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jvuye		#1 Posted : 21 June 2013 15:55:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France		Hello collectors Here's a short vid of my Re 800 and 348/x coaches. Included are a couple of the original ones, received for Xmas 1956! Cheers
		Jacques Vuye aka Dr.Eisenbahn Once a vandal, learned to be better and had great success!

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mike c		#2 Posted : 21 June 2013 19:55:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,242 Location: Montreal, QC		I have a Re 4/4 (from a Start Set) along with one baggage (348/4) one diner (green) (348/2) and one coach with the opening doors (348/1). I managed to acquire a second 348/1 coach and am now running the train as Re 4/4 - 348/1 - 348/1 - 348/4. I installed one of the giant tail lights on the baggage car and I am not using the diner in the consist that often. I might at some point try to add one or two 4038 coaches without the opening doors. I wonder if anybody has ever motorized the doors on the 348/1. That would be pretty cool on a digital layout. Regards Mike C


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Frankenbahner		#3 Posted : 21 June 2013 20:37:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 625 Location: Nuremberg, Bavaria		I'm running these coaches, the old tin-plate "Leichtstahlwagen", with Hag's old Ae 4/7 model, # 140. A very nice consist. Regards, Florian
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jvuye		#4 Posted : 21 June 2013 23:17:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France		Originally Posted by: Frankenbahner I'm running these coaches, the old tin-plate "Leichtstahlwagen", with Hag's old Ae 4/7 model, # 140. A very nice consist. Regards, Florian Yes...!! Very nicely nostalgic toy trains, aren't they? But my HAG Ae 4/7 doesn't have a lot of pulling power: 4 coaches and that's it...despite 3 bandaged axles! My Re 800 however seems to be un-stop-able!
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seatrains		#5 Posted : 22 June 2013 21:03:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/11/2006(UTC) Posts: 676 Location: Shoreline, WA		Love the tinplate! Is the consist prototypical, with the 2nd Class coaches, Diner, 2nd Class coaches and Baggage coach? Thanks Jvuye and post more videos!
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jvuye		#6 Posted : 22 June 2013 21:29:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France		Originally Posted by: seatrains Love the tinplate! Is the consist prototypical, with the 2nd Class coaches, Diner, 2nd Class coaches and Baggage coach? Thanks Jvuye and post more videos! Well, prototypical? Maybe not.. There are no first class coaches in that series, and that would be the missing link. Otherwise these were the backbone of "intercity" traffic in the 1950's (although those trains were not named that way..they'd be called "Schnellzug" or fast train) Nonetheless, ever since I saw it in the 1951 catalog, this Märklin composition was in my dreams already when I was 8...and 60 years + later, I have it running on my layout. Those who fulfill their dreams....
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hennabm		#7 Posted : 23 June 2013 12:09:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 2,073 Location: Edinburgh,		Hi Jacques Great video and consist. After years of running my Swiss coaches behind an E44 I bought an Ae6/6 to pull my Swiss consist and just love the look of them and the noise. Does anyone know why M* never did a 1st class version to match? Mike
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jvuye		#8 Posted : 23 June 2013 22:09:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France		Originally Posted by: hennabm Hi Jacques Great video and consist. After years of running my Swiss coaches behind an E44 I bought an Ae6/6 to pull my Swiss consist and just love the look of them and the noise. Does anyone know why M* never did a 1st class version to match? Mike Thank you Mike. I would think that Märklin did not see the need to re-tool for yet another version (fewer but larger windows for the 1st Class version...) I am perfectly happy with the current version but you knew that already Cheers
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mike c		#9 Posted : 24 June 2013 02:56:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,242 Location: Montreal, QC		I have seen people who have adapted one of the coaches into an A (1st class) or AB (1st and 2nd class) variant and added it to the consist. Interestingly, Maerklin also made the 4066 EWII in only first class. Some modellers have likely used the newer 4066 for first class and the 4015 or 4038 for second class with either the 348/2 (4015) or 4068 diner and the 348/4 (4017) baggage car. I have also run a consist with DB 1st and 2nd class coaches (UIC-X) with the 4066 diner and then the 348/1s, which was common to see on international Gotthard trains. Trix Express and Pocher had first class coaches which could also have been used with the Maerklin 2nd class coaches. Regards Mike C

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