CLUB NEWS 3 2013

Exclusively for Club members Minitrix: modules to grab your attention Overview: special models for anniversary Class 45 with 7 freight cars: Germany’s celebrants most powerful of all in H0 Insights: Trix production is running Contents Trix-Clubnews 04 / 2012 Issue 03 / 2013

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News: Trends Intermodellbau / DVD Annual Chronicles 2013 – part 1 / Questionnaire on era preference for Annual Cars ...... 4 Top models: The mighty class 45 in H0 exclusively for Club members .... 6 Delivery dates: Product manager Claus Ballsieper in conversation .... 10 Spotlight: Tiniest lettering on the class 18.6 ...... 12 Gigantic: the class 45 and freight car set as a further 2013 Club model.

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Snapshot: High summer in Altenstein – a Trix Express layout tells the realistic life story of a Franconian village ...... 13 Exclusive: Anniversary models for loyal Club members ...... 16 Scene setters: How tractors plow and haul wood in the fields and forests: the great outdoors from the N-Club International ...... 18 Field work: on the other side of the embankment.

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Summary: A home from home for model railroaders – Trix round tables stand for exchange of ideas, experience and joint activities .... 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 Trix Club members. Lars Harnisch, Rochus Rademacher, Stefanie Hirrle Subject to changes and delivery options for all the products mentioned here. All rights reserved. Reprinting in whole or in part only with prior Layout written permission. This also applies for recording in electronic databases Gerhard Baumann GmbH & Co. KG Publisher and duplication on CD-ROMs. The editor is not liable for any unsolicited Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH Photographs submission of manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Stuttgarter Str. 55 – 57 Unless indicated otherwise: Trix Club The following enclosures are sent out with Club mailing 03/2013: Trix 73033 Göppingen, Germany Title: H. Seehuber Club News 03/2013, Märklin Magazin 03/2013, Annual DVD 2013 (part 1), Märklin Customer Clubs No liability accepted for any dates given. brochure summer new releases 2013, order forms for Club model class Silvia Römpp (responsible) E 198516 – 03 2013 © by Gebr. Märklin 45 and freight car set, catalog 2013/2014. 2 Trix-Clubnews 04 / 2012

Dear Club members,

The second half of this model railroad year starts with an im- posing model highlight: as a further exclusive model for Club members in 2013, Trix is producing the magnificent 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 6 Germany. So that the giant can do justice to its reputation, there is also a matching set of seven different freight cars. Apart from this central subject, the current issue also reflects on the latest special models for long-time Club members and the outstanding 13 lettering applied to Minitrix Club model 18 612. And finally, we talk to Trix Product Manager Claus Ballsieper on the supply situation for new models. It gives us particular pleasure to illustrate the imaginative designs of the worlds of N-gauge; we have discovered an astonishing variety of tractor scenes alone on Stefan Wörner’s modules. And the portrait of a very special Trix Express layout is intended to encourage the telling of little stories with situations taken from life. The service section informs you of the latest contact details of the Trix round tables and about new cooperation partners. To finish with, we want you to look forward to the top event of the year: from 13 to 15 September, the entire model railroad community will be making for Göppingen for the 30th IMA. We hope you enjoy reading your Club News.

Your Trix Club team Summer time: day-to-day on a Trix Express layout.

Your service numbers Queries about technology, repairs Internet and spare parts / complaints www.trix.de Customer Service Telephone Monday – Friday club.trix.de from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. Club hotline Moving? Telephone inland: 0 90 01 / 6 08-2 22 (49 cents a Telephone Monday – Friday minute from the German fixed phone network, Please inform us in good time of your new from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. mobile tariffs may differ) address so we will know where we can Telephone: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 2 13 Telephone from abroad: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 2 22 reach you. A forwarding address at the Fax: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 -3 08 Fax: +49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08-2 25 Post Office unfortunately will not suffice. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Thank you for your cooperation! 3 Trix-Clubnews 03 / 2013

Speechless: model rail- Exhibition trends from Dortmund roaders admired the Trix layout with wide eyes and camera lenses. Club members were welcomed Powerful models impress at the stand with a cap as a memento of the exhibition Superb new models, fine layouts and almost According to exhibition surveys, a high pro- (see below). innumerable model railroaders: once again, portion of the visitors are active model rail- the Trix and Märklin stand at the Intermodell- roaders, and that could be seen in the siege bau 2013 in Dortmund was number of the Minitrix layout where the Minitrix one attraction again for a great building kit of the mighty Dammtor station number of the 88,000 visitors That was the focus of all eyes. Especially encourag- is no great surprise: according ing for all model railroad fans: many children to visitor surveys, the model with their parents, school classes and young railroad has proven to be the people crowded around the layouts and very top favorite with the public took home information on the current range in Dortmund – and Trix is a of models. The youngsters’ range is popular firm favorite in the model railroad too, as Eric-Michael Peschel, Event Marketing world. The Club team welcomed Manager, confirms: “The play area at the Trix Club members personally, and as stand was well attended and many parents with an exhibition present, they received a their children stayed for half an hour and sporty cotton cap bearing the silver Trix more. Children are becoming more interested Club legend. in model railroads again”.

