CLUB NEWS 6 2011

Club exclusive: Summit meeting with Märklin management A look ahead to the Club year 2012

Striking, superb: Club models 2012 Intercity rail car class 403 in H0 Diesel loco class 218 in N TRIX Club-News 05/2010

6 Club model 2012: unusual in design, unique in railroad history – the DB class 403 is captivating with its futuristic appearance and technical refinements. The rail car can be certain of an enthusiastic reception by the Club members: in the latest Märklin survey, the class 403 is up with the leaders of the field.

Contents Issue 06 / 2011

Detail News: Märklin Days survey – the winners / trip – Club members on the road / DVD of the year – part 2 / Winners are chosen .... 4 Class 403: all about the streamlined prototype of the exclusive H0 gauge Club model for 2012 ...... 6 N gauge: class 218 in TEE color scheme as a Club model ...... 11

Scene Top event: Club members in open discussions with the entire management team of Märklin – a highly successful summit meeting at the Märklin Days in Göppingen ...... 12 Portrait: wonderland in N gauge – the Miniature World of Experience in Dietenhofen, Franconia...... 16

Service Overview: models of the Group Administration – part 2 ...... 18 Latest update: addresses and contact data for the Trix round tables ..... 22 Cooperation partners: the Bahnpark Augsburg and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart offer insights into the fascinating world of the railroad ...... 23 Editorial / imprint ...... 3

In the Club shipment 06/2011 you will find the following enclosures: Trix News 06/2011, Märklin Magazin 06/2011, DVD of the year (part 2), Märklin my world catalog 2011.

2 12 16 Talking shop face to face: Märklin managers at the Running in the N-gauge Erlebniswelt offers sensations for every taste. get-together to answer the Club members’ questions. Model railroaders from all over Europe spend hours enjoying the lifelike scenery.

Your service numbers Dear Club members, Customer Service The get-together of Club members with the entire top management Club hotline: of Märklin was very popular with both sides – the current issue sum- Telephone Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. marizes the most important impressions of this successful top event Telephone: + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 2 13 • Fax: - 3 08 within the Märklin Days program in Göppingen. E-mail: [email protected] To add some more spice to the turn of the year, we stir up eager antici- Queries about technology, repairs pation for the new Club models for 2012. Exclusively for our Club mem- and spare parts / complaints: bers we are producing an unusual electric rail car in H0: the class 403 Telephone Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. is regarded as a prestige object in the German railroad’s inter-city traffic. Telephone inland: 0 90 01 / 6 08-2 22 (49 cents a The model the Club members wanted is to be produced as a four-car minute from the German fixed phone network, unit in the original 1974 color scheme and will guarantee authentic mobile tariffs may differ) running enjoyment. In this issue you can find out all about the proto- Telephone from abroad: type and the model – and product management will exclusively be + 49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08 - 2 22 Fax: +49 (0) 71 61 / 6 08-2 25 giving you some inside details about the rail car’s design. Naturally, E-mail: [email protected] N-gauge enthusiasts are not forgotten: Trix is producing the successful class 218 in exclusive TEE color scheme as a model. Internet We are delighted to be able to introduce N-gauge enthusiast Hartmut www.trix.de Lennert – the passionate model collector runs the Miniatur Erlebniswelt club.maerklin.de in Dietenhofen. In the Service section, we give updated contact data for Trix round tables and the second part of the unusual models of the Moving? Please inform us in good time of your new Group Administration Bavaria. Finally, we put two more cooperation address so we will know where we can reach partners in the frame: the Bahnpark Augsburg and the Staatsgalerie you. A forwarding address at the Post Office Stuttgart. Enjoy reading the latest Club news unfortunately will not suffice.

Thank you for your cooperation! Your Trix Club team

Imprint Editorial Club News is an exclusive part of this publication 3G Media GmbH: Peter Waldleitner (editor-in-chief), for Trix Club members. Lars Harnisch, Rochus Rademacher, Lorelei Wiegand Subject to changes and delivery options for all the products mentioned here. All rights reserved. Layout Publisher Reprinting in whole or in part only with prior written Gerhard Baumann GmbH & Co. KG Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH permission. This also applies for recording in Stuttgarter Str. 55 – 57 Photographs electronic databases and duplication on CD-ROMs. 73033 Göppingen, Unless indicated otherwise: Trix Club The editor is not liable for any unsolicited submission No liability accepted for any dates given. Märklin Customer Clubs of manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Silvia Römpp (responsible) E 173480 – 06 2011 © by Gebr. Märklin Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011

First prize: the legendary gauge 1 crocodile (item 55563).

Superb prizes: all Club members were able to take part in a survey at the Märklin Days and there were some super The winners have been chosen models to be won. At this year’s Märklin Days in Göppingen many of our Club members visiting the VIP lounge took part in the Club survey, and there were some top-quality prizes to be won. A draw was made of all participants. We want to thank all Club members who took part – we are currently busy analyzing the survey results.

The major prize, the gauge 1 Crocodile, goes from Ravensburg, Kurt Tüscher from Kirchlin- to Sascha Henninges from Neuhausen. Other dach (Switzerland), Werner Lang from Maissau winners were Simone Stepanek from Grub am (), Ulrich Hinrichsmeyer from Jeste- Forst, Michael Mann from Aschaffenburg, Hans burg and Bernd Schmickler from Saulheim. Ermshaus from Langenfeld, Leo Rosbender from Congratulations! All winners have been notified Wijchen (), Jürgen Krupczynski in writing and the prizes delivered by post.

