You are absolutly right Paul !

Wolf has the two first replikas :

1. The E 800 LMS











2. The L 800 LNER Version :











Ritter issued recently two more versions of those beauties...

Best regards

Jean-Pierre

Again, really great stuff Wolf. I have a question for anyone on here. I am not familar with the LMS E800, who is Ritter (another manufacturer)? Also, what is the screw type thing sticking out of the Cab of the Locomotive toward the Tender?

Thanks,

Chris

I think Jean-Pierre covered most of it, but I'll go into a little more into detail on the E 800 LMS. It is considered the rarest of 00 scale Marklin locomotives besides some prototypes and special-version locomotives because it was produced for one year only in 1938. 1938 was the first year of the perfect reversing system that Jean-Pierre describes which allows for hand-reversing by the lever in the back of the cab and also reversing remotely by the transformer. Supposedly there were only about 30 made of the E 800 LMS for the British market partly due to the oncoming war which caused production of this locomotive to stop (Germany and Britain weren't friendly trading partners during the war). However, based on my own research I guess that there must have been more than 30 or so E 800 locomotives produced because of the number which I believe still exist today (I won't say how many to protect those collectors that own an original and want to say there are only 2 in existence!). Therefore, I believe that there were around 30 of the individual E 800 locomotives and perhaps many more sold in sets (I believe there were E 852 LMS and E 842 LMS sets but I don't remember -- one can find out in the 1938 British market catalog which is the rarest 00 Marklin catalog today). Sets are very common in the UK because they have everything required to get started.

Best regards,

Paul

What a collection ! So complete and very well shown. I agree with you about non-digital Marklin
Good entry for M-users !

Sensational collection Wolf, my dream is to have one like yours!

What an amazing collection. Nice to see such old models in such a good condition !

Excellent, Wolf.

Welcome from Argentina Wolf,
I cann´t imagine other compliments than those previously posted.
Your collection is surely a worldwide reference for Marklinists! and more than well suited for this subforum.
Regards
Alberto

Hi Wolf,

talk about one of the most impressive (and lovely) collections of classic Marklins - congratulations !!!
And of course a warm welcome from here, too ...

John

Wolf,


This collection you've got is a bit outdated, do you have any new locos ? I'm only joking.

You must be on top of the list in this forum with this collection.

One thing I really like, your locos are'nt in a static dsiplay unit only, they have an exercise yard to run around

Thank you very much for sharing your collection

regards.,

John

P.S.

If you ever think, counting your locos is getting a bit too much for you I can help you rounding them off

A simply wonderful collection!!!!

Thank you for sharing with us

BR

Glenn

Hello Wolf,

Greetings from Ontario, Canada! Thank you for sharing your pictures of your Collection! All I can say is, "WOW!"

Michel

This is awesome.
Extraordinary collection.