Photos: C. Dick, Intermodellbau, Kötzle, PW

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Survey Trix Club Annual Cars Which era would you like?

By tradition, the Minitrix, Trix H0 and Trix Express Annual Cars repre- sent era I. And there is a good reason for this: railroad construction by the private and provincial railroads up to about 1925 rejoiced in a huge variety of vehicle types, color schemes and lettering. But this pref- erence is by no means law – and that’s why the Trix product manage- ment wants to know the views of Trix Club members:

• Should the Annual Car in future continue to be drawn from era I prototypes? • Should there be alternation year by year in eras? • If another era is wished for over a longer period of time, then which one?

Voting takes place online in the Club area under club.trix.de under the heading “Model railroad” (Modellbahn). You can let us know your preference at any time up to July 31, 2013 conveniently with no more than a mouse click. Era I: renowned for attractive Annual Car prototypes.

Trips canceled Visible pleasure The trips announced in the Club News 02/2013 to Part 1 of the DVD of the year 2013 “A year with Trix” takes Scandinavia to the ore railroad and to Bochum to the Club member on a visit to steam loco 18 612, prototype the musical “Starlight Express” have unfortunately loco for the N gauge Club model for 2013. One article features had to be canceled. The cancellations were due to the popular class 218 and a portrait of the company da Vinci insufficient registrations, so that minimum partici- Defet Pinsel relates the story behind the Trix H0 museum car pant numbers could not be reached. We wish to for 2013. There is an explanatory article giving thank all Club members for their interest and apol- you tips on how best to weather a model ogize for having to take this step. Nevertheless, V 100, richly illustrated with running those who would like to enjoy “Starlight Express” scenes, and to round everything off, still have an advantage: Club members receive a three friends present their N-gauge reduction of 10 percent on the net prices of admis- modular layout. The DVD is sent out sion tickets by quoting PIN 123953 when they with this mailing. A cover to match the make a reservation. Tickets and info are available DVD is available for downloading in under +49 (0)2 11/7 34 41 20. the Club area under club.trix.de.

From Augsburg to the IMA in Göppingen 2013 Special train hauled by the V 200

The proper way to arrive at the 30th International Model Photo: MIGA Augsburg Railway Exhibition (September 13 to 15, 2013) in Göppin- gen: 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 A bit strong: the RTS V 200 powers the special train to the IMA Göppingen. 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.

Exclusive for Club members: the class 45 freight 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 Club members, Trix is now producing 45 010 with new design boiler as running in about 1965 as a once-only series, and a set of seven freight cars typical of the times.

“As the most powerful of all German steam served loco was seriously damaged by fire, but locos, the class 45 is an outstanding landmark due to her historical significance, 45 010 under- in railroad history”, says Karl-Heinz Grässle, went repairs, which were successfully com- H0 Product Manager, of the selection of 45 010 pleted in 2012. as a second Trix Club model in 2013. “In addi- The class with its three sets of valve gear was tion, the 45 is represented as the DB version developed in the Henschel works in Kassel. In with new boiler in the Trix range for the first the 1930s, freight train loads were increasing time”. And another thing: homage is paid to a enormously and there was an urgent need for unique item. “Of the entire class, only 45 010, fast, powerful steam locomotives for express in the DB museum in Nuremberg, survived”. parcels and freight traffic. “So when the Lo- And that was close: in October 2005, the pre- comotive Committee met in Wernigerode

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Notes on ordering

The H0 class 45 freight train loco (item 22945) and the matching seven-piece freight car set (item 24245) will be produced in 2013 in a once-only series exclusively for Club members. Each Trix Club member can order one example of each of these 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. Scheduled start of deliveries: cars in the 4th quarter, 2013; locomotive in the 1st quarter, 2014. At the end of the year, a personalized certificate of authenticity will be sent directly to those ordering the model loco.