Full steam through Switzerland: nostalgia trip for Club members

With the RhB Crocodile and the RhB in a special train through the canton with the most beautiful landscapes in Switzerland: this exclusive trip from 7 to 12 July 2012 offers Club members an unforgettable experi- ence. The five-day trip will take you to Davos, Arosa and into the Rhine Valley. Exclusive wine-tasting, enchanting landscapes and wild railroad ravines – there is lots to see and to be experienced. Special highlight: crossing of the Landwasser Viaduct, a Unesco World Heritage site, and the steam train trip through the Swiss Grand Canyon. To round off the trip, a visit to the RhB workshops in Land- quart awaits the participants. Price per person: 1,560 euro in a double room, 1,680 euro in a single room, including demi-pension in a 3-star hotel. Club members receive a five per cent discount on the tour price. Minimum 25, maxi- mum 40 participants. Info available under www.bahnen.info. Exhilarating view: the journey through the Swiss panorama takes in a The full itinerary will be published in the next issue. crossing of the Rhine bridge at Reichenau. Photo: Rhaetian Railways

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DVD of the Year Exclusive: Museum cars part 2 Info all about the Club, for Club members highlights and trends: part II of the DVD of the Year From 2012 it will be possible for Club members to 2011 affords some interesting obtain the popular and traditional museum car, and exciting insights into the up to now only sold in the World of Experience in world of the model railroad. This Göppingen, from their own dealer. Further infor- time, Club members can look forward to exclu- mation on the procedure will be given in the Club sive footage of the mega-event of the year in News 01/2012. Göppingen – the IMA and Märklin Days all under one roof – and some entertaining contributions on Club members in the USA. We also inform Museum car Minitrix you about the new transport concept Innofreight 2011 (item 15364) and the 042 096, and was in use until 1968. Part II of the DVD of the year is also enclosed with this Club mailing, and the cover to match the DVD of the year is ready for downloading in the Internet in the Club section.

Suisse Toy Always the first to know: in the coming year too, Club members can look forward to exciting articles and special Club models. As a Trix Club member you gain admission to a number of unusual events and have your finger on the pulse in the model railroad world. Club members also benefit from some super reductions. As an example, the popular Märklin calendar is available at a special price under http:// kalender.maerklin.de (Dispatch to within Germany only). Photo: Bernexpo AG

The best-loved classic toys by the leading manufacturers, many new products and premieres: the biggest toy event in Switzerland, the Suisse Toy, drew some 50,000 visitors to at the beginning of October 2011, when the mega- event opened its doors for the twelfth time. The range of Only for Club members: Märklin TV on DVD toys extended from parlor games and model construction, Exciting documentation from the Märklin and the rail- from dolls and cuddly toys through to electronic games. road world, interesting reports and interviews, introduction The Swiss exhibition was truly a rendezvous for games of the newest releases and the people behind them as players from all over the world. Visitors were able to try well as entertaining stories from the model railroad scene out new games on the spot and follow the trends in the – with their great variety of films, Märklin TV enthralls children’s room – these also included the innovative the audience again and again. Many of our Club members and new product line Märklin my world. The absolute have expressed a wish to have a complete collection of hit at the Märklin stand for both children and grown-ups the most exciting episodes of Märklin TV, so we are com- was the battery-powered ICE in the Märklin my world plying with their wishes. Accordingly, the next Club range for children from three years of age. This was im- mailing (01/2012) will include a DVD with the most in- mediately added to many a Christmas shopping list. teresting contributions to Märklin TV in 2010 and 2011 instead of the video covering new products.

5 In full flight: thanks to all axles being powered, the streamlined class 403 rail Club model 2012 in H0: the DB class 403 rail car car acceleratesfrom rest to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 100 seconds. Prestigious thoroughbred Club members gave the avant-garde and technically unique express electric rail car of class 403 top marks in the Club survey, and in accor- dance with their wishes, Trix will be producing the four-car train as Club model for 2012 – the very train which from 1974 modernized the IC traffic of the German Federal Railroad.

“Traveling in the 403/404 rail striking color scheme, the class 403 was able cars was something quite dif- to demonstrate its competitive ability to an ferent. The federal railroad impressive extent. “We will be concentrating intended above all to attract on our strengths in the interpretation of the the business passenger with rail car in its model form, promises Karl-Heinz this Intercity – with comfort Grässle, H0 Product Manager for Märklin. Homage: the German Postal and fast journey times”, relates Thomas “This includes a high-quality production pri- Authorities immortalized Landwehr, member of Märklin’s Documentation marily in metal as an important unique feature, the class 403 rail car with department staff. With one eye on the new as well as the lavish and authentic detailing”. its unique appearance on lines to be constructed in the future, an elec- So that the four-car unit can also negotiate a stamp in 1975. tric rail car was being planned as an alterna- older sets of turnouts and smaller layouts, the tive to the loco-hauled express train at the end 2012 Club model will be produced in a scale of the 1960s. With its clear-cut front and its of approximately 1:93.5. “Getting it all together

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will be a real challenge for our design depart- ment and toolmakers, but we aim to show with this model just what we can do”, prom- ises Grässle. The expenditure for the new tooling alone will make the class 403 worthy of its place as Club model 2012. For the newly-conceived IC rail car, which was intended to replace the diesel-powered class 601, the railroad spared no expense in fitting out the class 403 units, to combine top technology with comfort. The three streamlined units, which entered regular service from 1974, were ordered in 1970. TEE comfort standard was naturally obligatory: in the 403 there was exclusively first class seat- ing in compartments and saloons; air-condi- tioning was part of the equipment as were sliding plug doors, a dining car and a kitchen. The absolute highlight was an on-train secre- tariat with a telephone kiosk. “The offer was indeed aimed at the business traveler who could have letters and notices typed up by the assistant during the journey”, reports Landwehr of a premium service which was extremely popular with the passengers.

