I thought that I would mention one additional tidbit of information about the 37348 Re 4/4II model.
While Hag and Roco have also released or announced models of the Re 420 LION, this Maerklin model will be the only HO model of a red locomotive in the Era V livery with the new headlights. The Hag and Roco models (to date) are all in the new LION livery for the Zurich commuter trains.
The Swiss Exclusive Set of a pair of Zurich S-Bahn coaches will contain two second class coaches. For those who are interested, Roco has announced a set of 3 28cm coaches of the same type which includes two second class coaches and one mixed first/second class coach.
For those who want to be prototypical, Maerklin's selection of Re 4/4IIs seem to contain a high number of loks that have been assigned to the Cargo Division.
The models were as follows (UPDATED):
34/3734 11162 C UPDATED (currently with rectangular headlights)
34/37341 11294 C UPDATED (Currently in red with rectangular headlights)
34/37344 11252 C
34345 11276 (420 176) C (currently in Cargo livery)
83434 (see 3434) Fantasy Model
37342 11305 C and 11344 C
37343 11161 P (currently in green livery and rectangular halogen headlights) (see Roco 78407)
37345 421 397 (11397) C (currently leased to a German private operator)
37347 420 227 P S-Bahn Zurich
37356 11239 C
26534 11332 C UPDATED (currently in red livery with rectangular headlights)
29481/3 421 374 (11374) C (but used for service Zurich to Lindau and back with EC trains)
29859 11376 (421 376) C (currently in cargo livery)
37320 11319 C UPDATED (currently in red with rectangular headlights)
37346 does not appear on this list because it is a Crossrail lok and not a SBB locomotive
The loks could be used interchangeably for passenger or freight trains prior to 1999 as their use was allocated by availability at depot. Since then, the loks were assigned to either Passenger P or Cargo C Divisions. To be accurate to the lok number, the current allocation is provided (based on info from Wikipedia). This leaves this latest model in addition to the just released 37347 as the only two Maerklin Re 4/4II currently in passenger operation (with the exception of 421 374 (29483) which has occasionally been used to pull EC trains between Zurich and Lindau on the way to Munich)
11229 is assigned to the Passenger division and would be a good choice for SBB EC (like 43671), SBB IC (EWIV) like 42166.
Roco's 78407 (11161) and 78403 (11208) both are locomotives currently in use with passenger trains.
Regards
Mike C
Edited by user 14 January 2014 06:37:30(UTC)
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