Awesome idea Martin!

-Brandon

Hi XXUP,

For you I will put on a Pink Ribbon.

Martin

Hello XXUP,

Should I clean the Spare Room for you, New Sheets on the Bed and so on.

You are always welcome here in Guelph. By the way we are in need of a new Transit Manager right now .

Miss 16-18 could enroll in our nice University. Here you would also be closer to Europe for your Travels.

Martin

Oh so tempting..

Martin,

What a splendid idea and I hope it helps Juhan out. I myself,like Ray don't go for american locos although I had a Roco one which I sold recently.

I may repeat your idea further down the track.

regards.,

John

To help bring the info straight to this post, about this locomotive (from Marklin):

Steam Locomotive with Tender.
H0 - Article-No. 37970 Steam Locomotive with Tender.
Gauge: H0 Era: II+III

Prototype: New York Central Railroad (NYC) class H 6 general purpose locomotive. United States Railroad Association (USRA) standard design 2-8-2 "Mikado".

Model: Locomotive comes with a digital decoder, controlled highefficiency propulsion, and sound effects generator. High-efficiency motor with bell-shaped armature in the boiler. 4 axles powered. 2 traction tires. Locomotive can be retrofitted with 72270 smoke generator. Headlights and smoke generator contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Headlights are maintenance-free LED's. Synchronized steam locomotive sound effects that vary with the locomotive's speed, whistle as well as a bell sound or acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally with the 6021 Control Unit. Prototypical nonworking coupler plugged in on the front. Close coupling between locomotive and tender. Separately applied metal handrails. Many separately applied details. Figures of a locomotive engineer and fireman for the engineer's cab are included. Length over couplers 29.0 cm / 11-7/16*.

Highlights:

Metal locomotive frame, boiler, and tender floor and body.
High-efficiency motor with bell-shaped armature in the boiler.
Sound effects: Cylinder/exhaust
synchronized, whistle, and bell.
Can be used on track with a minimum radius of 360 mm / 14-3/16*.


One-time series

Mikado Every successful sports team has its stars in the headlines. But, it also has those players in the background that it cannot do without. So it is with the Mikado steam locomotive. Neither high stepping passenger locomotive, nor massive freight locomotive, the "Mike" still stood tirelessly at the center of the competition among American railroads. The first 2-8-2 came out of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890, built for a narrow gauge railroad in Mexico. This wheel arrangement was the latest in a long series of locomotive development. The first major order for the 2-8-2 locomotive was made by the Nippon Railway of Japan in 1897. A Gilbert & Sullivan opera of that era would give this locomotive its name, Mikado. As with most other railroad developments, adoption of the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement was a slow process. The 2-8-2"s trailing truck allowed for a larger firebox, which offered an incremental increase in power and also allowed the Mikado to operate at higher speeds due to its better tracking. This would make the "Mike" a powerful addition to many railroads" freight locomotive rosters. Always conservative and saving, American railroad management continued to hold on to the 2-8-0 locomotive for a long time. This would abruptly change in 1917. In Europe, the War to End All Wars was being fought, and it became increasingly apparent that the United States would become involved in the conflict. Yet, the railroads of the United States were unprepared for such an event. Terminal delays and faltering locomotives made it necessary for President Woodrow Wilson to intervene. With the founding of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA), the federal government took over operation of the privately owned railroads. The war ended in 1918, but the USRA continued for another two years before operations were finally returned to private hands. Whether government operation of the railroads was successful or not, one clear benefit from this operation was the legacy of a set of standardized locomotive designs. These engines ranged from 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 switching locomotives to 4-6-2 passenger locomotives to heavy 2-8-8-2 freight locomotives. These designs proved to be efficient and powerful. With the close of the USRA chapter, these standard locomotives were returned to the private railroads. As further proof of the strength of these designs, more post-war copies of the USRA locomotives were built than were originally built during the war. There are strong parallels between the USRA designs and the german "Einheitslokomotiven". The USRA Mikado is quite similar to the DRG Class 41; the USRA light Pacific is very similar to the Class 03. In contrast to the ongoing standardization in Germany, the railroads of the United States reverted to their old ways, taking a standard design and modifying it to reflect their particular needs and requirements. The US railroads would have to learn the lessons of standardization again in two decades from a German invention. With the diesel locomotive, American railroading would finally use standard locomotive designs. The Märklin model is based on an original USRA design of the "Light Mikado". It reflects the appearance of the locomotive in later years of operation on the New York Central Railroad, which had the greatest number of Mikados in North America, with many variations. The Mikado remained in service well into the 1950"s, when dieselization finally made the departure of the steam locomotive complete.