Last of the class: unlike the preserved locomotive, the model of 45 010 has triple headlights, as Trix has produced the heavy freight train steam loco as it was operating in around 1965.

from May 23 to 25, 1934, there were discus- 22 tonnes of steam per hour, and that at a sions about a ten-coupled freight train loco- speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) they produced an motive with a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph), output of over 3,000 HP. and these were to culminate in the design of As railroad historian Dr. Andreas Räntzsch the class 45”, recounts Dr. Andreas Räntzsch, continues, the post-war history of the 45s was Documentarist at Märklin. Between 1936 and anything but standard: “There was some de- 1940, Henschel built 28 class 45 locomotives. mand for brake locomotives, and some for a With a length of 25.64 m (84'1-1/2") over buf- powerful freight train locomotive. Thus some fers, the locos didn’t merely look mighty: their class 45s were put into service from Würzburg evaporation surface (310 m² - 3,336 ft²) was depot – the rebuilt 45s were those regularly far larger than that of the “Jumbo” class 44 used. Their time at Würzburg ended with the Karl-Heinz Grässle, (238 m²- 2,560 ft²) and the classic standard winter schedules 1955/56. Then the Bundes- Product Manager H0: “The class 50 (177 m²- 1,905 ft²). bahn Zentralamt (central office) in Minden class 45 is a milestone in The German Federal Railroad took over 27 moved in on the rebuilt locos”. The BZA need- railroad history”. locos of this class which were admittedly ed braking locos for testing new machines, suffering massive boiler problems caused by “Since previously the testing station had only metal fatigue. As a result, from 1950, ten had class 45 locos in their original condition”. machines – including 45 010 – were modified As last of the giants, 45 010 was retired in with fireboxes or new boilers with combus- November 1968, and she now appears as a tion chambers and mechanical stokers. Trials further 2013 Club model, and members can demonstrated the new boilers fitted to the put her in steam again – she has after all a class 45 could produce an almost incredible smoke generator kit already supplied. The

7 Closing date for orders: July 31, 2013 Trix-Clubnews 03 / 2013 22945 Heavy freight train steam locomotive with tender model with the type 2’3 T38 tender is funda- e!d§!SW1 mentally different from earlier Trix models like 45 020 (item 22102). “The boiler, in die cast Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 45 heavy freight train steam metal, is a complete new tooling – that’s easy loco. Rebuilt version with new design high-performance boiler, Witte smoke to see from the altered dome arrangement, deflectors, DB reflex glass lamps and 5-axle tender 2’3’T38. Road pipework and the new smokebox door”, says number 45 010. As running in around 1965. Product Manager Karl-Heinz Grässle enumer- Model: With DCC/mfx digital decoder and extensive sound functions. High- ating the points. Instead of four domes like efficiency motor with flywheel in the boiler. Five driven axles. Traction tires. the old boiler, 45 010 has only three: in front Locomotive and tender constructed mostly of metal. Smoke generator set of the steam dome are the two sand domes 7226 supplied as standard. Triple headlights which change over with direction each of which has two delicately worked fall- of travel and smoke generator operate conventionally and can be controlled digitally. With engineer’s cab lighting and flickering in the firebox, digitally pipes leading to the axles – just one example controllable. Lamps are maintenance-free warm white LEDs. Close-cou- of the finely-crafted detailing. “The decking pling with guide mechanism between loco and tender. Tender has guide for matches the boiler, the feed-pump and air- Telex coupling in NEM pocket, digitally controllable. Imitation of the middle pump are both new, the cylinders have been cylinder. Numerous pipes and hand-rails separately applied. Minimum reworked and authentic Witte smoke deflec- negotiable radius 360 mm (14-3/16"). Piston rod protectors and brake hoses are included. Length over buffers 29.5 cm (11-5/8"). tors 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). Digital functions SX DCC The functions for operation are absolutely

Headlights modern. The loco can be uncoupled by remote Smoke generator contact control thanks to the Telex coupling on the Steam loco running sound rear of the tender. Lighting functions like the Loco whistle flickering light in the firebox and the digital- Direct control ly-controlled engineer’s cab lighting and the Brakes squealing off wide range of sound effects lend lots of Engineer’s cab lighting atmosphere. Switcher whistle For this steam loco bursting with power, Trix Telex coupling at rear has produced – also exclusively for the Club – a Flickering firebox glow seven-piece freight car set with a freight train Let off steam baggage car, a loaded stake car, a banana re- Shoveling coal frigerator car, a boxcar of the popular G 10 Shake up the grate type, a pressurized gas tank car owned by VTG, Air pump a silo car and a further boxcar. The assembly Injector is not accidental – something by which Karl- Heinz Grässle sets great store: “We took our Model highlights inspiration for the selection from photographs of typical freight trains taken in around 1965”. • Strongest German steam locomotive. • A wide range of operating and sound And so the biggest German steam loco will soon • First production with new design high- functions digitally controllable. be taking to the rails once more, with a freight performance boiler. • Red wheel tires. train just like Carl Bellingrodt used to photograph. • Specially filigree metal design. • Smoke generator kit included.