Lightweight construction for top speed The train was intended not only to score with its fittings, but to be faster and quieter than the class 601. “To save traction power, the trend was towards lighter and lighter construction”, says Landwehr. The designers faced the chal- lenge of designing the cars in an extremely lightweight form, and in contrast to the tradi- tional coach construction with steel, the chas- sis, body framework, roofing, side- and end panels were for the most part of aluminum alloy. That had the desired result: with an axle loading of only 16 tonnes, and thanks to all axles being driven, the express unit could accelerate from 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 100 seconds – speed thrill included. According to rail historian Landwehr, the train mostly ran at 160 km/h (99 mph) and consisted of two cab cars (class 403) and two intermediate cars, one a saloon car (class 404.0), and one with dining section and kitchen (class 404.1). “It was certainly designed for the high speed, although there were very few sections at that time upgraded for 200 km/h running”.

Nickname “Donald Duck”: the rail car was in service on IC line 4 between and Bremen.

7 Pioneering: the modern Intercity was conceived to replace the Trans Also unusual was the curve-dependent car to suit Swiss specifications, with a narrower Europ Express. guidance system. Thanks to this tilt-technology, slipper, could be installed. The braking tech- the car bodies could incline to either side by nology comprised an electric rheostatic up to four degrees from the vertical and thus brake, compressed-air-operated disc brakes negotiate curves without any sacrifice in com- and magnetic brakes, since the ET 403 fort. Admittedly this tilt technology failed to was specified to stop from its maximum speed justify itself and was removed. The side-walls in less than 1,700 meters (1,860 yards). of the cars, inclined two degrees inwards to- Various manufacturers delivered the individual wards the roof, were left as they were. The cars for the multiple units. “For the carriage class 403 was also designed as an all-rounder construction, Linke-Hofmann-Busch GmbH of suitable for running in Austria and in Switzer- Salzgitter and the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm land. On the roof of the cab cars a pantograph company in Donauwörth were responsible.

22778 Electric Express Powered Rail Car end power car 403 001-1, Avüm, with compartments. One intermediate power car 404 101-8, ARüm, with !r#§!P(,e} kitchen, dining area and saloon. One intermediate power car 404 001-0, Apüm, saloon. One end power car Proptotype: express electric rail car class 403, 1st class, 403 002-9, Avüm, with compartments. InterCity color of the German Federal Railroad (DB). 4-car unit. One scheme pebble gray / black brown. As running in 1973. Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011 Detail Model

Clean lines and an easily-operat- ed console in the engineer’s cab, modern design in the interior: the carpets and seats in the rail car were in shades of orange, the wall paneling in gray and beige.

The trucks were constructed by the Maschinen- fabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg”, quotes docu- mentarist Landwehr from ’ original specification sheet which he has. Electrical equipment was supplied by AEG , Siemens-Schukert Munich and Brown, Boveri & Cie of Mannheim. The were in service in regular traffic for three years, and also DB special traffic. The main route on which they ran was IC line 4 Munich-Nuremberg-Bremen. Prestigious objects that they were, the DB 1993 in a special color scheme in regular was very fond of displaying these multiple traffic. The cunning combination of the latest units as demonstration models at trade fairs technology and futuristic exterior helped and other special exhibitions. Then, as the boost the Intercity to its image. Furthermore, “ Airport Express”, the rail cars the 403 left its pioneering mark on the third gained a new lease of life between 1982 and generation of today’s Intercity rail car trains.

