The Märklin speaker says "No" coz Märklin do not currently have the correct mould for that version.
My guess: This form variation will probably come sooner or later and maybe we will see a 01 150 with the new front from Märklin in a few years (and if they modify the tender, too, this could be their first 01 150 with the correct tender ).

Marklin TV extra - Marklintage 2013.

http://www.maerklin.de/d...n/mobatreff-ima2013.html

Noticed a long interview with the “young owner” from Simba Dickie.

My German is not what it have been, can anyone give a small re-cap of the interview and their impression?

Also thought it was positive he attended the Marklin insider meeting.

Brgds - Lasse

Or Trix will be fine to buy it!!

Some models derailments at Marklins short turnouts and in fact Marklin should fix problems about it!!
Why only talking about locomotivs and wagon models???
Marklins K-tracks needs to be changed too.
So watching at TV wasn´t so much to get information.

Not truth...there is reason of why to choise 2 rail too.
I have no problem with my layout since i did fix some trouble.
I sure Marklinist have problems too.

When going two-rail, you can buy Fleischmann, Gützold, Roco, Brawa, Tillig, Liliput, and many others more. You can also buy Trix - but several Trix models have a bad reputation (and some deserve it).
We've discussed it before: there are not "good" brands or "bad" brands, each brand has good and bad models. Some two-railers think that all Trix is bad and they won't even look at Trix models. Trix is a good choice if you like metal bodies and can live with some Märklinisms, but many Trix models are a bad choice for rivet counters.

Søren spake about people he knows - I presume those do not go shopping in NZ hobby shops. And IIRC you made one or two purchases on the Internet, too - so if you were a two-railer, you could get those brands from abroad.

Søren said that Trix has a bad reputation amongst two-railers he knows. I can subscribe that for parts of the German scene (some two-railers look seasick when they hear "Märklin" - those are the ones that also hate Trix; other two-railers have no problems with Märklin or Trix).
It may, of course, be different in NZ. But when Märklin and Trix make the best models in the world five years from now (as Herr Bächle predicted), it'll be a tough job to convince all two-railers to give Trix a second chance (and that's what Søren wrote with different words).
Once bitten, twice shy. Difficult to regain lost trust. That's Trix's situation in the European H0 world.

Interesting read... I always thought Marklin's appeal was its quality and durability over hard core detail and fidelity. If that were not the case would Marklin have folded decades ago in view of their then more detailed competition? (liliput, Fleischmann, Roco, etc) What will they gain or lose in their customer base If they compete head to head for more exacting detailed models? What about the collector/operators that cannot afford the layout space to accomodate the much larger radius track components? Why have not more operators simply abandoned Marklin for more true scale DC model choices?

OK now chime in... While I wait. I'll be painting a block of wood in Danish Livery : )

Agree wit Tom's viewpoint, and I'll just add that if am not mistaking, Trix' main business is actually Minitrix N-gauge (a scale they were first to introduce, later to be followed by Arnold, Atlas, Fleischmann and others)

10 years ago, there was a serious attempt to push the "TRIX for 2-rail" brand in the US with an NMRA wheels spec Big Boy loco.

The model was well received and originally sold well, but suffered from axles' assembly tolerances discrepancies to the NMRA spec which caused a number of unhappy customers.
Then it also suffered from the same "ghost-bolt" syndrome, where the articulation pivot of the front wheels train would come loose from vibrations in transport.
A number of locos had to be re-called , re-turned to the factory for re-work and shipped back to the US.

Despite all the best (and sometimes heroic!) efforts of the local Märklin-Trix crew, it did not do too much good to the "premium price" brand image among the NMRA spec crowd, unfortunately.

Hard to get a second chance to make a good first impression!

The US is a **tough** market if you plan to compete head to head with the current suppliers of US/ North American models.

However there is a very significant following for **European** model trains which represent "exotism" and "old world" history.
These model-railroaders all have their "system" to purchase Märklin stuff, essentially through European on-line dealers (In other words, a lot of "domestic sales" in Germany are actually "US export"..)

Working at serving that customer base properly is key, but, due to differences in geographic set-up and diverging buying habits, it requires a different business model, quite divergent from the Europe style.

I happen to have a close personal relationship with the "n° UNO" Märklin-Trix dealer in the US, and a very successful one at it too.

His business model has always been in perfect phase-opposition with Märklin's published strategies and requirements (for over 20 years now!)

If the "test of time" has any value: his business is flourishing while most "conventional" stores are closing shop one by one...

Will the new Märklin/Trix/LGB owner(s) be finally opening their eyes, ears and nostrils and smell the coffee that every single one of their predecessors have stubbornly decided to miss??

Right..off my soap-box... I'll go back upstairs play with my trains!

