED light bar has an electrolytic capacitor for power buffering (protection against flickering) and a dimmer (potentiometer).

T66612 - LED Lighting Kit
Pre-order price: $ 25.00

Model: This kit is for Minitrix passenger cars with a length over the buffers of 165 mm / 6-1/2" (exceptions are passenger cars based on the "Silberlinge" / "Silver Coins" and with current pickup from one conductor per truck. It consists of an LED light bar (warm white) and pickup springs. The LED light bar has an electrolytic capacitor for power buffering (protection against flickering) and a dimmer (potentiometer).