Hi,
I have ordered more display cases and also some rolling stock too to fill them

. I´m planning to put some older trains into the biggest display case which is 290 cm wide and has 6 levels. I would like to ask you all which locomotives are the "right ones" for these sets, or is my choice for locomotive good in your opinion:
1. Märklin 34158 CFL Serie 5609 + Märklin 43971 CFL 1950´s set era III ?
2. Märklin 34131 SNCF 040 TC or 37552 SNCF 040 D + Märklin 43972 SNCF set era III ?
3. Märklin 3413 SNCF 131 TA 3 + Märklin older SNCF 4104, 4105 and 4106 "donnerbüchsen" cars with Relex-couplers era III ?
4. Märklin BR 038, BR 75, BR 78 or BR 86 (with DB cookie) + Märklin newer starter set 29240 "donnerbüchsen" with DB cookie era III ?
5. Märklin 37862-01 DB BR 86 (without DB cookie) + Märklin 29500 starter set 3-axle DB cars without DB cookie era III ?
6. Which locomotive

? + Märklin older DRG 4100, 4101 and 4103 "donnerbüchsen" cars with Relex-couplers era II?
7. Which locomotive

? + Märklin DRG 43019 passenger coach set (when I get it...

) era II year 1932
8. Märklin 37540 DRG BR 55 3634 + Märklin newer design DRG 43137 "donnerbüchsen" set (when I get it...

) era II?
9. Märklin S 3/6 K.Bay.Sts.B. or BR 18.4 DRG? + two Märklin 4261 DRG "Bayern" car sets (four cars all together) era II Are these from 1926 or 1931?
10. Märklin 3613 DRG BR 18.1 + Märklin 42762 DRG set (four cars) and extension set Märklin 42763 DRG set (two cars) "D119" era II year 1931
11. Märklin S 3/6 K.Bay.Sts.B. 33181, 33183 "Bayern" or BR 18.4 DRG? + Märklin 42765 Bayerische car set (five cars) (when I get it...

) era I? Should be from 1920?
12. Märklin S 3/6 33183 "Bayern 3709", 37186 blue S 3/6 "3673" or 37184 BR 18 427 DRG + Märklin DRG Rheingold 41929 set (six cars) era II? From year 1927? (when I will get this car set)
13. Märklin 3094 DRG BR 03 1051 "black" + Märklin DRG "Schürzenwagen" 43201, 43211, 43221, 43231, 43261 and 43266 (six cars) era II? From what year?
14. Märklin 3412 K.W.St.E. T5 1218 "grey" + Märklin 4210, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4214 and 4229 K.W.St.E. oldtimer cars era I (From around 1910-1915, thanks Brandon

)
15. Märklin 3614 K.W.St.E. "C 2004" + Märklin 4210, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4214 and 4229 K.W.St.E. oldtimer cars era I (From around 1910-1915, thanks Brandon

)
I just realised that there is too much items to just fill this one 290 cm wide 6-level display case, so I have to put some of them to other display cases....
I have these DRG electric locomotives like Märklin 3366 (grey "modified" E 52), 37561 (E 60), 37196 (E 91), 37661 (E 52), 37681 (E 18) and 39221 (E 94), but I´m not sure how many of these could be used for passenger service. E 18 should be ok at least...
I have also many BR 18.4 DB or DRG locomotives + many K.Bay.Sts.B. S 3/6 variants. I will use my 3618 DRG "Rheingold" BR 18 434 locomotives body to a newer DB BR 18 466 underside to have another DRG Rheingold BR 18.4 with good running charasteristics and two different road numbers (18 427 and 18 434). In my opinion the Märklin 37060 EP 3/6 20102 K.Bay.Sts.B. is too small to all above combinations, but please feel free to correct me if it goes well with some combination

.
These will be my older train sets.
16. Maybe also Märklin 3317 SNCF 231A + Märklin SNCF 4244, 4245 and 4246 cars could also go with these trains? Is this then era II or III and from which years?
Many thanks for any suggestions or opinions in advance!
Regards,
Janne
Edited by user 01 February 2014 12:24:15(UTC)
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