Text: R. Rademacher/Photos: Trix, H. Seehuber, U. Slovig

24245 Freight car set 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 !d1 platform. 1 Tnfhs 38 refrigerator car with horizontal boards. 1 G 10 boxcar “Association” Closing date for design without brakeman’s cab. 1 four-axle pressurized gas tank car with heat shield, orders: privately owned by VTG, Vereinigte Tanklager und Transportmittel GmbH, Hamburg. July 31, 2013 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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Engineer’s cab lighting Boiler a completely Witte smoke deflectors new development DB designation Smoke generator Red wheel-tires Flickering firebox glow kit supplied Digital decoder (mfx, DCC) 3-position head- Telex lamps 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. Model highlights The stakes are packed in a separate bag. Refrigerator car with the authentic lettering “Bananen” on the loading doors. With truss-rods and separately- • All cars bear different road numbers. applied footsteps. All cars bear different road numbers and are individually • Stake car with an interesting load. packed and marked. Total length over buffers 87.7 cm (34-1/2"). DC wheelsets • Ideal cars for the class 45 freight train steam loco for each boxcar 2 x 700150 or 4 x 700150 (pressurized gas tank car). (Trix Club model 2013).

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Hand-made: the Györ factory has more capacity – new N-gauge products such as the class 18.6 or the pressurized gas tank car are on the launching ramp.

Production capacity in Györ factory is being expanded Trix production is running Trix is expanding its production capacities in order to have most of the new designs for 2013 manufactured in Hungary. The list of delivery dates has been updated accordingly. And Trix Product Manager Claus Ballsieper sees stability assured for the future: “New products announced for 2014 will then be delivered in 2014.”

A wide range of innovative models on its own of these high-tech products stands no non- is not enough; the quality has to be right and sense, as even a partial product relocation delivery punctual”. Claus Ballsieper’s credo is causes all sorts of problems and expenditure one with which every model railroader would connected with quality assurance. “Our certainly agree. But the Product Manager Trix development processes continue to make Claus Ballsieper, Product and Minitrix doesn’t just leave it at words: progress, and product quality and value cor- Manager Minitrix/Trix: “We are now supplementing our production respond with our definition, without our production relocation to capacities in the Györ factory, and the build- having to extend delivery times for modifica- Hungary in 2013 will cause ing work is in the schedule”. This is where tions”. However, due to the production relo- some delay to delivery most of the new Minitrix designs will also cation to Hungary, now proceeding at full dates. be made, in close cooperation between fac- speed, some slippage in delivery dates has tories, as the capacity is now available. “The been unavoidable, but the new delivery model railroad stands for collecting enjoyment dates are already fixed (see the box at the and playing pleasure, but the manufacture foot of this article).

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Machine park: the Györ and Göppingen factories have the same machines; in the picture, we see the mouse train being printed in Hungary.

With its 2013 range, Minitrix is sending out the model with speed-dependent smoke generator signal that the brand is once more a major and flickering light in the firebox sets the player in world of your dreams. “We are even N-gauge bar even higher. Rolling stock selection closer to the prototype, impart the joy of play- too takes account of play enjoyment, often ing in a restricted space and we are technically driven by the prototype – the Kambly train with innovative”, claims Claus Ballsieper – and the motif of tasty biscuit specialties manufac- backs up his statement: the Fine Art range tured by the Swiss company may well turn out stands for models finished by hand to the to be as popular as the mouse show train. highest standards – the imposing Dammtor Fascinating authenticity using digital technology station building kit is likely to be sold out very will be part of the entire range – the class 50 shortly – and the class 18.6 as N-gauge Club in H0 starter set item 21522 with station an- nouncements portrays a real railroad section. And newly-designed semaphore signals with underfloor fitting kit will control trains directly – stop-and-go like the real thing. Text: RR/photos: Kötzle, PW

Delivery dates 2013: when each model will be delivered

Trix has now updated the lists which give details of the latest scheduled delivery dates for the models announced for release in 2013. Publishing these dates will give the Minitrix and Trix model enthusiasts a better insight. The list of delivery dates will be found on the Trix homepage www.trix.de Concentration: Minitrix models demand precision – quicker under the menu point “Products”. production is only possible with greater production capacity.

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Comprehensive planning: in the development of a locomotive like 18 612, it’s not just the assemblies Lettering on the Club model 18 612 which are in the limelight; the surfaces on which the lettering is applied have to be precisely specified. Flawless loco The naked eye isn’t anywhere near good enough; it needs powerful magnification, otherwise the lettering on the Minitrix class 18.6 steam loco just isn’t legible. And there is plenty on the exclusive Club model to be read. To do this, the printing and pre-printing stages went to the very limits of today’s technology.

