Good morning,

I just purchased a Marklin 37794 Thalys PBKA and while researching which add on cars to get I find out that Marklin also produced a Marklin 37791 Thalys PBKA.

Besides the product number and possibly year of manufacture is there a difference in the models?

Michel

Drive her slow over turnouts and you will have no trouble - go too fast and the wheels fall off. She is a very graceful lady. I have the earlier model and the later Tintin version - love them both, but they like to be treated like a lady.

Hello Märklineers!


I do like the Thalys very much.
I have been tempted to get the Märklin model but a number of detracting comments on the forum have left me leary.

In regards to the PBKA - We travelled on this Thalys from Bruxelles to Paris in 1998 :





I snapped this Thalys at Köln HBF in 2011 :








and this Thalys sped past us at Amsterdam Centraal in 2014 :






Regards,

PJ

Roland, Adrian, Mike and PJ,

Thank you very much for giving me a history lesson on the Thalys.

Whenever I go to my local Marklin dealer Westend Trains, I alway feel like a kid walking into I candy store! Only so much money and too much candy to select from, decisions, decisions?

While browsing the store I lay my eyes on the the infamous Marklin Thalys!

May I quote from PJ "I also have been tempted to get the Märklin model but a number of detracting comments on the forum have left me leery!" As I also read those negative posts about the train set and thought about not buying it but seeing the Thalys in person and up close. Well.....I just decided that's what I wanted!

So here I am the new owner of the Marklin 37794 Thalys PBKA!

Impressions so far;

Beautiful trains set, sound is very nice and the running quality is very good! I do find that the train with the sound turned off is noisy and not as quite as the Marklin NS ICE train that I have.


If anyone has more information please reply to this post.

Thank you, Michel

Here's a video I took of mine nearly 4 years ago..

Here is three for you:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Marklin-HO-43444-SNCF-High-Speed-Add-on-2-Car-Set-THALYS-/331781861347?hash=item4d3fbd6fe3:g:LTgAAOSw~gRVgtue

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ness-2014maerklin-43444-supplementary-wagon-Set-3-for-THALYS-PBKA-in-/272124930901?hash=item3f5be8eb55:g:tsIAAOSwd0BV52WF


http://www.ebay.com.au/i...91345:g:eQIAAOSw~gRV4vpT

Despite the less than stellar eBay feedback, I can vouch for both sellers - they are very good.. Joe tends to be more reasonable with shipping cost.

The other place to try is AJC Kids.. When I bought mine they seemed to have heaps in stock..