tail-lights change ends with direction of travel, interior Please note: and engineer‘s cab lighting operate conventionally and order form with can be jointly controlled digitally. Lighted table lamps issue 01/ 2012 separately digitally controllable, on-off switching con- trolled by a random impulse generator. Lighting with warm white maintenance-free LEDs and red LEDs. Multi-pin special current conducting couplings with guide mechanism between the vehicles. Pick-up changeover with direction-dependent power supply to Model: 4-part unit. Fitted with DCC decoder and exten- the respective leading end car. Many separately-applied sive sound functions. Two regulated high-efficiency details. Detailed representation of the roof equipment. drives with flywheel in the saloon intermediate car. Both Pantographs mechanically but not electrically function- axles in both trucks each driven by one motor. Traction al. Scharfenberg couplings (non-functional) modeled at tires. Interior lighting as standard, engineer‘s cab light- each end. Minimum radius 360 mm (14-3/16“). Length ing and lighted table lamps. Triple headlights and over couplings 116.8 cm (46“). Eye catcher: the attractive express rail car 403 was also designed to be suitable Dream model model of the VT 08.5”. The 2012 Club model for running in Austria and “The ET 403/404s with their innovative tech- will appear in the original color scheme of Switzerland. nology, equipment and shape, were real eye- 1973 in era IV, Karl-Heinz Grässle announces. catchers”, confirms H0 Product Manager The equipment will leave no wishes unful- Karl-Heinz Grässle. The streamlined appear- filled: the train will be driven by two motors, ance of the snout also earned the train its and have interior and engineer’s cab lighting unusual nicknames “Donald Duck”, “White installed as standard, and there will be a shark” or “Dolphin”. “The class 403 as a four matching array of sound effects on top. “The car train as a representative of the 1970s is an train will be a wonderful adornment for any inspiration with its magnificent appearance – layout and together with our models of the and that’s exactly what makes it so popular class 601 “” and the class 210, with our Club members”, says Grässle, turn- authentic operations will be possible in the ing attention to the latest Club survey. The grand style”. 403/404 rail car was nominated as dream model by a large majority. “The class 403 fits in perfectly into the Märklin concept in which we have already realized some legendary rail Text: Lorelei Wiegand cars as Club models, including the 2006 Club Photos: R. Rössle, Märklin, Asmus collection, H.-J. Vorsteher

Sketch class 403 intermediate rail car end rail car

The express rail car had 183 seats, including 24 in the dining car. The kitchen train secretariat telephone booth 18 adjoining seats could be converted into a dining area 24 seats 18 seats with washroom 45 seats dining area slot-in tables if required, using slot-in tables. The end rail car intermediate rail car unit’s loading gauge complied with DB, ÖBB and SBB requirements.

washroom washroom washroom

45 seats 51 seats overall length 109.220 meters (358’ 4”) seats (excluding dining compartment): 159 Unique: only a single diesel loco of class 218 was put into service in a red and beige TEE color scheme – 218 217-8.

Club model 2012 in N-gauge: diesel loco 218 217-8 All-rounder loco in TEE-look Long-distance traffic, freight traffic, regional traffic: the range of services handled by the diesel loco 218 217-8 is extensive. Trix is now producing this all-round railroad talent as Club model 2012 in N-gauge, in its very own unique TEE red and beige.

The 218 class is a member of the V 160 family sentatives of West German main-line diesels of the German Federal Railroad’s most success- and is still to be found in express passenger ful diesel locomotives. Found all over the DB service everywhere that electrification has not network, it is one of the most important repre- yet reached. More than 400 examples of this subdivision were built up to 1979, with continu- ous ratings between 1,839 and 2,060 kW, weigh- ing 79 tonnes and capable of 140 km/h (87 mph) Please note: top speed. The 218 class underwent numerous order form with changes of color scheme. The first locos of 12391 Diesel locomotive issue 01/ 2012 class 218 were turned out in the purple-red color scheme usual at the time for diesel locomotives. !%,PYTe! In 1974, the first federal railroad loco was paint- ed in the new color scheme, ocean blue and Prototype: general purpose locomotive class 218 of the German beige, and a solitary locomotive – 218 217-8 – Federal Railroad (DB). Diesel-hydraulic locomotive with electric train was treated to a similar design, but in the TEE heating. Without exhaust hoods. Ivory / purple-red experimental color scheme of red and beige. This unusually- livery dating from 1974. In service on passenger and freight trains. liveried loco serves as prototype for the 2012 N-gauge Club model. The model, with four Model: era IV. Fitted with digital decoder and sound generator axles driven, is a completely new tooling and for operation with DCC, Selectrix and Selectrix 2. Motor with fly- is being delivered with many extra functions wheel, all four axles driven and traction tires. Marker lights and in the condition corresponding with era IV. tail lights change with direction of travel, warm white LEDs, engi- Text: L. Wiegand / Photo: Matthias Boerschke neer’s cab lighting, digitally switchable. Close coupling mechanism. Separately applied grab irons. Various switchable lighting func- tions via a new bridge plug (supplied) also in analog operation. All 11 functions also switchable in SX2 digital format. Length over buffers 102 mm (4-1/32"). Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011

The entire Märklin management team faces questions from the Club members. Märklin Managing Director Stefan Löbich opens the proceedings: “For me, it is a funda- mental question, how Märklin com- municates with you, as end-users”.

Get-together: summit meeting with Märklin management Club members put ideas forward Get the customers more closely involved – this maxim was followed by the entire Märklin management team at the IMA and Märklin Days. A successful top event, as described by many who took part in the summit meeting: we would like to see it again.

Well attended: the names “Thank you very much for such open discus- cated with their end-users was a fundamental of a hundred Club members sions with the Club members”. Both members question for him, speaking to the 100 Club were drawn who had the and Märklin management expressed a re- members who had been drawn by lot. “You opportunity for exclusive sounding and unanimous approval of the get- buy our products and can offer criticism of discussions with the Märklin- together. Märklin Managing Director Stefan our portfolio based on your own skills. That Management – a large Löbich stressed that how Märklin communi- helps us improve and to get to know the needs family discusses the future. Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011 Scene IMA of the market even better”. And that’s why the management team, gathered her in its entirety along with the Club members, were busy taking notes (“I’m glad you mentioned that – I’ll put that right”) – and was pleased to receive praise and was delighted over the shop-talk. Thus both sides called for the meeting with Märklin management, which took place in a respectful and open-minded atmo- sphere, to be repeated. “We want to involve our customers more closely, listen to them and take this feedback to heart”, says Lars Schilling, Märklin’s Marketing Manager. “If we implement suggestion received directly from our premium customers, that gives us an essential competitive advantage”.

