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CLUB
NEWS
2013
Märklin-Insider 0X / 201X
Exclusively for Club members
Class 45 with 7 freight cars: Germany’s
most powerful of all in H0
Overview: special models for
anniversary celebrants
Poster: all Z-gauge Cars of the Year
Report: day of the long tracks
Contents
Issue 03 / 2013
Detail
News: Trends Intermodellbau / DVD Annual Chronicles 2013 – part 1 /
Special train to the IMA Göppingen ......................................................... 4
Insider Club model 2013: The mighty class 45 in H0 .............................. 6
Märklin Kids Club: The amusing Annual Car 2013 ............................... 10
20 years of the Club: All Z-gauge Annual Cars ..................................... 12
Gigantic: the class 45 as a further exclusive Club model in 2013.
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Scene
Portrait: The Exner Insider family on the Club trip through
Switzerland – an experience to be remembered .................................. 14
Exclusive: Anniversary models for loyal Club members – useful
functional models, cute wagons and superb locos .............................. 17
Action: MIST 72 and its public “Day of the Long Trains” .................... 20
Steel-blue class 05: anniversary model only for Insiders of 20 years’ standing.
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Service
Information meeting points: First-hand tips – dates when the
digital info days are being held .............................................................. 22
Cooperation partners: Enjoy a trip to the south Tyrolean railroad world
in Rabland near Merano and the museum railroad of Schönheide ...... 23
Editorial ...................................................................................................... 3
New Club partner: experience the Museum Railroad Schönheide.
Imprint
Editorial
3G Media GmbH: Peter Waldleitner (editor-in-chief),
Club News is an exclusive part of this publication for Insider Club
Lars Harnisch, Rochus Rademacher, Stefanie Hirrle
members. Subject to changes and delivery options for all the products
Layout
Publisher
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Gerhard Baumann GmbH & Co. KG
mentioned here. All rights reserved. Reprinting in whole or in part only
with prior written permission. This also applies for recording in electronic
databases and duplication on CD-ROMs. The editor is not liable for any
Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH
Photographs
Stuttgarter Str. 55 – 57
Unless indicated otherwise: Märklin Insider
73033 Göppingen, Germany
Title: H. Seehuber
Märklin Customer Clubs
No liability accepted for any dates given.
brochure summer new releases 2013, order forms for Club model class 45
Silvia Römpp (responsible)
E 198465 – 03 2013 © by Gebr. Märklin
and freight car set, Kids Club Car of the Year, catalog 2013/2014.
unsolicited submission of manuscripts, photographs or illustrations.
The following enclosures are sent out with Club mailing 03/2013: Märklin
Insider News 03/2013, Märklin Magazin 03/2013, Annual DVD 2013 (part 1),
Dear Insiders,
We celebrate half-time in this Club anniversary year with an
imposing model highlight: as a further exclusive model for Club
members in 2013, Märklin is producing the magnificent
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class 45 with new-design boiler in H0 – a top-grade icon of railroad history, which was the most powerful steam locomotive
ever built in Germany. So that the giant can do justice to its reputation, there is also a matching set of seven different freight
cars. And for Z-gauge enthusiasts, this issue includes a review
of all the Club cars of the last 20 years in the form of a poster.
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We also take another look at the Märklin Kids Club “Annual Cars”
1993 | Item 88662
1994 | Item 88215
1995 | Item 88658
1996 | Item 80306
1997 | Item 80307
1998 | Item 80308
and new promotional models and close the show with our
anniversary models for long-term Club members.
Naturally we will also be drawing from Club stories: a Märklin-
1999 | Item 80309
ist married couple reports on the wonderful experience of their
Club trip to Switzerland, and the round table MIST 72 tells us all
2000 | Item 80310
about its successful “Day of the Long Tracks” – this public run-
2001 | Item 80311
ning spectacle once again demonstrates the fascination of the
2002 | Item 80312
world of Märklin. Waiting for you in the Service section this is-
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sue are dates for the digital info days and brief sketches of new
2004 | Item 80314
cooperation partners. To finish with, we want you to look for2005 | Item 80315
ward to the top event of the year: from 13 to 15 September, the
entire model railroad community will be making for Göppingen
2006 | Item 80316
for the 30th IMA. Enjoy reading your Club news!
2008 | Item 80318
2009 | Item 80319
2010 | Item 80320
2011 | Item 80321
2012 | Item 80322
2013 | Item 80323
Photos: DB, Märklin
2007 | Item 80317
Your Insider Club team
Club anniversary: Annual Cars in Z-gauge.
Your service numbers
Queries about technology, repairs
and spare parts / complaints
Customer Service
Club hotline
Telephone Monday – Friday
from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Telephone: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 2 13
Fax: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 3 08
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone Monday – Friday
from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Telephone inland: 0 90 01 / 6 08-2 22
(0.49 euro per minute from the German fixed
phone network, mobile tariffs may differ)
Telephone from abroad: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 2 22
Fax: +49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08-2 25
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet
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club.maerklin.de
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Please inform us in good time of your
new address so we will know where we can
reach you. A forwarding address at the
Post Office unfortunately will not suffice.
Thank you for your cooperation!
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Speechless: model railroaders admired the Märklin
stand at Dortmund with wide
eyes and camera lenses.
Club members were welcomed with an exhibition
memento (see below) and
the anniversary showcase
(above right), and 20-year
members were also greeted
with a glass of prosecco to
celebrate.