I have thought about it and think that it is too hard.

If Martin, is okay with this I propose the following:

1. Post your bid by replying to this thread.

2. If you are too embarrassed to let other people know that you want to own a Mikado, then PM Martin and he will post your bid and the time it was sent to him as Anonymous.. If there are too many shy people Martin may have to assign a ANON01 etc..


Over to you Martin,,

Hi all,

So far the Bid is still US$ 220.00. Maybe if I include a Banana Car things will pick up .

Martin

Martin,

I will bid $300. No need for the banana wagon :)

-Brandon

Adrian,

I suppose those banana wagons are in short supply for some reason!

I will bid $340.

-Brandon

Martin,

Have this loco already, so I won't bid on it ... but it's worth all the bids so far !

Great idea here ^^

Y

Hi,

Just 2 more hours then it's all.


Martin

Congratulations Adrian!

Martin - Thanks again for having this donation sale. It's an excellent idea. Hopefully others will be inspired to do the same in the future.

-Brandon

Did I mention I got a bargain!

Adrian,
according the catalogue #37970 is officially fitted with a Motorola decoder...
But there was another batch fitted with MFX decoder which has never been mentionned on catalogs , it has the same ref. number : #37970
May be a surprise for you ?

Mouse Piano is good.. Easy to change the address..

Shhhh.. Keep quiet.. I don't want any collectors to know that I am going to bring the famous Pink Mikado to life.. The pink ones are very rare - got to be worth thousands..

First of all, congratulationsto everybody; To Xxup for the winning bid. To Juhan for winning the monies and to Hoffmann for his excellent idea and generosity. (Well, I suppose that the generosity is for everybody involved here, but especially to Hoffmann for the iniciative!)

This has been an excellent project!

Allow me to suggest that NEXT TIME this kind of aution is advertized WELL en advance. Occational followers like myself might miss out on it, which in the end will lead to a lower selling price. (Well, personally I wouldnt have bid anyway, but I am sure that there are many other users out there who might have!)

Second.. The original Santa Fe, that Miss 3 used to start her train life is still Analogue and in a box in the train room..

I have to say that Canadian postage is mighty expensive, but they sure do deliver very fast.

As you may recall, I was the successful bidder on this inaugural donation auction. The prize, of course, was the Mikado (sans the Pink front) and a banana wagon. So when I opened the box I was very pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of two Trix USA freight wagons, and a fantastic postcard from the city where Martin lives. It is clear that Martin was concerned about the thought of a Mikado pulling a banana wagon!

Thank you Martin for your very generous donation. The picture is below.

Of course, this set will go great with the 3160 set that Miss 14 and I are restoring. The wagons all have new bogies (the old ones were very worn) and the loco (3060) is awaiting the parts to convert to digital.

This is awesome.

Yep, I'm guessing an Alco or Big Boy will be next.

x
In your dreams. We had Damon's Big Boy on Nev's layout and it took out tunnels and trees and signals.. The damn thing is too heavy for the current bookshelf layout - you need two mammoth cranes to lift from the the box to the layout..

I am collecting Alco's cause they are the better locos marklin ever made and EMD f7's,they are very nice locos too.I like Big Boy but my layout have catenary,and i cannot run the loco.If i buy one i have to only display,but i want to run my locos.