Exchange comes over “superbly well” The Club members are delighted with the discussion offensive with the board members, product management and other section supervisors taking part. “All of them give straight answers – this exchange comes over brilliantly”, opines Frank Ronneburg from Berlin. “This is the way for the company to Always reachable: strengthen communications and contact with Product Manager Karl-Heinz the Club members”. Holger Späing from Grässle (top picture, center) goes as far as talking of a family: gives information on the “The expression includes the staff – after all, H0 product range. And Lars they have often known each other for years Schilling (picture right, and it really has developed into a community”. on the left), Marketing That’s why the Club members Heinz Schreiber Manager, in discussion with and Thorsten Hackmann from Hamburg are Frank Ronneburg. so pleased with the prospects: “After the phase the company has been through, it’s nice to know what lies ahead”. The “family feeling” manifested itself in sev- eral localities at the mega-event IMA / Märklin Days: in the VIP lounge, MIST72 demonstrat- ed the subtleties of Central Station and DC car decoders; from Märklin, CAD project leader Michael Zauner told Club members all about

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1 Model prospects: Uwe Müller (picture 1, in the Märklin shirt), in charge of product manage- ment in the three-brand Märklin concern, is a valued contact when it comes to model policies. First contact for the garden railroad is Jürgen Faulhaber (picture 2, in the Märklin shirt), responsible for the LGB and Z-gauge ranges of models and accessories.

13 Cheerful rendezvous: Club members got chatting not only at the get-together – that was taken care in the Club area too by round table members with exhibition layouts and demonstrations.

the Catia design solution; MIST1 entertained with presentations about a 1939 Märklin lay- out, metal building kits and press models as well as Märklin marketing films of the 1950s and 1960s – and the Ruhrmodule shone The practical ones: with their H0 layout and the impressive Ruhr everyone listens to district scenarios. seminar leaders Gunther One subject discussed at the get-together was Schneider (top picture) strategies by which young people could and Rüdiger Haller (left). be gained for the model railroad hobby. The Minitrix and Märklin Märklin company is represented in the chil- Digital Product Manager dren’s museums in Munich and Graz and is Claus Ballsieper involved in the primary school project “Play- (bottom picture, on the ing teaches” of the Ministries of Education. left) talks shop with Matching the Märklin my world range, further Club members. products with a very high play value should

Background knowledge: CAD Project manager Michael Zauner explains current design techniques to Club members.

14 Tips among colleagues: members of the MIST72 round table discuss Central Station matters and running with the DC car system.

be introduced to the market on a large scale. Sven Richter thinks it’s “a great move, that the company is so interested in what the grass roots think – that’s a great step beyond tradi- tional contacts with or surveys of the Club members as to what models we would like to see such as we’ve had in the past”. And Club member Eric Mora from Costa Rica too considers the get-together a great success: “It’s great that the Märklin management looks for discussions with us Insiders in this way”.

Text: Rochus Rademacher Photos: Dietmar Kötzle, RR, LW, PW

Also taking part: Club member Winners: Gauge 1 operator Jürgen Thomas Rietig (top, left) took Kölle (right) from Warthausen part as a presenter; Petter and H0 operator Tilman Gurlitt Melbye (right) made the trip (bottom left) from Constance were from Lörenskog in Norway drawn for the exclusive Club specially for the event. factory tour. André Schneeberger (bottom) represents the LGB section in the get-together.

Praise from central America: Eric Mora (left), from Costa Rica, is most appreciative “that the Märklin management looks for discussions with us Club members”.

15 Traditionally rural to hyper-modern: running in the N-gauge Erlebniswelt offers sensations for every taste.

Portrait: Miniaturland Erlebniswelt in Dietenhofen N gauge as far as the eye can see

Hartmut Lennert is an N-gauge enthusiast: “Here you can have a superb landscape on as little as two square meters (21-1/2 sq.ft.)”. And because the passionate collector From collecting to con- wanted to see his many treasures running too, he’s created an absolutely fantastic struction: Hartmut Lennert’s world for them. In Dietenhofen in Franconia, his lovingly-designed model railroad trains stretch their legs on world takes up 150 square meters of space – over 1,600 square feet – to make an the giant layout he created. N-gauge wonderland.