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Exhibition trends Intermodellbau Dortmund
Powerful models impress
Superb new models, fine layouts and almost
innumerable model railroaders: once again,
the Märklin stand at the Intermodellbau 2013
in Dortmund was the number one attraction
for a great number of the 88,000 visitors. No
wonder: according to visitor surveys, the
model railroad has proven to be the very top
favorite with the public – and Märklin stands
for the model railroad. The Club team welcomed the Club members personally, and as
an exhibition memento, they
were presented with a
sporty cap bearing the
Märklin Insider legend.
Members with 20
complete years behind
them also received a
prosecco with “anniversary label”. Drawing
Freisteller!
attention to the 20th anni-
versary was a showcase with some particularly
outstanding Club models such as the “Big Boy”
or the “Senator”.
Many children with their parents, school classes
and young people were fascinated by the large
Märklin H0 layout and took home information
on the wide Märklin my world product range.
“The play area at the stand was well attended
and many of the parents with their children
stayed for half an hour and more”, said EricMichael Peschel, Event Marketing Manager,
Märklin. “Children are becoming more interested in model railroads again”. This is helped
by world records: On the Märklin stand, everyone was admiring the 15-mm (5/8") high
Z-scale Christmas tree – the tiniest exhibit of
all – presented by Trainini editor Holger Späing
of the Dortmund Insider Round Table.
Photos: Intermodellbau, Kötzle, PW
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News & Facts
DVD of the year part 1
Visible
pleasure
Twenty years of the Insider Club,
product highlights and model railroad trends: the first part of the
DVD of the Year 2013 “A year
with Märklin” once again gives
you visual delights and top
information from the Club,
the world of model railroads
and prototypes. Waiting for
Club members are reports on
the “Crocodile” in Erstfeld
(Ce 6/8 II 14270) and on Märklin’s
current H0 models. Layout enthusiasts can look forward to two reports:
the Lippstadt Railroad enthusiasts show
off their magnificent club layout, and the Aviation Museum in
San Francisco shows us its historic 0-gauge layout. Naturally
there are tips included too on the annual DVD part 1. The DVD
also has a film report on weathering a V 100 model, which is
richly illustrated with running scenes. Clearly there’s plenty about
the Club too – after all, it is celebrating its 20th anniversary in
2013. Two of the Club’s founder members play host to the film
team, there are excerpts from the first Club film of all, and two
exclusive special models find themselves in front of the lens: the
huge H0 class 53.0 steam loco as an anniversary model, and
the attractive class 05, which is reserved for all those who have
been Club members for 20 years continuously. The annual
chronicle DVD part 1 is sent out with this mailing. A cover to match
the DVD is available for downloading in the Club area under
club.maerklin.de.
Model or prototype? The feature on the two “Crocodiles”
on part 1 of the annual DVD makes things clear.
Trips canceled
The planned Märklin trips in 2013 to Scandinavia to the ore railroad and to Bochum to
the musical “Starlight Express” have unfortunately had to be canceled. The cancellations
were due to insufficient registrations, so that
minimum participant numbers could not be
reached. We wish to thank all Club members
for their interest and apologize for having to
take this step. Nevertheless, those who would
like to enjoy “Starlight Express” still have an
advantage: Club members receive a reduction
of 10 percent on the net prices of admission
tickets by quoting PIN 123953 when they make
a reservation. Tickets and info are available
under +49 (0)2 11/7 34 41 20.
Photo: MIGA Augsburg
From Augsburg to the IMA in Göppingen 2013
Special train hauled by the V 200
A bit strong: the RTS V 200 powers the special train to the IMA Göppingen.
The proper way to arrive at the 30th International Model
Railway Exhibition (September 13 to 15, 2013) in Göppingen: on September 15th, a V 200-powered special train
will leave Augsburg main station for Göppingen between
7:00 and 7:30, arriving back in Augsburg at about 19:30.
The price is 29.50 euro. Tickets from MIGA Augsburg
(www.miga-augsburg.de), Augsburger Lokschuppen
(www.augsburger-lokschuppen.de) and Schweickhardt
Eisenbahn (www.modelleisenbahn.de).
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Star ensemble: as a further Club model in 2013, the gigantic class 45 will be a real hit with its extremely fine metal construction, while the set of seven
contemporary freight cars – also exclusive – underscore the impressive effect of Germany’s most powerful steam loco.
Exclusively for Insiders: the class 45 freight train locomotive as a
once-only series
Simply the strongest of all
With an output of 3,020 HP, the machines of class 45 put all the others in the shade:
they were the most powerful German steam locos. Exclusively for Insiders, Märklin
is now producing 45 010 with new design high-performance boiler as running in about
1965 as a once-only series, and a set of freight cars typical of the times.
“As the most powerful of all German steam
locos, the class 45 is an outstanding landmark
in railroad history”, says Karl-Heinz Grässle,
Märklin’s Product Manager, of the selection of
45 010 as a second Insider model in 2013. “In
addition, the 45 is represented as the DB version with new boiler in the Märklin range for
the first time”. And another thing: homage is
paid to a unique item. “Of the entire class,
only 45 010, in the DB museum in Nuremberg,
survived”. And that was close: in October
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2005, the preserved loco was seriously damaged by fire, but due to her historical significance, 45 010 underwent the necessary repairs,
which were successfully completed in 2012.
