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Brand | |
Märklin | |
gauge | |
HO gauge | 16,5mm |
power supply | |
AC | |
product type | |
steam loco | |
technical & model details | |
running number | 18 323 |
friction tires | ja |
interior lighting | Digitally switchable cab lighting |
interior details | driver cab |
couplers | NEM 362 coupler pocket, Märklin couplings |
Length (mm) | 272 |
light | 3-light peak signal |
scale | 1:87 |
with motor | yes |
smoke generator | yes |
flywheel | ja |
Age notice | not suitable under 14 years |
digital & sound | |
factory fitted Digital Sound | |
country | |
Germany | DB |
era (continental) | |
era IV (1965-1990) |
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express train steam locomotive type 18 323 with a type 2'2 T29.6 coal tender. Former Baden IVh. Test locomotive at the Federal Railway Testing Office in Minden. Black/red basic color scheme. With Witte smoke deflectors and Indusi on the locomotive driver side. Chimney with Caledonian brim. Operating condition around 1966.
They were elegant, beautifully designed, powerful and real locomotive legends: The state railway express train locomotives of the Bavarian class S 3/6 and the Württemberg class C made railway history, as did the most modern four-cylinder Pacific, the Baden IVh, which was at J. A. Maffei in Munich until 1920 20 copies were built.
On the Mannheim – Basel racetrack, among other places, the 18.3, as the high-wheeled and around 2,000 hp machines were called on the Reichsbahn, reliably pulled such famous trains as the “Rheingold” or the “Riviera-Naples-Express” for years. After 1945, however, their fate as a splinter genus seemed sealed, and the scrapyard was threatened.
Then Theodor Düring, the head of the Federal Railway Central Office and a big fan of the powerful state railway beauties, came onto the scene and had 18 323, 18 316 and 18 319 refurbished and modernized for the demanding service on test runs. They proved to be excellent and were used in tests of new locomotive types throughout Germany.
Düring's cabinet of rarities, which also included a Bavarian S 3/6, caused a stir not only among railway workers, especially since 18,316 reached 162 km/h on a record run in 1956. 18 323 ran the longest and was the star of many sold-out special trips from the mid-1960s until it was shut down at the end of 1969.
Especially in Baden, crowds of people often marveled at the steam locomotive giant, whose career had begun in this region 50 years earlier. Many railway workers had never forgotten their racers. An Offenburg train driver is said to have once said the following statement with great sadness: "I'll never get anything as good as the Maffei machine." At least two of these good Maffei engines have been preserved: 18 323 and 18 316 in Offenburg and Mannheim are reminders of this Baden-Bavarian masterpiece in German locomotive construction.
Märklin H0: The majority of Märklin products are manufactured in this gauge on a scale of 1:87. Due to the high operational reliability of the Märklin H0 three-wire alternating current system, Märklin has contributed to making this gauge the most widely used in the world. All Märklin H0 locomotives have been digitally controllable as standard since 2000.
Märklin Z-gauge: Model railway enthusiasts do not only opt for Z-gauge on a scale of 1:220 when space is limited. In Europe Märklin is the only large-scale manufacturer of Z-gauge, which appeals not only to passionate layout builders but also to collectors.