Francisco,

dont worry about that. I and a lot of others have purchased , HAG, Brawa, Roco, Piko and other Brands.
If it fits and you like it that's all that matters:

Rule 1: It is my railway and I will run and do as I please.

OGN

All Fleischmann locos with tender have it that way - and in my experience, most of them run fine.
Cannot speak for M track, but no real problems on C track.
The boiler will be a hollow plastic tube - enough space for some extra weight if needed. Maybe there is not enough pressure on the running axles?

More than a dozen companies make models for 3R. It's not heresy to buy them (just don't mention they look so much better than M*'s locos or some will call you a rivet counter ... ).

Very nice loco, Francisco

I don't have any Fleischmann locos yet, but they do seem beautifully made.

(of course, to make up for the heresy you must go out and buy another Marklin loco quickly!)

I remember reading in the catalogue at the time that the S10 tooling had been modified. I believe it was to improve the pulling power and to correct a couple of flaws in the design of the original chassis.

Ashley, I would speak to the Marklin service centre and ask their advice.

Hi Paul,

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I have to say I couldn't disagree more with you!

What is the point of buying a model train and then keeping it in a box? These are toys, expensive or otherwise, and they are designed to be played with. Why would they put motors and decoders in them if you're supposed to lock it away in a glass case?

To use your analogy of a car, would you buy a Ferrari and keep it in the showroom? I would have it on the road before the ink on the purchase contract was dry!

Yes, it would be unfortunate if the train was damaged, but at least you are getting the enjoyment from it that was intended.

hi everybody. thanks for your replies. Tom, i think that is exactly the trouble, the loco derails only in turnouts when the third rail lift the pickup shoe a little more. im convinced that with some extra weight she will do perfectly.
Ashley, interesting note, i dont know about the retooling but the part number includes the whole gear train so perhaps that is the reason, sadly it is not available from marklin anymore. here in coyhaique we have an artisan who repairs all kind of guns and little things and his work is great. i think i will ask him if he can make the gear. if so i have no problems in order two of them ( four really to replace both of the plastic ones) in the meantime i will continue the search for the original spare.
Paul, trains are made to be run....at least for me. my layout is indeed rough but there are little chances of big falls or such things. on the other hand the set itself is not that fragile. the ludwig II set is fragile.....but it looks so nice running....you will have a heart attack if you see it. :)
of course everyone use his trains the way he likes. always there are post about running or display...and there will always be....

Dear All,

I once purchased two Rheingold tinplate coaches out of set 28503 at Eurospoor fair,Utrecht.
To me they looked perfect.
Later on i decided to sell them,should not have done that.
A gentleman from Antwerp travelled by car to me in the Rotterdam area just to see them with his own eyes.
With his eagle eyes he found a very faint scratch on one of the roofs and doubted if he should continue the purchase.
He then told me he was only collecting Maerklin tinplate coaches in perfect condition,any scratch would give him sleepless nights!
He bought them in the end,i suspect he has given the roof a fresh paintspray instantly!
Just goes to show that for some people Maerklin is more than a toy.

Paul.

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i almost fotgot that.
the BR 24 is a marklin 3003, hand made that i have found on ebay a while ago.

Current selling price on Ebay.de for the Kaiser Wilhelm II set 2881/2681 is roughly around Euro 700.- to Euro 800.-,provided in mint condition,in box.
I would not call that a toy,but perhaps in Holland we are a bit more sober living (=less debts!) than in the rest of the world......

Paul.

Yes, but these are really rare (if not unique) items.

If everybody keeps his/her 2011 Insider Model untouched in the box, the value will never rise.
Many have to play with their 2011 Insider Models - and if 99 % are smashed and thrown away, the few untouched ones in the boxes will be truly worthy.
Same with cars. An early Volkswagen Beetle bought more than 60 years ago and stored ever since in a vacuum would be worth a lot today - Ferraris are a different matter, but for some who can afford it they are just vehicles.

The Kaiser Wilhelm II. train set is much rarer than the 2011 Insider Model and has better chances to see its value rising. I understand if people run this train set on the layout.

a quick look on ebay show marklin s10 ranging between 400 and 600 USD, and just for the loco.

hi, the wilhelm set was on his price. The fleischmann loco was very cheap. 200 euro. the same is still listed for 450

Ok, back home from work, i did check the loco. The slider is ok, dont like too much the way it is fixed BTW. And the boiler is solid. no way to put anything on it.........so i'm thinking of another way to power the loco, we will see...........

Just picking up this thread...

I had one of my model RR colleagues from Belgium with the exact same problem.

I have helped him by manufacturing the darn part...in brass this time!

Theoretically, it is just a pair of coumpound gears Mod 0.3 (Märklin usually uses Mod 0.4) , which I assembled/pressed together from pre-cut gears.
It is not an easy task, as the dimensions are very small and the part are difficult to mount on the lathe and milling machine.

(How do you hold a 5 mm diam gear in a lathe's mandrel without damaging the teeth?)

In addition the margin for error is about 1/100th of a mm, otherwise the gears "bend" when re-installed in the loco.

I ended up manufacturing a couple of specific mandrels to be able to hold the darn thing on the machines.

For some strange reasons, the dimensions (primitive diameter, outside diameter) of the original plastic part *does not* match the Mod 0.3 specification, and are slightly smaller.

I have a hard time understanding Märklin/TRIX reasons for this discrepancy...so I suspect this was a CAD product, generated by an "unexperienced" design engineer (lots of theory, just no practice..)

To compensate all this , I ended up re-manufacturing the parts, replacing the 14 teeth pinion by a 13 teeth one.

Worked like a charm, providing a somewhat higher demultiplication , which serves the running characteristics well.

The only problem: the pre-cut gears + the other materials cost about €60.00...and I am not counting my time.

So let me know if you are interested...

Cheers

Thanks Ashley!!!!! Already bought them............
Now to wait for the shipping charges, and then the odissey to make the bank transfer from here ( lots of paperwork and a fixed rate of 30 USD ) but it worth it!!! No doubt!