The class with its three sets of valve gear was
developed in the Henschel works in Kassel. In
the 1930s, freight train loads were increasing
enormously and there was an urgent need for
fast, powerful steam locomotives for express
parcels and freight traffic. “So when the
Locomotive Committee met in Wernigerode
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Models
Notes on ordering
The H0 class 45 freight train tender locomotive (item 37455) and the matching seven-piece freight car set
(item 46081) will be produced in 2013 in a once-only series exclusively for Insiders. Each Club member can
order one example of each of the exclusive models from his Märklin MHI dealer with the enclosed order
form. We expressly draw your attention to the fact that these order forms are not transferable. Closing
date for orders is July 31, 2013. Deliveries are scheduled to commence from quarter 4, 2013. At the end
of the year, a personalized certificate of authenticity will be sent direct to all those ordering the model.
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Last of the class: unlike the preserved locomotive, the model of 45 010 has triple headlights, as Märklin has produced the
heavy freight train steam loco in its running condition in around 1965.
from May 23 to 25, 1934, there were discussions about a ten-coupled freight train locomotive with a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph),
and these were to culminate in the design of
the class 45”, recounts Dr. Andreas Räntzsch,
Documentarist at Märklin. Between 1936 and
1940, Henschel built 28 class 45 locomotives.
With a length of 25.64 m (84'1-1/2") over buffers, the locos didn’t merely look mighty: their
evaporation surface (310 m² - 3,336 ft²) was
far larger than that of the “Jumbo” class 44
(238 m2 - 2,560 ft²) and the classic standard
class 50 (177 m2 - 1,905 ft²).
The German Federal Railroad took over
27 locos of this class which were admittedly
suffering massive boiler problems caused
by metal fatigue. As a result, from 1950, ten
machines – including 45 010 – were modified
with fireboxes or new boilers with combustion chambers and mechanical stokers. Trials
demonstrated the new boilers fitted to the
class 45 could produce an almost incredible
22 tonnes of steam per hour, and that at a
speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) they produced an
output of over 3,000 HP.
As railroad historian Dr. Andreas Räntzsch
continues, the post-war history of the 45s was
anything but standard: “There was some demand for brake locomotives, and some for a
powerful freight train locomotive. Thus some
class 45s were put into service from Würzburg
depot – the rebuilt 45s were those regularly
used. Their time at Würzburg ended with the
winter schedules 1955/56. Then the Bundesbahn Zentralamt (central office) in Minden
moved in on the rebuilt locos”. The BZA needed braking locos for testing new machines,
“Since previously the testing station had only
had class 45 locos in their original condition”.
As last of the giants, the 45 010 was retired in
November 1968, and now she appears as a
further 2013 Club model and Insiders can put
her in steam – she has after all a smoke generator kit. The model with the 2’3 T38 tender is
Karl-Heinz Grässle,
Product Manager Märklin:
“The class 45 is a milestone
in railroad history”.
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37455 Heavy freight train
steam locomotive with tender
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Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 45 heavy freight train steam
loco. Rebuilt version with new design high-performance boiler, Witte
smoke deflectors, DB reflex glass lamps and 5-axle tender 2’3’T38. Road
number 45 010. As running in around 1965.
Model: Fitted with mfx digital decoder and extensive sound functions.
High-efficiency motor with flywheel in the boiler. Five driven axles. Traction
tires. Locomotive and tender constructed mostly of metal. Smoke generator
set 7226 supplied as standard. Triple headlights which change ends with
direction of travel and smoke generator operate conventionally and can be
controlled digitally. With engineer’s cab lighting and flickering in the firebox,
digitally controllable. Lamps are maintenance-free warm white LEDs.
Close-coupling with guide mechanism between loco and tender. Tender
has guide for Telex coupling in NEM pocket, digitally controllable. Imitation
of the middle cylinder. Numerous pipes and hand-rails separately applied.
Minimum negotiable radius 360 mm (14-3/16"). Piston rod protectors and
brake hoses are included. Length over buffers 29.5 cm (11-5/8").
Mobile
Station
60652
Control
Unit
6021
Digital functions
Mobile
Station 2
60653
Headlights
Smoke generator contact
Steam loco running sound
Loco whistle
Direct control
Brakes squealing off
Engineer’s cab lighting
Switcher whistle
Telex coupling at rear
Flickering firebox glow
Let off steam
Shoveling coal
Shake up the grate
Air pump
Injector
Model highlights
• Strongest German steam locomotive.
• First production with new design high-performance boiler.
• Specially filigree metal design.
• A wide range of operating and sound functions digitally controllable.
• Red wheel-tires.
• Smoke generator kit included.
Central
Station
60212
fundamentally different from earlier models
like the Bellingrodt edition 45 004 (item 37452).
“The boiler, in die cast metal, is a complete
new tooling – that’s easy to see from the altered dome arrangement, pipework and the
new smokebox door”, says Product Manager
Karl-Heinz Grässle enumerating the points.
Instead of four domes like the old boiler, 45 010
has only three: in front of the steam dome
are the two sand domes each of which has two
delicately worked fall-pipes leading to the
axles – just one example of the finely-crafted
detailing. “The decking matches the boiler,
the feed-pump and air-pump are both new,
the cylinders have been reworked and authentic Witte smoke deflectors and DB reflex
glass lamps are fitted”, says the H0 Product
Manager pointing out further details worthy
of note (see product profile on the left).
The functions for operation are absolutely
modern. The loco can be uncoupled by remote
control thanks to the Telex coupling on the
rear of the tender. Lighting functions like the
flickering light in the firebox and the digitally-controlled engineer’s cab lighting and the
wide range of sound effects lend lots of
atmosphere.