Cheers

I just saw the German version of #62, and I appreciated the rather long interview with Siebel Jr & Bächle...

At least we got an interview with the new kid in town...

We all "know" that many US modellers are not so much into RTR, they rather buy some cheap Atlas junk or such and kitbash it to fit their needs...
I am of course only expressing my general impression of my perception of the US market, so please prove me wrong...

I have seen too many "Hand of God" operations myself on 2-rail DC H0 layouts to convince me that it should be the "better" system as some purists claim...
More prototypical rail profiles, wheels & such of course - but I myself don't wish to wipe all the track every time I want to run a train a little while for the fun of it, once a month or so...

That is my impression of 2-rail operation, even at the layout of the club I am a member of...

TV Extra - CS2 cab Control.

>Marklin TV<

Marklin has better service with models like locomotivs.
My Brawa 2 rail steam locomotivs are difficult to service and more sensible than Marklin.
Of course does 2 rail have good contact on the rail, but i know myself Marklin 3 rail has better contact.
It´s all matter about how to take care of the layout and locomotiv models.
American locomotiv models like Atlas, Athearn and so on are made of plastic and sometimes derailment on the tracks.
If Marklin wants to expanded market in USA, i suggest no!
Because USA has very big problems with the economy and i think taxes will become higher soon.
It makes more expensive with Marklin models in USA.

Okey...i accept 3 rail is better to run with it by use 3 rail locomotivs.

Episode 64 online

http://www.maerklin.de/d...chungen/maerklin-tv.html

Marklin must have read here on the forum !!
At 05:00 Wolfrad Bachle talks for 2 minutes about the complaints regarding the use of the 3 pole motors and why not 5 pole ....

Can someone summarize what he says about the motors, please?

I liked a lot the Danish wine red Nohab and the cars it pulls. The red/black Danish Nohab is not appealing to me so much. This was
a surprise for me because in the new items pdf pictures I was more leaned to the red/black one and in the movie I clearly changed my mind to the Ep. III.

The BR41 also impressed me in the positive sense.

I like a lot see the videos of the new models.

Marco,
Thank you for the summary.

SDS did fit into the boiler of steamers. Motors with bell-shaped armatures did fit into the boilers of steamers. I'm happy with both these types of motors.

Now they tell us they have to use three-pole motors because five-pole motors do not fit into the boilers of steamers.

He says they wouldn't know yet whether the E 93 would come with a three-pole or five-pole motor as they would evaluate both options.


It's sure they noticed that some customers are unhappy. Some customers are unhappy because profit was more important than customer satisfaction. They started re-thinking their strategy, but didn't make a decision yet. Deeds are better than words - and so far we only heard "maybe".
Today's fortune cookie reads "Follow your instincts when making decisions." I followed my instincts when I placed my pre-orders for the 2014 trade fair new items.

So you have changed your mind about SDS now ?
.....too late !
Your negative campaign about those " useless SDS motors " has already borne fruit & proven succesful....

Thank you, Marco! I really appreciated the summary in English.

The concept of the motor in the steamer's boiler is good. It is also understood once more that SDS is not part of their plans :(

The good part is that they are reviewing the strategy of motor and drive electronics. I am positive about they arrive to something that satisfies most of us.

It doesn´t matter what aunt Märklin are saying something about 3 pole motor.
The problem is worse quality of motor and decoder of today from Märklin is not good.
When i did tested BR64,i did found out some drawbacks with the decoder.
3 pole motor is silent,but don´t fits so good with the mfx decoder.
When i did watched episode 64,i was expecting Märklin should changed the mind in question about decoder with cv adresses etc...
But there was no information about that.
It´s pitty to shame nobody here has done an test with ESU V.4 or M4 with the 3 pole motor and how does it respons with another decoder.
What about stummi forum?
How did members of stummi forum react the latest information in the Märklin TV eposide 64??

It´s information that counts.
And yes i welcome to discussion results after did watched the video.
So does with the motor and decoder,since there was discussion about that in the video.
Didn´t they talked about 3 pole motor?
There was nice models in the video show.

Hi Glen. Any chance of a link please?
Ive searched around but it doesn't seem to be coming up on YouTube and the Maerklin.com page doesn't list any of the TV episodes.
Thanks,
Paul

I'm an outsider.

Do I understand the reference to C-Track additions correcty?, that the new item are limited to .
- HS curved turnouts (variant of 24671/2 = maybe 24771/2)
- - will it be R3<>R4 with an option (straight insert) for R4<>R5
- HS double-slip (variant of 24624 = maybe 24712 <already taken> therefore 24724? )

Noting separately that the P-Track (myworld) crossover has a 30 degree R1 profile that is not a piece available in C-Track