The 73405 pickup shoe does not mate well with the wheel truck. It is very hard to insert the pickup shoe and then the ski is out too far, and the coach derails on every switch. Does anyone at Marklin test these things??[8][8][8]

Or am I doing something wrong?[:o)]


Advice appreciated.

Dave Pryor

On which coach did you try to install it ?
Don't you think that it can't be installed on all , but only on some of them ? What about the generator coach ?
Did Trix forgot something ? ( as you know Trix is working with two rails system on which there is no need for slider )
Reading french forum , this problem hasn't be mentionned yet . But it has been mentionned that it could have been some mixing of Trix and Marklin coaches ( no sure : it is only based upon the fact that one guy says that he has similar road numbers on Trix and Marklin versions while other people mentionned that Trix & Marklin versions have different road numbers )

Hi Dave,

when you pushed the slider into the bogie, did you make sure that its "head clamp" is fully visible at the upper side of the bogie mount.

Wrong inserted:



Correct inserted:



When inserted correct, its side movement will also be minimal.

I checked on this issue again, now with the car #41872.

It is as I had mentioned before - the pickup shoe holder MUST be fully inserted; if done so there is no derailing (I did some quite extensive tests).





It is correct - a lot of pressure is needed to get the slider fully inserted. This is due to a slightly smaller diameter of the bogie hole compared to those of other cars. My recommendation would be to widen it up to 4mm to accomplish the task easier.