For this steam loco bursting with power,
Märklin has produced – also exclusively for the
Club – a seven-piece freight car set with a
freight train baggage car, a loaded stake car, a
banana refrigerator car, a boxcar of the popular G10 type, a pressurized gas tank car owned
by VTG, a further silo car and boxcar. The assembly is not accidental, and that is something
by which Karl-Heinz Grässle sets great store:
“We took our inspiration for the selection from
photographs of typical freight trains taken in
around 1965”. And so the biggest German steam
loco will soon be taking to the rails once more,
with a freight train just like Carl Bellingrodt
used to photograph.
Text: R. Rademacher/Photos: Märklin, H. Seehuber, U. Slovig
46081 Freight car set
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Prototype: Seven German Federal Railroad (DB) freight cars of various types. 1 Pwg
Pr 14 freight train baggage car. 1 Rlmms 58 stake car without brakeman’s platform.
1 Tnfhs 38 refrigerator car with horizontal boards. 1 G 10 boxcar “Association”
design without brakeman’s cab. 1 four-axle pressurized gas tank car with heat shield,
car privately owned by VTG, Vereinigte Tanklager und Transportmittel GmbH,
Hamburg. 1 Kds-54 silo container car without brakeman’s platform. 1 Gms-44 boxcar.
All cars are as they were running in the mid-1960s.
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Models
Engineer’s cab lighting
DB designation
Digital decoder (mfx, DCC)
New design highperformance boiler
Flickering firebox glow
Witte smoke deflectors
Red wheel-tires
Smoke generator
kit supplied
3-position
headlamps
Telex
coupling
45 010: a “steamer” in a class of its own with outstanding features, starting with the elaborately-designed new high-performance boiler.
A bit strong: the authentic pipe runs, delicate rows of rivets and the complex valve gear are all top class.
Model: Stake car with pipe load and the flanges showing traces of rust. The
stakes are packed in a separate bag. Refrigerator car with the authentic
lettering “Bananen” on the loading doors. With truss-rods and separatelyapplied footsteps. All cars bear different road numbers and are individually
packed and marked. Total length over buffers 87.7 cm (34-1/2"). DC wheelsets
for each boxcar 2 x 700580 or 4 x 700580 (pressurized gas tank car).
Model highlights
• All cars bear different road numbers.
• Stake car with an interesting load.
• Ideal cars for the freight train steam loco class 45
(2013 Insider model).
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July 31, 2013
Märklin Kids Club Annual Car 2013
Summer freshness with Bugs Bunny
Swimming, surfing, playing tennis – the world stars of the cartoon series “Looney Tunes” bring a
holiday mood to the Märklin Kids Club with the Annual Car 2013. The low side car with the metal
omnibus is offered exclusively to members of the Märklin Kids Club and to Insiders.
48613 Märklin Kids Club Annual Car 2013
$!
Prototype: Low side car, loaded with a
model of a typical US school bus.
Model: Freight car in a green special color scheme.
Omnibus made of metal, designed as a camp bus,
with motifs from the world of Looney Tunes. Relex
Couplers. Length over buffers 16.0 cm (6-5/16").
10DC wheelsets 4 x 700580.
ing the moment when the wave breaks. And the sides
are enlivened by two further motifs: the Tasmanian
devil Taz is flourishing a surfboard with a bite out of it
and Bugs Bunny is swinging a tennis recquet.
The Annual Car 2013 is the eighth freight car portraying the famous cartoon figures. As motive power for
the cartoon block train, Märklin produced the class 232
in 2012 in a Looney-Tunes design as Model of the Year
for the Märklin Kids Club and Insider Club members.
Text: RR/photos: Märklin
TM & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
(s13)
www.looneytunes.de
They bow neither to logic nor to the laws of physics –
and that’s what makes Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and
Wile E. Coyote such firm favorites with people of all
ages: the dynamics of the Warner Bros. cartoon figures
cast their spell on everyone. “That’s why we are continuing the long-running Looney Tunes series with the
Annual Cars for the Märklin Kids Club 2013”, explains
Kids Club leader Ulf Bovensmann. The green low side
car with two trucks bears the Märklin Kids Club logo,
for the first time in the Looney-Tunes series, and is
loaded with a classic US school bus. “The bus on
the model attracts children, with their enthusiasm for
cars and in addition it makes the freight car more fun
to play with” says the project manager, describing the
combination as an ideal gift for children. The bus,
made of metal, advertises itself with sign writing on
the back as a vehicle of the “Looney Tunes Summer
Camp”, printed by Märklin with comic figures and
colorful hibiscus blossoms. Main motif on both sides
is the lettering “Summer Camp”, washed over by a
wave – below Bugs Bunny and Tweety are smirking,
and surfing above is Wile E. Coyote, obviously dread-
Model 48613 will be produced as a once-only series for
members of the Märklin Kids Club and Insiders Club. Every
Insiders Club member can order one example of the model
through his Märklin-MHI retailer using the order form enclosed.
We explicitly draw your attention to the fact that Insider
order forms are not transferable. Due to legal licensing regulations this model is available in the following countries only:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Luxembourg. Deliveries are scheduled for
quarter 4, 2013.
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Promotional models
Promotional models
April / May 2013
4415.569 “BW-i”*
Baden-Württemberg International,
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
4415.570 “Schwäbisch Hall”*
Bausparkasse Schwäbisch
Hall AG, 74523 Schwäbisch Hall,
Germany
4870.007 “GULF”
Tog & Tekno, Boulevarden 42,
9000 Aalborg, Denmark,
tel. +45 (0) 98 12/04 11,
www.togogtekno.dk,
[email protected]
4415.809 “Stummi I – Frische Ölsardinen” and 4415.810 “Stummi II”
Only available over the Stummi forum: www.Stummiforum.de
Please note that
4415.811 “Langnese” and 4415.812 “Meica”
Exclusively available from Modellbahn West, Märklin Store am
Limbecker Platz 1a, 45127 Essen, Germany, tel. +49 (0)2 01/74 75 85 44,
[email protected] and in the Märklin Store
Oberhausen, Centroallee 9/L3, 46042 Oberhausen, Germany,
tel. +49 (0)2 08/3 04 00 08, [email protected],
www.modellbahn-west.de
Promotional models are
only manufactured for
Märklin dealers or industrial
companies etc. (the latter
are marked with an *).
