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steventrain		#1 Posted : 14 February 2011 13:54:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,695 Location: United Kingdom		Anyone own the 4998 +4999 digital coaches? Any issue on it? I know both are different to find, Thanks in advance.
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Nigel Packer		#2 Posted : 14 February 2011 17:36:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 697 Location: Cheshire, UK		Yes, I have both. No real issues, though they use very early implementations of Digital decoders. Mine live in a display case, though, so they don't get out much or have hard use. Nigel
		Märklin collector since age 5. H0 Collection from 1935 to today.
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steventrain		#3 Posted : 14 February 2011 17:57:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,695 Location: United Kingdom		Thanks, Nigel.
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mrmarklin		#4 Posted : 16 February 2011 07:51:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 942 Location: Burney, CA		The waiter car is not close coupled.:-(
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steventrain		#5 Posted : 16 February 2011 10:14:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,695 Location: United Kingdom		Originally Posted by: mrmarklin The waiter car is not close coupled.:-( Thanks, It is a relex standard coupling.
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RayF		#6 Posted : 16 February 2011 11:47:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,870 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		Hi Stephen, I think I read somewhere that these digital coaches could not be controlled by the new controllers like the CS and MS, and would only work with the 6021. I'm not sure about CS2 and MS2. Maybe someone who has these coaches could confirm if there is any truth in this?
		Ray Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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Nigel Packer		#7 Posted : 16 February 2011 13:41:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 697 Location: Cheshire, UK		They work very well with the CS2! Nigel
		Märklin collector since age 5. H0 Collection from 1935 to today.
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db ice3		#8 Posted : 20 December 2012 23:53:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 24/12/2009(UTC) Posts: 178 Location: uk		hello, could someone tell me what year (s) the 4998 coach was sold by marklin and roughly what was the retail price of it then? kind regards jay
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Markus Schild		#9 Posted : 21 December 2012 21:12:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Wurttemberg		Hi Jay, The car was in the 1990 assortment only. It was extremely expensive for that period: The regular retail price in Germany was only a little bit lower than 400 DM (~200 EUR). In the US the suggested retail price was 412.00 USD. For that money you also had the choice of a crocodile 3352. Regards Markus
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db ice3		#10 Posted : 25 December 2012 15:21:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 24/12/2009(UTC) Posts: 178 Location: uk		hello markus thanks for the info im not sure that they are worth the high prices being asked of them 2nd hand today. they have novelty value but its now very dated technology - if there was some way to have proper music rather than the very basic beep-beep tones of this early generation of decoders. maybe a 2nd sound decoder with music uploaded into it could be piggy-backed onto the built-in decoder which would then just move the figures inside and flash the lights lol.
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60904		#11 Posted : 28 December 2012 21:21:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 328		Originally Posted by: db ice3 hello markus thanks for the info im not sure that they are worth the high prices being asked of them 2nd hand today. they have novelty value but its now very dated technology - if there was some way to have proper music rather than the very basic beep-beep tones of this early generation of decoders. maybe a 2nd sound decoder with music uploaded into it could be piggy-backed onto the built-in decoder which would then just move the figures inside and flash the lights lol. The waiter car is probably one of the best things Märklin ever made for digital operation. You are right that the beep, beep music is outdated. Anyway very rare models and hard to find for little money.
		Best regards Martin
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mrmarklin		#12 Posted : 28 December 2012 23:04:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 942 Location: Burney, CA		Originally Posted by: db ice3 hello markus thanks for the info im not sure that they are worth the high prices being asked of them 2nd hand today. they have novelty value but its now very dated technology - if there was some way to have proper music rather than the very basic beep-beep tones of this early generation of decoders. maybe a 2nd sound decoder with music uploaded into it could be piggy-backed onto the built-in decoder which would then just move the figures inside and flash the lights lol. To some extent the dated technology is very charming. Kind of like the horns that were available back in the sixties for some of the E-Loks of the day. These items are also very scarce and expensive when found.
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