The standard line thickness for letters on Trix models is 0.03 mm and letters with a capital height of 0.25 mm are applied in tampon printing. For comparison: the diam- eter of the average human hair is about 0.07 millime- ters. “On the tender of 18 612 in N-gauge, the smallest print size is 0.104 millimeters, with a line thickness of 0.015 millimeters”, Klaus Schwichtenberg, the expert on printing and pre-printing processes at Märklin tells us, and he tells us that the smallest print on euro notes is 0.2 millimeters high. The miniature lettering is found Gew. Lok. u. Tender 151 t on 18 612 where the tender water capacity is given: it is P 155 t the superscript 3 of the unit sign. For Michael Ludwig, Br. Gewew. G 124 t in charge of the electroplating and surface finishing, that 3 Wasser 31,7 m type of printing performance is something which should Kohle 9t Knorr-Bremse K-GP AmZ be expected of a quality brand: “What we print should be selbstt. Lastabbr. legible, and to this end we also cooperate with the man- Letzte Br4 Ing 21.3.61 ufacturers of our printing centers”. As Klaus Schwichten- Gestängebauart: Te 1935 berg explains, tampon printing is used: “In the printing plates, the motif is recognizable as the finest relief. This Sensational: to make it comfortably legible, the lettering on the class 18.6 is then filled with ink containing solvent and then trans- (item 16186) has to be magnified 1000 times. The arrow points to the smallest ferred to the model with a silicone pad”. Kleinste Schriftgröße: 0,104 mm mit einer Strichstärktypee size: 0.104v millimeterson with a0,015 thickness of 0.015 millimeters. mm Text: RR/Fotos: Trix 12

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Farming idyll (top): A bench for the old farmer couple in front of the farmhouse; the Layout construction: the birth of a Trix Express layout children charge into the yard with a soapbox.

Major call-out (bottom left): The storyteller The fire department practices with the new equipment truck. It’s all happening – all over Andreas Jakob’s layout, people are working, chatting, eating. That’s exactly what it’s all about for the members of the Trix-Express Round Summer time (bottom right): Table NErFü (Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth): the Franconian decorates everyday The ice vendor on the platform scenes with details, and thereby hangs a tale – or two. has a lively trade.

Club News: So you reactivated your Trix-Ex- Club News: What you created is a “playout” press layout in 2008. How did that come about? with cameo studies. Was that intentional? Jakob: That summer holiday, my dear wife Jakob: Well, I built the layout for myself, and had the idea of redecorating the stairwell. In for me, running operations and these lovely the holiday! I said, piqued: “Okay, then I’ll little details are equally important. After 15 years’ build another model railroad”. The answer secret planning, the track plan for the analog was quite clear: “Go ahead!” layout was already in the drawer: a branch line

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Expansion 1: Because of an airplane bought, the layout of course had to have an airfield with control tower and hangar.

layout with terminus and feeder tracks for a little freight depot, a lumber mill, a factory, and after the extension, a brewery. The two stag- ing yards are on the second level. Despite us- ing analog technology, lots of the tracks can be switched out to allow plenty of running.

Club News: In which era have you located your fictitious town of Altenstein? Jakob: It is actually set in a summer’s day in the 1970s. At the gas station, there is a poster showing the “new” Golf convertible; the eager salesman is just showing two young la- dies around it in the showrooms. But not all General view 1: Top left the station – then behind it the village, with all its stories. Next the trains are strictly authentic, nor are all the to the limber mill (feeder track in the middle of the picture), the attraction is a bathing cars true to era – that’s something which isn’t lake and watermill. important for me. I just wanted to bring my old General view 2: At the edge we find the loco depot, the airfield and the brewery (on the left). treasures back to life. And I also wanted to copy attractive scenes from real life, scenes telling stories, capturing the everyday atmo- sphere, right from the apple harvest to the neighborhood chit-chat.

Club News: Some examples, please? Jakob: When I leave the house collared, tied and suited in the morning, the old lady next door asks me if I’m “going off to work?” Have a look at the layout – you’ll find Marie there. Wood is being cut at one of the farms, the farmer “Schrotti” has a smithy, and he collects anything he can lay his hands on. There are the old farming couple too, sitting on a bench outside their farmhouse; children feeding their rabbits or shrieking with delight as they play with their soapbox. The most important feature is the lumber mill; there you can make up some really marvelous lumber trains. All in all, it represents the typical unspoiled world of a provincial town 40 years ago.

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Club News: Are there any authentic buildings? Jakob: One Faller house looked very like my old farmstead. Then from the reduced original plans I added the barn and the stable.