Normally models marked
with an * are not offered
for sale and for this reason,
no addresses are given
Only models already
delivered to the respective
customer may be publicized, and only when the
customer has given explicit
permission for this.
47561.004 “BASF” and 47561.005 “BASF”
BASF SE, Heidi Vetter, tel. +49 (0)6 21/60-4 33 04, [email protected]
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Big event: Z-Club cars from 1993
Märklin-Insider 0X / 201X
1993 | Item 88662
1994 | Item 88215
1995 | Item 88658
1996 | Item 80306
1997 | Item 80307
1998 | Item 80308
1999 | Item 80309
2000 | Item 80310
2001 | Item 80311
2002 | Item 80312
2003 | Item 80313
2004 | Item 80314
2005 | Item 80315
2006 | Item 80316
2008 | Item 80318
2009 | Item 80319
2010 | Item 80320
2011 | Item 80321
2012 | Item 80322
2013 | Item 80323
to 2013
Photos: DB, Märklin
2007 | Item 80317
All details of the Annual Cars
under club.maerklin.de
Märklin-Insider 03/ 2013
Insider Portrait: model railroad hobby as a duet
“We went across the
viaduct on foot”
“I had no idea then what I had started”, recalls Insider Angelika
Exner, talking of their first starter set She shares the hobby with
her husband – including a Club trip to Switzerland.
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Portrait
Club News: Mrs. Exner, you were the first in
the family to discover the model railroad
hobby. What is your enthusiasm based on?
Angelika Exner: Well, that’s not entirely true.
We were both of us more or less ’infected’
as children. My grandfather was a railroad
man, working in the repair shops in Opladen.
He gave my brothers a Märklin railroad with
which I also played as a child. We set up a
small permanent layout in the cellar. When
he was a kid, my husband came to model
railroads via his father and brother, though
admittedly they were Fleischmann fans.
Around Christmas, they used to set up a small
layout which had to be taken down again at
Easter at the latest.
Club News: In the intervening years, model
railroads were displaced by other interests.
How did the renaissance come about?
Angelika Exner: Well, I was looking for a suitable wedding present for my fiancée, and
the thought occurred to me that we might
combine the start of a new chapter of our lives
with the start of a mutual hobby. One day I
carefully steered the conversation to find out
whether there was a chance of rekindling the
model railroad interest. My research gave me
the courage to go to the retailers and have a
look at the current catalogs and starter sets. But
that still left the question of which system it
should be: DC or AC? We did after all come
from different camps. So for the wedding,
there was no starter set; only catalogs and a
home-made railroad of sugar.
Club News: And die reaction?
Angelika Exner: I delayed present-giving until
we reached our honeymoon destination. The
family was in on the secret and gave us a few
very well-wrapped packages to take with us,
and I was already reading question marks in
my husband’s face. Then when I let the secret
out in our holiday cottage in Belgium, my
husband was totally stunned. We pored over
the catalogs on honeymoon. It was very soon
obvious that we would decide to go with the
Märklin digital system. And since we couldn’t
even wait until the holiday was over, we
Among those with similar interests: for Angelika and Karsten
Exner (first row), exchanges with other Club members on the trip
was „a super enrichment of the model railroader landscape“.
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looked right there and then for a toyshop which
also offered model railroads.
Club News: New start with Märklin?
Angelika Exner: Yes, we bought our first
Märklin Delta starter set, item No. 29177. Our
first loco, the little blue class 34 steam loco,
is in fact a Belgian – and she covered a fair
distance in the holiday cottage. When we were
back home, we positively fell on the large
digital starter set 29845 with passenger and
freight train and digital control center 6021.
I had no idea at that time just what I had
started.
A spirit of anticipation: Off
we go with the Club and the
Rhaetian Railway. On the
Club trip, the Exners valued
above all the chance to
chat with the other model
railroaders.
Club News: Mr. Exner, how do you actually
indulge in your joint hobby? Do you collect?
Do you have a layout?
Karsten Exner: We devote time to it; yes and
no; yes and no. But we’ll take everything in
order. We have already spent a whole lot of
time with our hobby, whether buying in shops
and at flea markets, modifying to digital or in
building the layout itself. You can’t help
collecting – you do it automatically – I favor
tank cars, Angelika reefer cars. And the cars
are naturally used on the layout too and don’t
while away a sad existence in showcases.
Club News: You were on the Club trip to
Switzerland in 2012. What fascinated you
most?
Karsten Exner: Above all the fantastic landscape in which the Rhaetian Railway has
managed to bed its track alignments. Mountains alternate with deep ravines spanned by
some impressive viaducts. I only have to think
of the Wiesner Viaduct, where we were able
to detrain and then photograph our Crocodile
from the other side as it crossed the viaduct.
We were able to cross the viaduct on foot – a
narrow strip at a height of 88 meters (290 feet)!
The railroad depot in Landquart was also
extremely interesting – you don’t often have
the chance for such a carefree look behind
the scenes.
