Item no.: Marklin-88528
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- Description
| Brand | |
| Märklin | |
| technical & model details | |
| gauge | Z gauge |
| Length | 87 |
| scale | 1:220 |
| Age notice | not suitable under 14 years. |
| country | |
| Germany | DB AG |
| era (continental) | |
| era V | |
Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 120 fast general-purpose locomotive as it looked in Era V.
With the five pre-series locomotives of the BR 120.0 delivered in 1979/80, the three-phase asynchronous motor, which can be continuously controlled, was used for the first time in electric mainline locomotives worldwide. Between 1987 and 1989 the series locomotives 120 101-160 with numerous improvements were built at AEG, BBC, Siemens, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp and Henschel. They were used immediately in front of high-quality passenger trains (IC, IR), but they could also be seen in front of fast freight trains on the new lines. After more than 30 years, the era of the 120.1 in DB long-distance traffic came to an end with the last journey in front of the IC 2161 Stuttgart - Nuremberg - Munich on July 5, 2020. Some examples have since found a new home with private RUs.
In 2009 Märklin celebrated its 150th anniversary. However, from an initially quite wide range of toys, the product range concentrated over time on the manufacture of electric railways in different gauges. The excellent quality of the products made the name Märklin synonymous with model railways worldwide. Even today, the material metal is an essential element in the manufacture of locomotives, which thereby gain additional value in addition to their proverbial reliability and performance.
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.