Germany’s biggest N-gauge layout came about as the The first impression is breathtaking. At the horizon on this result of a miscalculation and determination. “I planned 66 square meters (710 sq.ft.) of U-shaped exhibition layout a layout for my garage roof, but I got my sums wrong”, there are extensive wooded uplands with castle, a mag- grins Hartmut Lennert. “I drew out a plan for every square nificent spa hotel briefly catches the eye – then the glance centimeter, and I’d have had to make the legs of the lay- passes over rural landscapes to a large town with industrial out far too short because of the roof slope”. So an empty area, a large terminal station with adjoining loco depot industrial building was rented. It is in fact far too big, but and further to the dominant airport, until it is finally caught Lennert reacts like a typical model railroader: “I just rede- by a village idyll. The second impression is no less excit- signed the layout to suit the dimensions”. And having ing: 500 meters (1,640 feet) of track laid with magnificent Thomas Friedel from Lokschuppen Fürth at his side, who station throats, serpentine local railroads and long main had learned from that great layout constructor Bernhard lines, tunnels and galleries all over the place and a colorful Stein, the layout is conceptually and in its building well succession of girder bridges, arched and lattice-girder worth seeing. Lennert, as an enthusiastic collector, has bridges. Little notices everywhere draw attention to excit- everything in the way of locomotives and rolling stock ing and amusingly presented everyday scenes – this which the N-gauge fan could desire. It all fits together: at N-gauge layout is certainly not short of detail: you can the end of 2008, Lennert moves into the rooms which are even see waiting passengers through the windows of the today his Miniatur Erlebniswelt. airport terminal.

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For takeoff: the fully- detailed airport with itsterminals and takeoff and landing runways is part of the stage one extension to Erlebniswelt. Side rooms in which dioramas are standing today will provide space for expansion plans.

At present, 82 trains are digitally controlled – including Trix classics like the VT98 rail bus, and “Ludmilla” double- heading with sound. “We don’t run in strict conformity with eras, and train consists are not crucial either”, says Hartmut Lennert. “We have lots of families visit, and all Magic mountain: the spa hotel promises relaxation in the clouds. In the they want is to see trains running, and they are thrilled overall picture, the building serves as a reference point on the large layout. when we turn day into night”. The average stay for visitors from all over Europe is 45 minutes, and many stop for three hours. Many repeat visitors like to top up their view- ing every month. The Miniatur Erlebniswelt team also passes on their ex- pertise in digitalization and layout construction in two-day seminars. “Lots of model railroaders get stuck at the bare layout stage”, as Hartmut Lennert says. “We know how to design depth into water or what materials will give Cameos: whether the fire you a perfect rock formation”. Tips for wiring layouts are department, rescue services also very much appreciated: under the layout there are or a demolition plot – the 1,700 meters of cable (almost 2,000 yards) – not counting many imaginatively designed the 830 meters (over 900 yards) of glass-fiber cable for scenes hold the visitor’s lighting the airfield. attention for up to three Text and photographs: Rochus Rademacher hours.

Description Miniatur Erlebniswelt The Miniatur Erlebniswelt in Dietenhofen near Nuremberg is open the first three Saturdays and Sundays every month from 10:00 to 18:00. By arrangement, special opening times are possible for groups. Trix Club members receive 1 euro discount on the regular entrance fee on presentation of their Club card. Information by telephone: +49 (0) 98 24 / 92 31 20, Internet: www.miniatur-erlebniswelt.de

The layout Running operations on seven main lines and countless branch lines are controlled using 200 turnouts. The N-gauge layout has five showpieces on three levels: the railroad depot including loco-shed with 21 stands, the airport, the refinery with regional station, the town station with industrial private sidings and the branch line station with gravel plant.

The seminars The model construction experts at the Miniatur Erlebniswelt regularly The visitors’ highlight: every 20 minutes the Miniatur run model building seminars. The themes range from the weathering of Erlebniswelt turns day into night. houses and digitalization through parent-and-child diorama building and landscape design through the four seasons to water and rock construction. Service Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011 Models

Trix models: Group Administration Bavaria part 2 Originals out on their own Unusual and attractive: the models of the Bavarian State Railway are popular with model railroaders – partly because of the eventful history of their prototypes.

On the transfer of the German provincial rail- ciated with the Group Administration Bavaria roads to the German state in 1920, the free were successively withdrawn. state of Bavaria was conceded – following From 1937, the overlord was no longer the appropriate negotiations – a special status for Director General but the State Minister of the railroads in its region: the independent Transport – in this case, Julius Dorpmüller, who “Group Administration Bavaria”. However, was responsible for both positions. From 1938, this special status came to an end with the the ownership lettering on motive power coming of the Third Reich. All privileges asso- units and passenger cars changed. An eagle

New release in N-gauge: freight tender locomotive G 3/4 H (item 12348) of the Bavarian State Railway with the matching freight car set (item 15070).