Club News: What do you mean – ’a carefree
look’?
Karsten Exner: We were able to go virtually
anywhere we wanted – the Swiss are far more
relaxed than German “railroad officials”.
Where else could you take a panorama shot
on a turntable with the overhead line live
while behind you, normal railroad operations
are going on? Absolutely marvelous! The
only sad thing was the defective steam regulator on the rostered steam loco – the locomotive brake would not have worked properly,
so we had to call on the Crocodile’s services
again. As compensation, it was possible to
take a cab journey, with fascinating insight
into the work of a loco engineer and sensational views of the track alignment.
Club News: And how did you get on with the
other members of the Club?
Angelika Exner: Meetings with others with the
same interests are a super enrichment of the
model railroad community. On the Rhaetian
Railway tour we were all able to chat to each
other and talk shop to our heart’s content – and
that makes you look forward to the next trip.
Text: R. Rademacher / photos: P. Daum, K.-H. Grässle,
Switzerland Tourism / F. Pfenninger
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Exclusive special models reward loyalty to the Club
Club anniversary models for long-standing Club members
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Club, Märklin is extending the range of exclusive special models for Insiders with
five, ten and fifteen years’ membership: those with 20 years’
membership – our founder-members – can now look forward
to the legendary class 05 express train steam loco and an
attractive railroad maintenance car. The new “20-years”
models (H0: items 39052, 49965; Z: items 88107, 82339)
are now waiting for all those celebrating their 20th anni-
versary in the future. The current mailing includes the order form with which all those celebrating an anniversary
can obtain the exclusive products. All founder members
were sent a separate letter in mid-March with order form
and flyer. If you have missed ordering a special model
in your anniversary year, you can still order one: simply
present your Club card to your specialist retailer, who can
process the order on line even without an order form.
20 years | joined 1993
39052 Express Steam Locomotive with a Tender (H0)
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Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 05 express locomotive.
Fictitious steel blue F-Zug express paint scheme with a black smoke
box. Witte smoke deflectors and an inductive magnet. Bright metal
boiler bands. The locomotive looks as it might have around 1961.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder and extensive
sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion
with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 3 axles powered. Traction tires.
The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. A
7226 smoke generator can be installed in the locomotive. The dual
headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the
smoke generator that can be installed in the locomotive will work in
conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The headlights
and other lighting are maintenance-free, warm white LED‘s. There
is a permanent close coupling between the locomotive and the tender.
There is also an NEM pocket with a close coupler and guide mechanism on the end of the tender. Minimum radius for operation 360 mm
/ 14-3/16". Piston rod protection tubes that can be installed on the
locomotive are included. Length over the buffers 30.7 cm / 12-1/16".
49965 Railroad Maintenance Car (H0)
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Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) railroad maintenance
car as a workshop car, based on type Dm 902. Ocean blue basic
paint scheme as the car looked at the beginning of the Eighties.
Model: The car has an mfx digital decoder. It also has a complete
series of different sound functions such as electro-welding with
a flickering light and electro-grinding, metal being sawn,
hammering, abrasive cutting, bench grinder, horn, and compres-
sor sounds that can be controlled digitally with the 6021 Control
Unit (the first 4 sounds) as well as with a Mobile Station or a
Central Station. There is also a red marker light on the right and
the left ends of the car; they can be turned on and off separately in
digital operation. A set of 5 track worker figures is also included
with the workshop car. Length over the buffers 28.2 cm / 11-1/8".
Only for those who have completed 20 years’ Insider Club membership.
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20 years | joined 1993
88107 Streamlined Steam Locomotive (Z)
82339 Railroad Maintenance Car Set (Z)
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Prototype: German Federal Railroad class 05 express locomotive.
Equipped with streamlining for high-speed operation.
Model: The locomotive has a 5-pole motor and a steel blue paint
scheme. All 3 driving axles powered. The locomotive comes in a
real wooden case with a certificate of authenticity. Length over
the buffers 116 mm / 4-9/16".
Prototype: Railroad maintenance car set or a small track laying
gang car set with a German Federal Railroad (DB) low side car
loaded with track ballast, several workers, and a power shovel.
Model: The railroad maintenance car set consists of a finely
detailed low side car loaded with a load insert of track ballast.
The power shovel is constructed of metal and there are 4 Preiser
figures with tools. Length over the buffers 40 mm / 1-9/16".
Only for those who have completed 20 years’ Insider Club membership.
15 years | joined 1998
94339 Flat Car for Containers (H0)
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Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Lgns 570 flat car for
transporting convertible truck transport units.
Model: The car has a prototypical partially open load surface. The
axle mounts for the car are separately applied. The side walls for
98089 Flat Car for Containers (Z)
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Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Lgjs 598 flat car
for transporting containers.
Model: The car two 20 foot containers, each with a door at the end.
The side walls for the containers are printed on both sides. There
is additional imprinting on the top of the containers. The containers
are removable. The car platform for the container flat car is
constructed of metal. Length over the buffers 64 cm / 2-1/2".
Only for members with 15 completed years of Insider Club membership.
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the convertible transport units are printed on both sides with different
images of all of the H0 Gauge Insider annual cars from the past.
There is additional imprinting on the top of the transport units.
Length over the buffers 19.1 cm / 7-1/2".DC wheel set 2 x 700580.
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10 years | joined 2003
37082 Express Steam Locomotive (H0)
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Prototype: Krauss-Maffei design for the German Federal
Railroad (DB) class 10.
Model: This locomotive comes with a digital decoder, controlled
highefficiency propulsion and sound effects module. 3 axles
powered. 2 traction tires. The tender is constructed of metal.