Club News: What marks the summer’s day? Jakob: The leaves on the trees, the ripe apples, the horses in the paddock, the beer-garden open, the bathers at the lakeside, the ice-cream vendor or the village lads with their colored scooters. That’s what summer was all about – and it still is.

Club News: Has the layout been extended? Jakob: Well, I couldn’t do anything about – it’s all the new accessories which were to blame. To start with, it measured 130 x 240 cm (4'3" x 7'10-1/2"); the three-road station was the center of it all – a terminus with a loco de- pot and a freight shed. Then I got a plane with a motor at a flea market, so out came the fret-saw to make space for an airfield, for the little station of Bergheim and the airfield with Expansion 2: Because of the brewery trucks, the layout naturally needed a brewery (top), and to control tower, hall, control container, pilots make it all worth while, a six-track roundhouse loco shed was added at the same time (see page and gliders. And then because I bought some 14, bottom left). So suddenly, the layout was 80 cm (2’7-1/2") longer. brewery trucks, I had to extend the layout to 130 x 320 cm (4'3" x 10'6"). The Trix Round Table NErFü Club News: So you’re really a victim of circumstance? Jakob: Up to a point, yes. The trucks had to The Trix-Express-Fans from the round table NErFü – named from the have a brewery – and I took the opportunity to car registration letters of Nuremberg, Erlangen und Fürth – meet build a six-track roundhouse loco shed with eight times a year. “We run our models on our own modular layout”, turntable at the same time for loco fleet which round table chairman Günther Heinisch tells us about the purpose had also grown. So the depot doesn’t get of the meets, which attract up to 45 model railroad enthusiasts from too big, but so I can still find space for the larg- Upper Franconia, Upper Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate. The er locos, the stabling tracks under the brew- bandwidth of vehicles ranges from ancient to modern, from analog ery have been extended. So that’s how come to digital – “and naturally, we talk shop and eat too”. Contact: the terminus of Altenstein turned into a Günther Heinisch, Hohenholz 6, D-91474 Langenfeld, Germany; through station. Mail: [email protected], Internet: www.nerfue.de

Text: R. Rademacher / Photos: A. Jakob

Typical village: Tractor and chickens, feeding rabbits, Harvest time: We can’t put off picking the rosy apples Sensation: In the car showrooms, the looking after farm gardens. – the whole family piles in to help. first Golf convertible to admire.

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The Trix-Club honors its long-time members with exclusive cars Exclusive special models for loyal Club members Loyalty to the Trix Club pays off: attractive special cars are waiting for all who have been loyal Club members for the past five or ten years.

The Trix Club unites followers of Minitrix, Trix H0 and Trix Express, and exclusive anniversary models are produced for everyone who has completed five or ten years Club membership. The cars include such different models as a grade measurement car, a tank car and a track cleaning car. From this year, we are delighted to announce the production for our Trix Express enthusiasts of a special anniversary model, for which both AC and DC wheelsets are available.

10 years | joined 2003

15220 Track cleaning car (N) !4T

Prototype: Track cleaning car 925. As running in about 1980. washable at 30 °C. Two spare felt blocks are supplied. Length over buffers 88 mm (3-1/2"). This preservative cleaning process Model: Era IV. Underneath the car there is a holder with a Jörger is suitable for brass or nickel silver rails. System track cleaning felt pad mounted. The cleaning pads are

24220 Track cleaning car (H0) !3T

Prototype: Permanently-coupled pair of KK 15 cars with hinged cleaning pads. The cleaning pads can be replaced and are roof-hatches, in service as railroad maintenance cars. Designed washable. Hatches can be opened. Close couplings with guide for era III. mechanism. Both cars connected with plug-in couplers. Length over buffers Model: Both cars with built-in track-cleaning unit, consisting of a 153 mm (6"). AC wheelset 700150. The preservative cleaning metal block which can move vertically with parallel polishing felt process is suitable for brass or nickel silver rails.

Only for those who have completed ten years’ Trix Club membership.

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5 years | joined 2008

15344 Grade measurement car (N) 24080 Grade measurement car (H0) !5T !5T

Prototype: Flat car Rms 31 Prototype: Flat car KIs

Model: Era V. The integral spirit-level has a scale Model: Era V. The integral spirit-level has a scale which enables you to read which enables you to read off the slope of up- and off the slope of up- and down-grades directly in percent. Close coupling down-grades directly in percent. Close coupling mechanism. Length over buffers 157 mm (6-3/16"). mechanism. Length over buffers 77 mm (3-1/32").

33965 Tank car !3T

Prototype: Two-axle tank car “Dammann & Lewens”, Model: Separately-applied platform, catwalk and ladder. Detailed chassis registered with the German Federal Railroad. with pierced frames. Length over buffers 100 mm (3-15/16").