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with wings outspread, standing on a laurel wreath with the then ubiquitous symbol of the National Socialists. To left and right of the laurel wreath could be seen the initials “DR”, for Deutsche Reichsbahn – German State Railroad. Until the early 1940s, the freight cars bore the wording “Deutsche Reichsbahn” in two lines, thereafter, they too had to make do with the letters “DR”. Thereafter, the differ- ent regional directorate names of the freight cars were also only given in the form of abbre­ viations. As compensation for losing its special status, Bavaria was awarded the “State Railroad Central Office Munich”, which among other tasks was made responsible for the procure- ment of electric traction units for the entire country. After 1984, Trix introduced two H0 locomotive models for electric train haulage. The first was a model of a 1’ BB 1’ electric loco with rod drive using a jackshaft – a locomotive class which was taken into service in 1927 by the Just as most other provincial DRG as class E 75. Since in era IV some of the railroads, the Bavarian prototypes were still in service with the DB, A real Trix gem was produced in 1995. As pro- State Railways also bought it was initially introduced in 1984 as a class totype for the model, the Bavarian EG 2 x 2/2, their locomotives from local 175 of era IV. A year later, a gray-painted ver- procured in 1920, served – another machine manufacturers. sion appeared as the E 75 of the DRG as it with rod drive via jackshafts. The prototypes Joseph Anton von Maffei was running in 1925. were ordered from the manufacturers in 1913, (see S 3/6 above) and the The somewhat older version of this breed, but their completion was held up by the First Krauss & Co. Locomotive with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement, which natu- World War. Their original road numbers were Factory, both based in rally also had rod drive, was as a model the 20/221 and 20/222, and their home depot was Munich, were the local EP 3/6 in the brown color scheme of the Royal Freilassing. After this, they were numbered in suppliers. Bavarian State Railways, or in era I. Two years DRG style E 70 21 and E 70 22. Both machines later, collectors were delighted to welcome an were withdrawn from service by the Deutsche era II version as a class E 36 in the gray color Bundesbahn in 1950/51. Over the last 15 years, scheme of the Group Administration around Trix and Märklin have released virtually all 1925. Later, the EP 3/6 model was produced variations and color schemes of the two loco- in a different color scheme (green / beige) for motives in DRG and DB model form. Last year, era I. In 1914, the EP 3/6 was purchased in the locomotive was reintroduced into the four examples with road numbers 101 to 104 catalog as a gray-green version as E 70 22 of for the line Freilassing-Berchtesgarden. The the DB for both model railroad brands. Bavarian in H0: the locos were still in service there in Reichsbahn Matching model freight cars were also intro- “little crane” of the Group days as E 36 01 to 04. duced, bearing the emblem of the Group Ad- Administration DRG and the long timber transport on two load cradle cars. Service Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011 Models

All G 3/4 H locomotives were put into service by the Group Administration Bavaria still wearing their old Bavarian numbers. Later, they ran as class 54 15–17.

ministration Bavaria. The first two individual Railroad exhibition models were produced by Trix in 1995. There In 1924, a great railroad exhibition was pre- was also a less-well-known freight train set with sented on the premises of the Seddin freight the 2-6-0 tender locomotive and four different­ depot, south-east of Berlin. A total of 462 rail- freight cars complete with loads, representing road vehicles from various German manufac- the time of the Group Administration. The out- turers were there to be admired. Represent- fit, packed in a wooden presentation box, ing the production of the Locomotive Factory had the order number 31349 and bore the let- Joseph Anton Maffei of Munich, apart from tering “Zug-Set Bay. EP II” (Train set Bavaria the mighty Gt 2x4/4 Mallet steam locomotive EP II). However, there was no entry for it in the later renumbered 96 023, was the electric catalogs. locomotive with the 2’ BB 2’ wheel arrange- In the 1997/98 Trix catalog, the articulated tank ment – the EP 5 21 501, later in the DRG stock engine Gt 2x4/4 of the DRG (Group Adminis- to be known as E 52 20. For this locomotive, tration Bavaria), a new model development, Maffei constructed the mechanical parts, wasn’t included either. while the Siemens-Schuckert factory in Berlin In the year 2000, the famous German Museum supplied the electrical equipment. The abso- in Munich, also responsible for historic railroad lute favorite at the exhibition however was vehicles, celebrated its 75th anniversary. To the S 3/6 express passenger steam locomotive mark the occasion, Märklin produced an H0 by Maffei. The loco was still numbered as special edition of a freight train consisting of 3709 for the Group Administration Bavaria the Mallet locomotive already mentioned and and was painted a brilliant blue. The S 3/6 ten freight cars based on Group Administration express train steam locomotive from the Bavaria prototypes dating from around 1925. Bavarian Railway Museum in Nördlingen was

A heavy lady: the Bavarian Mallet-type Gt 2x4/4 tank locomotive was designed for service as a pusher locomotive.

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In the course of what is now well over 150 years of railroad history, the designation of railroad vehicles and railroad technology to specific eras has become more and more complicated. In the “MOROP” (European Union of Model Railroad and Railroad Friends) technical committee, since 1954 re- sponsible for determining and laying down uniform and compulsory model railroad standards, the idea evolved for a corresponding standard for allo- cation to eras to be created. Thus the NEM standard 800 was developed. Now railroad matters are divided into six eras, starting in 1835, through to the present day, and the eras can be Blue and gold: the Minitrix model of the Bavarian S 3/6 with subdivided as necessary. At some time road number 3709 was based on the locomotive shown at in the past it was recognized that differ- the Seddin exhibition in 1924. ent dates applied for these periodic divisions in different countries, and that these had to be allowed for. For this reason, country-specific standard sheets were drafted under an additional standard designation – NEM 806. For Germany, the repainted in blue for a short time for a major standard number is 800 D. The division of the six eras is well known to event staged by Märklin in Göppingen in those familiar with the annual Trix and Märklin catalogs. The devia- 2001. She was numbered 3673 of the “Royal tions for Germany in standard 800 D are as follows: era I ends with Bavarian State Railway”. There was a historic the dissolution of the provincial railroads and their absorption into Märklin logo in gold painted on both side of the state railroad in 1920, at which point era II begins. the engineer’s cab. The model was produced This in turn ends in 1949 with the establishment of the German Fed- for Minitrix, as well as in H0 and Z as a one-off eral Railroad in the German Federal Republic. Era III is dated between series. The S 3/6 was this year once again 1949 and 1970. Era IV already starts a little earlier, in 1965, with the in- a guest in Göppingen station, at the Märklin troduction of a computer-based numbering system for traction units Days, but this time she was in her original and rolling stock. In the case of introduction of the Group Administra- green color-scheme. tion Bavaria in 1920 and the transitional period between 1945 and 1949 as well as the period when vehicles were being relettered from the mid-1960s, era maintenance is most important and should be allowed for. Text: H. Zachaler Photographs: H. Zschaler, Eisenbahnstiftung, D. Kötzle, PW