There is a close coupling between the locomotive and tender.
46010 Track Cleaning Car (H0)
The locomotive is ready for installation of the 72270 smoke
generator. The headlights and smoke generator will work in
conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The
running gear lights, whistle, and steam locomotive sound effects
synchronized with the driving wheels can be controlled digitally
with the 6021 Control Unit. Length over the buffers 30.5 cm / 12".
86002 Birthday Car (Z)
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Prototype: Two type KK 15 gondolas, permanently coupled, used as a
railroad maintenance car. Era III design.
Model: Both cars come with a built-in track cleaning device. Each one
consists of a metal block that moves vertically with parallel polishing
felt cleaning pads. The cleaning pads can be replaced and washed.
Retractable opening roofs. Close couplers guide mechanism. Both
cars permanently coupled. Length over buffers 15.3 cm/6-1/32".
!
Model: The birthday car is not only appropriate to
celebrate one»s own birthday, it»s also a very
special gift for friends and acquaintances. «Happy
Birthday» music chip is built into the original
packaging. The melody plays when the package is
opened.
Only for members with ten completed years of Insider Club membership.
5 years | joined 2008
46582 Grade Measurement Car (H0)
82319 tank car (Z)
Model: using the built-in spirit level, rising and falling grades
can be determined in percentage terms.
Prototype: two-axle tank car with brakeman’s platform.
Model: Exclusive tank car, only available to those with five-year
Insider membership. Black disc wheels. Length over buffers 40
mm (1-9/16").
Only for members with five completed years of Insider Club membership.
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Round tables
Tip: playful running operations as a public relations exercise
MIST 72 is an inspiration with the long tracks
A special type of Long Train Event was an enormous success for MIST 72 from the Reutlingen/Tübingen
region with its first “Day of the Long Tracks”: a running day, open to the public.
Departure: the trains can be accompanied on their runs all the way down the hall. There
were four lines set out for digital and analog models.
You’ll find a list of
all Märklin Insider
round tables in the
Club area under
club.maerklin.de –
naturally, the contacts are given too.
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What a good thing the route to the MIST 72
clubrooms leads through a big hallway with a
long corridor leading off it. “Here we set up
698 pieces of H0 track into a total length of
168.94 meters (554'3")”, round table spokesman Horst Bossler tells us of the material war
fed by the MIST-72 property box, which all
went to plan thanks to a well-drawn-up track
plan. After that, anyone could let his train
really run for once. And they came – children,
parents, grandparents, all brought their favorite Märklin models along. There were
block trains with up to 30 freight cars to be
seen, and in charge were the V 200, the
“Crocodile”, double-headed class 101s or the
“Big Boy”. “And of course the ICE and the
TGV were sent out too”, adds round table
member Ludger Flaig. “These high-speed
trains soon run out of places to go on your
conventional layout at home. By contrast,
an ICE model on long tracks gives you a very
much better idea of the original”. The trains
are often accompanied on the run by excited
kids or committed model railroaders.
The Day of the Long Tracks involved all round
table members. “The tracks for the analog
and digital runs must be fixed without any
malfunctions on carpet and tiles. And it’s
all hands on deck when we’re railing all the
cars”, adds round table leader Horst Bossler.
No surprise that members of the Märklin Kids
Club too were playing with rolling stock and
controllers.
MIST 72 always fans the sparks of enthusiasm
cleverly at its public exhibitions with a range
of technical demonstrations and information
material. There is a display with details of all
Märklin tracks since 1936, from the continuous
center conductor to the current C track. The
Faller Car system is demonstrated to amazed
visitors, and this lowers the anxiety threshold
to technology. At one table, a member explains
the control functions of the Central Station,
at the next, a demonstration Minitrix layout
shows the advantages of smaller gauges,
while a garden layout was set up in the entrance
for the Dettingen LGB fans, on which even
the phenomenal gauge 1 loco 38 1803 by
Märklin was able to do the rounds. “Visitor
feedback was unanimously positive, so the
effort was well worth while”, sums up Horst
Bossler. MIST 72 draws its own conclusion:
“It will of course be repeated”. The successful
event is shown in pictures and film on the
homepage www.mist72.de.
Text: RR/photos: A. Grossmann
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Spectacle: railing the block trains for their long journey, powered by the “Big Boy”, the class 44 or the 216. The ICE and TGV too rush out of the through station.
Done it! MIST-72 team on the Day of the Long Tracks: front left (seated) leader Horst Bossler.
Successors: a member of the Märklin
Kids Club lends a skilful hand.
Robust: the model Märklin promotional
loco 120 159-9 negotiates critical track
joints – a stone floor makes laying
tracks securely rather tricky.
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Events
Tips from the expert:
digital info day participants
follow the input on the
Central Station on the monitor
screen and see the control
commands being carried out
with the video car.
Information meet Märklin retailers
To visit a digital info day at your Märklin retailer is always worth while:
here top models are on show and the very latest information and
news about Märklin is also available first-hand. But there are also
valuable tips on digital controls, presented in an understandable
manner; indeed, in the Märklin digital seminar in the Märklin Store
in Utrecht, even a video car was used. Questions are always
welcomed – Märklin trainer Dieter Lorenz and Frans van Waes will
answer all of them.
This K 15 gondola with
hinged roof-hatches as a
track-cleaning car is only
available at the Märklin
retailers during the info day.
