You should writing report a problem to Marklin.

Does anyone have any detailed pictures? I think I'm gonna order one on Tuesday.

Exactly what i did saw too!!

Take it or leave it, that's the only photo there is, until the model is released!

So what we need is a proper review of the released model?

It is true that the model 37753 is released, not the special version 37755 and from what I've heard, with the 37753 the first batch goes to Sweden and shops here unlike the normal practice where the first batch goes to shops in Germany.

I saw the 37753 briefly in one shop in the Stockholm area the other day and the shop from where I've ordered my 37753 hopefully gets delivery this coming week. If so and if nobody else has received and taken photos of their model before me, then I'll try to do it when I get mine.

I saw the model in Göppingen in Märklin's stand at IMA and during the factory tour there were lots of Dm bodies to be seen in various stages of pre-painting preparation. (NB. The end sections are called Dm and only the middle section is officially called Dm3). I didn't see any Dm3 during the factory tour. This could mean two or three things, either the Dm3 have already been produced, the Dm3s will be produced later or the model bodies I saw were not Dm, instead they we Norwegian NSB El 12. The concern I had (and have) is that the models on display at IMA had very noticeable gaps between the imitated harmonica connections between engine parts, but there was no way to determine whether the models on display were pre-series version or production models.

I ordered it today and it will arrive tomorrow hopefully.

The October Märklin wallpaper download is the standard model.... I hope it is an early prototype model that is depicted in the photo...

I would not let that photo pass, since I would be embarrassed about it if I was the quality control manager...


SAB wheels look like molten plastic..

Closest buffer is bent downwards...

Ventilator plastic part needs a slight shaving towards the back of the front loco, and is not snug enough towards the brown body...

The rods are Piko 80's plastic looking....




I am trying to see positive things since I'm very Märklin-biased, but these things bother me a lot since it's supposed to be a promotional picture....

Metallic parts on the roof looks like some teeth braces or any of nostalgic gimmick

What would have been wrong with plain gray

I would like to see the same shot as Juhan has in his prototype picture..

Thank you.

Did visit hobbystore in my hometown by shopping.
I did photo the model but got problem by sending pictures from my mobil phone to my gmail adress.
So i did sent pictures to webmaster and hope he will post it here.

Too much hurry in mounting the lights?

That is unfortunate. The headlamps look so much better than the Roco's. Shame they did not take a little extra time prepping the pieces. Why is the lighting poor? Did they try to remote the light source to far from the headlamps?

beautiful Images, Alberto

I was a little curious why the headlight lenses have burrs on all three, is that exclusive Märklin quality this days

I'm not so convinced that this model will be a best Sellers, so let us hope that Märklin become influenced by our opinion to next release

It’s always interesting to see the pricing by eBay when this bidding start for €1.

You can buy the 37753 model thru German dealers for €425 but in Sweden most dealers like to sell it for €538

The final bid €460

Actually, I am quite impressed with the Marklin model, it has come a long way from the prototype version. A big improvement would be to paint the pantographs dark grey, like the Roco version.

The front light lenses are disappointing, but hopefully easy to correct, but most un-Marklin like. Poor attention to detail.

For the money, I would prefer one of the new Crocs, but it is a model I would consider in the future.

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Finally came two items today



SJ Dm3 1201-1231-1202 Märklin 37753

The first thing to do is to turn down the sound value 175 and dim engineer's cab lighting to 20.

Thats a nice model

Coming soon El12....

37754_betrieb.pdf

Copy paste the link into a new browser

What the heck is this thing (Dm3) its huge where was is built? where did it run? is there a English or Spanish translation of the history of this loco?

Above didn't get the link but below link (copy and paste link).

A week ago I was in Stockholm and met Dieter Lorenz from Märklin in Stockholm. We talked quite a bit. Propably because we spoke in german and not everyone in Swedden speaks german.
I asked him about the Dm3 and got some replies. The reply for the weak headlights were that they were simulating the weaker headlights they had at that time when they had weaker lamps.

He couldn´t say anything about future models but I´ve suggested X2000 (SJ and Amtrak-version). He did reveal that the Dm3 must sell otherwise it will be hard to motivate any new Swedish models.

To be more on topic again (technically the 37753 should be similar to the 37755). I opened my Dm3 up today to see how the LED's are connected. At first it looked like a black PCB with small white things (the LEDs) on it. Very clean. But on the track with the functions enabled you see what happens. There are 3 LED´s on each side for the machine room lighting. Thera are also 4 different LED´s in the front of the PCB (one red for the tail light and one LED for the 3rd headlight on the upper side and one LED for the 2 lower lights and one LED for the cabin lighting mounted under the PCB). I could only open the end units and I could find the speaker and the MFx-decoder in the front unit. It´s strange it´s not in the middle unit.

I also noted some strange behaviours. When using the dimmer and Zoom functions on the CS2 for the headlights, some LEDs lights up for a short moment before turning off.
The manual doesn´t state how to use the pantographs, but there´s a electrical connection in the front unit that you could change so you get power from the pantographs instead.

Here are some pictures of how it looks like inside. There are 10 LEDs in each front unit and propably 6 inside the middle unit=26 LEDs in the train!!


Unit 1201. The speaker, the MFx decoder and one of the motors.


Unit 1201. From above you can see the connector for the pantograph (haven´t tested it) in the middle of the PCB and note the 2 small LED´s to the most right on the PCB at the red cable.


Unit 1202. Here the machine room lighting, the red tail light and the cabin lighting is activated.


Unit 1202. I´ve highlighted the light diffusors with a flashlight. In the upper left there´s one for the 3rd headlight, and to the right of it is the red taillight. The copper plate is for the pantograph.


Unit 1202. Note that this PCB is quite empty. There are only connections for the motor and the 10 LEDs in the unit.

Too right!

There are no mosquitoes in December! We already have plenty of green things and mosquitoes in Australia. Not much snow and no Northern Lights (not even Southern ones!)

I can vouch for the train from Stockholm to Kiruna. You get a very good sleep and there is plenty of hot water in the shower, but it was nice to take a return flight. We did not go to Narvik on that trip, but we did travel around on snow mobiles at -35C to see the northern lights somewhere north of Kiruna. Something very special and I am sure it will stay with me all the way to the Sunny Farm Nursing Home. Old hat stuff to you northern hemisphere people, but it was a very new and fantastic experience for us Aussies. Lots of very friendly Swedes in Kiruna too.

We did see the ore trains from our hotel window, as their pantographs sparked along the overhead lines, but we were unfortunately unable to get onto a mine tour. Maybe next time.



There was three very brittle Aussies up there too, but by the time we retuned to Lund I was in a shirt, no coat, to meet Juhan.

I'm impressed by your southern lights, but the snow in those pictures is a poor imitation of the real Scandinavian stuff. Hobart is about the same distance from the equator as Bordeaux in Southern France. Kiruna is about the same distance from the equator as the edge of Antarctica. The other thing about Scandinavia is that all the member countries make Christmas time beautiful. The lights and the snow make a fairy-like land. The picture below, from our trip, shows the path to the Viking Ship museum in Bygdøy near Olso in Norway.



Here is a picture of the Kiruna mine taken at midday. The train line is at the mid-right of the picture and the sun is behind the mountain.

Hello Adrian,

Yes we don't get snow like that here!! Looks like you had a magic trip. Did it inspire you to model any snow scenes on your layout?

Mind you, I would be interested to see snow in Bordeaux! :-

Regards,

PJ

http://www.holiday-weather.com/bordeaux/