323 760 04 wheelsets DC. 366 679 00 wheelsets AC.

Only for those who have completed five years’ Trix Club membership.

How to obtain the special models:

Those who have completed five and ten Please hand in the order form to the dealer years’ Trix Club membership are automati- who will supply your special model. Prices for cally sent an order form for special models the anniversary models are shown on the reserved for those celebrating these anniver- order form. saries The current mailing includes the form which is sent out to all members who joined Should you have missed ordering a special the Club in 2003 and 2008 respectively. The model in your anniversary year – no problem: special models are offered for the gauges you can do this subsequently. All you do is Minitrix, Trix H0 and Trix Express. All models present your Club card to your specialist re- for the relevant anniversary are listed on tailer, who processes the order on line even the order form; one example of each may be without an order form. obtained.

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MEC Herrenberg model railroad exhibition: tractors on N-gauge modules Tractors everywhere Modest running gags add spice to modular layouts. For instance at the N-Club International, tractors dominate – anyone browsing along the N-gauge scenery soon looks for the running gag automatically.

Pointing the way ahead: at the MEC Herrenberg exhibition, the N-Club International with its leading light Peter Csavajda (left) shows what N-gauge can do.

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Attractive trivia: N-gauge enthusiasts love extended running and playing operations, but alongside locos and freight and passenger cars, it’s all got to fit. See all the things you can do with tractors on when you go round the NCI modules. The spectrum extends from working parties in the courtyard, forest and fields through to climbing frames on the children’s playground, so even when the train has gone past there’s still plenty to look at and admire.

When a module is completed, then running plowing is on the agenda, combine harvesters operations are the inspiration as trains pass bring in the grain, on the track across the field by towns, countryside and rivers. Later, super- a machine pushes boulders out of the way. detailing often follows – after all, impressive The versatility of these machines is a trump scenes fascinate every spectator. Tractors card for achieving realism in these scenes: make an ideal interface between human ac- apart from the basic function of towing, a tivities and the designs of nature: tractors are tractor can use its auxiliary drive to operate used in agriculture, work in laying out gardens diverse machines either by hydraulics or and in forestry, help in municipal operations, electricity – a range extending from stackers and are used as tugs on airports and earth- and balers, rotary mowers and fertilizer movers in road and landscape construction. spreaders to seed spreaders and stone col- And the tractors can do all that in N-gauge too, lectors. So on the N enthusiasts’ modules as shown by the N-Club International at the there are forestry workers too, hauling tree MEC Herrenberg’s model railroad exhibition. trunks out of the forest with wide-tired trac- A tractor stands uncomplaining on the farm- tors or on trailers to take them to the sawmill. stead, others in the machine shed or by a barn And in the mountains there are implement- in the great outdoors, or they are slaving away carriers with wide track and low center of at the mundane day-to-day work: the manure gravity for steep slopes to stop them sliding heap has to be dug out, bales of straw loaded, downhill.

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Forming a pack: a tractor doesn’t always have to be towing something; a little display can also satisfy a weakness for tractors.

Tractors mark eras too: the legendary Lanz tractor fans know all the characteristic brand Bulldog has written history since 1921, colors – red and blue for Lanz, John Deere in Ferdinand Porsche worked from 1937 on the green with yellow wheel centers, the K-Junior prototype “Volkstractor”, while other long- of Porsche in brilliant red and light green established names such as Hanomag, McCor- Deutz tractors. The fleet is made up from vari- mick, Fortschritt, Schlüter or Steyr ring in ous manufacturers like Busch, Dickie-Schuco, the ears. On modern modules, Mercedes-Benz, Faller, Gabor, Herpa, Kibri, Viessmann and Fendt, John Deere and Claas are all seen at small-run producers. N-gauge farmers also work and – thanks to the longevity of tractors – the popular oldies can always take their place alongside them. N railroaders who are

Decor: the blue tractor doesn’t really belong in the car park, but it still looks good. Lumber work: for a change, a Unimog can show off like a tractor.

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The Rmrs 31 is 80 years old: the stake car was first deliv- ered in 1933, and prototypically Minitrix loads the “Lanz- Transport” stake car set with tractor bodies.

make use of construction machinery – they occasionally need a power shovel too. The really hard-bitten create whole exhibitions of second-hand machinery sales on their mod- ules – and there is even a worn-out agricul- tural tractor on one children’s playground as a climbing frame. Naturally the tractors can be carried on rail Side effect: the limited track side space is enough to put the boulders to one side freight cars too. Minitrix take up this theme (far top); this bird’s eye view shows the aesthetics of the grass mowing. at the year end with a stake car set “Lanz Transport” (item 15283), in which stake cars of type Rmrs 31 are running as in era III with Lanz tractor bodies, and one car carries a Lanz hand car. And the “Sugar Beet Harvest in Switzerland” freight car set, also new with five Eanos type high-side gondolas of the SBB, includes a tractor, its trailer loaded with sugar beet. Sugar beet harvest: the tractor with its trailer loaded with beet is included in Text: RR / photos: Kötzle, Minitrix, RR the Minitrix freight car set “Sugar Beet Harvest in Switzerland”.