Digital info days
Märklin dealer for the event
Date
Time
51515 Kürten, Zum Wickchen 12, Eisenbahn & Modellbau
16.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
56410 Montabaur, Grosse Bahnhofstrasse 15, Spielwaren Hanni Müller
17.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
68199 Mannheim, Schulstrasse 87, Modelleisenbahn Berton
28.06.2013
10:00 – 18:00
77855 Achern, Sasbacher Strasse 1, Vosy’s Lok-Shop
27.06.2013
10:00 – 18:00
79664 Wehr, Im Dörfle 6, Antikhof Wehr
01.08.2013
10:00 – 18:00
80335 Munich, Bayerstrasse 16b, Gleis 11 Modelleisenbahnen
04.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
84503 Altötting, Neuöttinger Strasse 9, Moba-Modellbahnen
05.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
87700 Memmingen, Schmelzgässle 3, Buck Modellbahn-Fundgrube
24.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
92286 Rieden, Hirschwalder Strasse 23, Modellbahnstube – W & D
26.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
93333 Neustadt, Herzog-Ludwig-Strasse 27, Nehm-Modellbahn-Neustadt
19.07.2013
10:00 – 18:00
Germany:
Ask your Märklin dealer directly whether they break for lunch.
Digital seminars: Automatic controls using the Central Station
The Netherlands:
5211 GL Den Bosch, Vughterstraat 92, Märklin Center
18.06.2013
19:00 – 21:00
6041 EZ Roermond, Schoenmakerstraat 14, Modeltreincenter Spoor 14
20.06.2013
19:00 – 21:00
Please register for your chosen seminar with the retailer sponsoring the event at least a week in advance.
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New cooperation partners
Insider Club members receive very special concessions from our cooperation partners.
Here we introduce to you our new partners.
Eisenbahnwelt Rabland
Eisenbahnwelt Rabland
Geroldplatz 3, 39020 Partschins/Rabland, Italy
Tel.: +39 (0)4 73/52 14 60
E-Mail: [email protected]
Homepage: www.eisenbahnwelt.it
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Times of opening:
March 23 to November 10, 2013: Tue. to Sun. 10:00-17:00. November 10 to
December 22, 2013: Sun. 10:00-17:00. December 26, 2013 to January 6, 2014:
Mon. to Sun. 10:00-17:00.
It is an absolute must for anyone touring the South Tyrol to make a detour to
Train World in Rabland – a place full of superlatives for all model railroad
fans. This is the biggest digital model railroad layout in Italy and at the same
time it is one of the biggest private collections of model trains in Europe.
The visitor can experience a tour in miniature from Brennerbad to Mals in the
world’s biggest panoramic staging of South Tyrol. The atmosphere there is
unique, and this is partly due to the day and night effects, complemented by
many lovingly-crafted details such as the nostalgic Rittnerbahn, the “turning
star” at Mals and various aerial cableways. The Laas marble railroad and
the popular Vinschgau train are also realistically and caringly replicated
in 1:87 scale. The fantasy “central highlands” landscape with rail traffic from
several historic eras has young and old staring in amazement. A special
feature in 2013 will be the Anniversary exhibition “All aboard” (Einsteigen,
bitte!, which recounts exciting episodes in the past hundred years from the
Lana-Burgstall Bahn.
Museumsbahn Schönheide
Museumsbahn Schönheide e. V.
Am Fuchsstein – Lokschuppen, 08304 Schönheide, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)3 77 55/43 03
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: www.museumsbahn-schoenheide.de
Visitors to the Schönheide museum railroad experience history at close
quarters. Whether it’s a trip behind a historic steam loco or a diesel, or a guided
tour of the loco shed and the well-laid-out museum, railroad enthusiasts in
Schönheide will be looking everywhere for signs. For on what was the first,
and the longest, Saxony narrow gauge railroad, closed in 1977, the Saxon
IV K now chuffs along the line between Schönheide and Stützengrün in the
picturesque Erz Mountains. Lots of volunteer commitment has succeeded in
rebuilding a 4.5 km (2-3/4-mile) section of the former 42 km (26 mile) railroad.
Since its formation in 1991, the Museumsbahn Schönheide e. V. association
takes care of all aspects of building, operating and preservation of this narrowgauge railroad in Saxony. Working parties are active almost every Saturday,
and those interested can take a close look at everything and visit the loco shed.
The locos are in steam with historic passenger cars on average twelve
weekends a year to take you on a run through the beautiful Central Highlands
at the foot of the Kuhberg. In summer cold drinks are available during the
journey, served from an open observation car with a counter.
Photos: Mario Poller/ Archive collection Museumsbahn Schönheide
Times of opening:
Please enquire directly from the operator for dates of running and guided tours
and opening times for the museum or look in the Internet.
Your Club benefit: Club
members receive a reduction
of 1 euro on a day ticket, and
3 euro on a weekend ticket.
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30th International Model Railway Exhibition in Göppingen 2013
IMA Göppingen
September 13 to 15, 2013
The year’s greatest railroad festival: highlights for Club members
Three whole days of fun and games with the small railroad
and the real thing: from September 13 to 15, 2013 the IMA
Göppingen will attract thousands with a full head of steam,
model trends and Club chat. The combination of the 30th
International Model Railway Exhibition and the 9th Märklin
Open Days again guarantees technology to experience, a
show of innovations and enjoyment with model railroad
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and people with similar interests. The double event of course
offers something special for Club members: once again
there will be Club VIP entrance booths, in the Club lounge
the Club team will welcome members with a little present
and naturally there are plenty of activities planned to mark
the 20th anniversary of the Märklin Insider Club. We’re
not yet telling you exactly what, to keep the suspense alive.