Announcing a new English language email discussion list for hobbyists who are interested in vintage Maerklin 0 gauge and larger tinplate trains. Interested hobbyists can join the list by visiting the "Marklin0" homepage:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marklin0

Jim Kelly, TCA 99-49842

just joined, thanks for the heads up!

...any chance ther might be one out there for Bing?

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Originally posted by Robert S. Butler:
...any chance ther might be one out there for Bing?

...dunno...I haven't seen one. There are lists for some European specific trains, like the JEP list. You can always start one.

Actually, there IS a Bing online forum at this site: http://www.historytoy.com/

Doesn't look too active, though.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Jim Kelly,

I just joined. Marklin has been my interest lately in the tinplate. I just picked up and couple 1791 box cars and 1764 gondolas and a gauge one Fyffes banana wagon. I hope I'll meet some Marklin guys there. It's out there but hard to find the people that have it or have any interest in it. I love it! I have almost everthing Fleischmann made in O gauge. I also hope to find a book on Marklin O gauge and gauge one tinplate. I don't care if it's in German! As long as it has a photo with the darn number of the piece. The Marklin numbers kill me!
Bill

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Originally posted by 400Bill:
I also hope to find a book on Marklin O gauge and gauge one tinplate. I don't care if it's in German! As long as it has a photo with the darn number of the piece. The Marklin numbers kill me!
Bill

Bill,

The one I like is "Marklin Eisenbahnen von den Anfangen bis HO" (Marklin Toy Trains From The Beginning to HO) by Christian Vaterlein and Botho Wagner. It's hard cover 1996 and 437 pages in German with a comprehensive listing just about everything Maerklin made prior to HO. Most illustrations are B&W but there are some color plates. I bought it from an overseas supplier. It was not expensive.

Jim

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Originally posted by 400Bill:
I also hope to find a book on Marklin O gauge and gauge one tinplate. I don't care if it's in German! As long as it has a photo with the darn number of the piece. The Marklin numbers kill me!
Bill

1. While the recommendation by Mr Kelly sounds like the ideal solution [ incidently, be careful what you order, there are a number of books with similar titles, and, in some cases, authors ], should you have difficulty in locating a copy I would suggest as an interim measure C. Jeanmaire's "Die grossen Spurweiten / The Railway Models of Marklin". This is a b&w reprint of selected Ma. catalogs over the years that offer a pretty good cross-section of their production. The book is available at a number of locations in the US [ I checked ] and the price should be under $50 inc. shipping, or less if you're patient.
Of course, these have catalog artwork, not photos of the actual model. Fortunately, model trains 'as built' always look like what the catalog [ or nowdays, website ] promises !!

2. While I do not collect Ma, I have always been amazed at how casual they seem to have been regarding catalog numbers of some items: For example, the Swiss-liveried 1941 coaches do not seem to have carried any suffix, etc, to distinguish them from the normal DRG ones.
With Marklin, as some other things in life, "The more you know, the more you don't know" !

Best, SZ