Hello: by the model airstrip, a tractor driver greets his mate. Civil engineering: construction machinery too can offer highlights in the design.

21 Trix-Clubnews 04 / 2012 Photos: C. Dick The model railroad is exciting: typical subjects at Trix round tables are models and prototypes, tips for layout construction and communal running.

Contact details for Trix round tables: Trix Round Tables 44388 Dortmund, Germany, Bövinghauser Str. 23, Markus Dyba, [email protected] The greatest hobby in the world is even more enjoyable 48076 Münster, Germany, Postfach 470243, Christian in the company of friends: People with the same interests Schmidt, [email protected] meet at Trix round tables to swap stories about layouts, 55129 Mainz, Germany, Ringstr. 11, Stefan Claus, models and the real railroad. Tel.: +49 (0) 61 31/6 17 65 90, [email protected] und Stephan Türk, [email protected], Minitrix and Trix H0 railroaders love to discuss layout con- Internet: www.mist55.de struction, news from the Trix world or experience with models. 56651 Niederzissen, Am Sauerbrunnen 35, Germany, that’s why on this page we offer a platform for all those who Helmut Wasserscheid, Tel.: +49 (0) 26 36/ want to enjoy their hobby together with others: we publish the 80 04 60 (ab 19 Uhr), [email protected], addresses of “Trix Club round tables”. We only publish the de- Internet: www.trixexpressclub.de tails of private meetings attended by members of the Trix Club; 78647 Trossingen, Germany, Schulstr. 24, commercial meets and details of independent model railroad Gerhard Kresser, Tel.: +49 (0) 74 25/32 66 66 and clubs are not included. We cannot accept any responsibility for +49 (0)175/1 61 52 93, [email protected] the accuracy of the details published, nor can we guarantee 86706 Weichering, Germany, Krautgarten 16, that the round tables are established or that meetings take place Peter Tümmel, Tel.: +49 (0) 84 50/90 12 04, trixexpress@ as published. The round tables are of an informal nature. The tuemmel.eu, Internet: http://www.nerfue.de addresses published are either those of existing round tables E-29640 Fuengirola/Malaga – Spain, Postfach 370, Bjørn or of people interested in setting one up – we do not differenti- Beining, Tel.: +34 (0) 661 09 39 72, [email protected] ate here. We therefore ask you to make any arrangements with Lower Austria / Vienna, Austria, Michael Mrazek, the given contact directly. Please understand that no address Tel.: +43 (0) 676/3 60 23 37, [email protected] can be given by phone, fax or e-mail. Internet: www.n-spur.at

Trix will help you set up a round table

1) You should write by e-mail or letter to Trix if you have founded, or would like to found, a round table and are looking for members. Please send us your full contact details and don’t forget your postal address.

2) We will then publish your full contact details in the next Trix Club News, so that other members who would like to take part in your round table can get in touch with you. Trix acts here purely as an intermediary and offers a platform to round tables.

22 Trix-Clubnews 03 / 2013 Service Club info 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, Tel.: +39 (0)4 73/52 14 60 E-Mail: [email protected] Homepage: www.eisenbahnwelt.it

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. Your Club benefit: Club members receive a discount of It is an absolute must for anyone touring the South to make a detour to 10 percent on entrance fees on Train World in Rabland – a place full of superlatives for all model railroad presentation of their Club card. 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 . 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 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

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 Visitors to the Schönheide museum railroad experience history at close members receive a reduction quarters. Whether it’s a trip behind a historic steam loco or a diesel, or a guided of 1 euro on a day ticket, and tour of the loco shed and the well-laid-out museum, railroad enthusiasts in 3 euro on a weekend ticket. 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 narrow- gauge 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

23 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 people with similar interests. The double event of and the real thing: from September 13 to 15, 2013 the IMA course offers something special for Club members: once Göppingen will attract thousands with a full head of steam, again there will be Club VIP entrance booths, in the Club model trends and Club chat. The combination of the 30th lounge the Club team will welcome members with a little International Model Railway Exhibition and the 9th Märklin present and naturally there are plenty of special activities Open Days again guarantees technology to experience, a planned for the Club members. We’re not yet telling you show of innovations and enjoyment with model railroad exactly what, to keep the suspense alive.

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