In the course of time: on the passenger cars, the elaborate decorative lining, as still carried by the model (above) of the express train of 1914, was done away with for reasons of economy. The Bavarian State Railways express train of 1920 of the DRG (center) differs once again from the color and lettering of the express train of the former Royal Bavarian State Railway of about 1931 (bottom). Service Trix-Clubnews 06/2011 Events

Trix Round Tables

Trix modelers devote their leisure time to the best hobby: the model railroad. above all in the group, it is enormous fun to chat about layouts and models.

Many hobby railroaders like to join forces in construct- ing layouts, discussing the latest news from the world of Trix or testing out the latest products to come onto the market. On this page we provide a platform for all those who want to share the Trix world with like-minded people. We publish here addresses of “Trix Club round tables”, but we can only publish details for private meetings of members of the Trix Club. We do not publish commercial announcements or those emanating from model railroad associations. We cannot accept any liability for the ac- curacy of detail nor for the content or the regularity of meetings or the continued existence of the round tables listed. The round tables are of an informal nature. The addresses published are those of existing round tables or of people interested in establishing a round table. We do not differentiate and request that all further infor- When the results from the common efforts are a layout like this one, then the mation be obtained from the contacts given. We regret round table has been worthwhile. we are unable to provide any addresses by telephone, fax or e-mail.

The following Trix round tables exist already: A hobby in the community is more fun - exchanging 48076 Münster, Germany, Postfach 470243, ideas and building layouts Christian Schmidt together. [email protected]

55129 Mainz, Germany, Ringstrasse 11, Stefan Claus tel.: 0 61 31/6 17 65 90, [email protected] and Stephan Türk, [email protected] Internet: www.mist55.de

Märklin assistance in the beginning:

1) Contact Märklinby e-mail or post if you have already set up a round table or would like to establish one and are looking for members. Please send us your complete contact data including your postal address.

2) We will publish your complete contact data in the next issue of Trix Club News so that others wanting to participate in your round table can then contact you. Märklin is only a mediator here providing a platform for these round tables.

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New cooperation partners Trix Club members receive very special concessions from our cooperation partner. Here we introduce to you our partners.

Bahnpark Augsburg Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Bahnpark Augsburg Staatsgalerie Stuttgart In the former railroad depot of the AG Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse 30 – 32, Firnhaberstraße 22c, 86159 Augsburg (suburb of Hochfeld), Germany 70173 Stuttgart, Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 8 21/45 04 47-100 Tel.: +49 (0) 7 11/47 04 04 52 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: www.bahnpark-augsburg.eu Homepage: www.staatsgalerie.de

Times of opening 2012: Times of opening: the Bahnpark is open every Sunday and public holiday from 9 April Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 18:00 and until 28 October, from 10:00 to 18:00. Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 – 20:00.

Historic steam, diesel and electric locomotives: the Bahnpark His passions were trains and drawing: the impressionist Hermann Augsburg offers impressive insights into the wonderful world of the Pleuer (1863-1911) captured the world of the railroad in many or his railroad. In the glazed steam locomotive workshops, visitors can see works in a unique manner. To commemorate the centenary of his how historic steam locos are repaired and serviced. The new special death, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart presents a selection of his railroad exhibition “Railway dreams and dream railways” is dedicated to drawings in display cabinets. Apart from impressions of locomotive the great railway journeys of the world. The exhibitions is sponsored repair shops, trains running through the landscape and trains by IGE-Bahntouristik and tells the story of railroad adventures in arriving at and departing from Stuttgart main station, there are impressive photographs, from the “Glacier Express” to the IGE steam many detailed studies and precise design drawings of locomotives train to Istanbul. The exhibition will be open from May to December by the artist to be seen. Hermann Pleuer is regarded as one of 2012 in the steam locomotive hall, a preserved building. Historic and the main exponents of Swabian impressionism and as a “railroad special trains run from the Bahnpark through fascinating railroad painter”. He documented the railroad as a modern innovation with landscapes all over Europe. On the depot premises there is plenty all its consequences for town and landscape. The exhibition “Soot, to be seen and discovered such as the permanent exhibition on the coal and pencil”; Hermann Pleuer’s railroad drawings” is still open legendary Trans Europ Express (TEE). Photos, models, a model until 12 February 2012 in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Club members railroad and films and exhibits document the glory era of this diesel receive a reduction on the admission fee. powered rail car.

» Club benefit: on presentation of their Club card, Club members pay 4.50 euro instead of » Club benefit: Club members receive 2 euro reduction on 5.50 euro admission to the exhibition “Soot, all regular admission prices. coal, pencil” in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

Photos: Bahnpark Augsburg collection Fachsenfeld Schloss / Stuttgart Staatsgalerie Photos: 23 The editorial desk and all the staff at the Trix Club wish all Club members a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2012!

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