Item no.: Marklin-88068
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- Description
| Brand | |
| Märklin | |
| technical & model details | |
| gauge | Z gauge |
| power supply | Gleichstrom |
| motor | Glockenankermotor |
| running number | 78 245 |
| couplers | Spur Z Kupplungen |
| light | 3-Licht Spitzensignal & 2 Schlusslichter, mit Fahrtrichtung wechselnd |
| Length | 70 |
| scale | 1:220 |
| Age notice | not suitable under 14 years. |
| country | |
| Germany | DB |
| era (continental) | |
| era III | |
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) BR 78 push-pull steam locomotive as it was in Era IIIb around 1965. As early as 1936, the then Lübeck-Büchen Railway had steam-driven push-pull trains developed by Henschel. The young Federal Railway took up this idea again after 1949 and put the first steam trains into operation in 1951 - pulled and pushed by class 78 locomotives (pr. T 18). These were perfect for this: strong, fast, reliable and available in large quantities. The steam train was based on shipping, where the captain gave instructions via a command device on how to operate the engine and controls. Such devices were installed in the control cars and in the driver's cab of the locomotives. When pushing, the locomotive driver sat in the control car and operated the brakes. The stoker operated the control and regulator on the steam locomotive according to commands, in addition to the traditional stoker tasks. This system proved so successful that by 1959, 74 steam locomotives were already being used in push-pull service. The T 18 ran in the suburban traffic of Hamburg and Frankfurt, in the Ruhr express traffic, in the Hanover district, around Wuppertal and finally in Saarland. The T 18 push-pull trains lasted the longest in S-Bahn operations between Hamburg, Bergedorf and Aumühle. There they were replaced by V 100 for the 1968/69 winter timetable.
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Märklin
Item no.: Marklin-87074
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.