I was just given a Marklin Digital set by a friends family. I have asked around by my Marklin friends and no one can identify it.

The set is in a traveling case and contains a locomotive and two cars plus a digital system and track. The digital central unit, the locomotive, and both cars are transparent.

The only identifying mark is a logo which is on the central station, both cars the locomotive and on the case.

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Below is a photo of the insides of the case

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/FVe5DdwsUDeYTRkr8

Any help identifying this would be greatly appreciated.

Stan Ames

PS sorry I tried to include the images but apparently it did not work. The links below the image does work.

The late Dr. Tom Catherall had a lot to do with this 'Train-ing" Digital concept in the early days of Digital and was quite an evangelist for the system and promotion of it in education.

The sets are not exactly 'easy' to find, but not a total rarity either. Even in the USA

One thing to watch for is the foam rubber inlay - you can see it's already perishing badly (particularly where it gets handled) and will eventually turn to a sticky horrid mess which is very difficult to clean. You want to protect the contents from making contact and at the very least, put the items into plastic bags or otherwise wrap them for protection. To be honest you could do worse than to dispose of that foam inlay altogether because it's on a one-way trip to total deterioration.

Thanks so much for all the info

Tom Catherall was a friend and we worked together with Rutger on DCC in the early 90s. From the description the only main difference is that this set has a US Marklin transformer rather the the transparent 220 one sold in Europe.

Its fun knowing its history.

Thanks

Stan Ames