Finally...an pig locomotive with fully sounds!

I actually know someone who has one of these and has converted it with sounds.... it's quite amusing

I believe he doesn´t know about it...

Ok, but where was it announced (notified, mentioned or hinted), that there would be a "surprise announcement" to come in the Insider news 05/2018?

A rumour always starts somewhere.

Surprise loco for 2018 - 39242 BR08.

I'd say it's an uglier version of the beautiful French 241, probably captured by Germans during the war...

Can't afford either of them, but if I could I'd prefer the French one...


39241

Are you sure this is the surprise, I mean it's little more than a rework of the existing mould, the surprise has usually been something totally new

Thanks for the link Francois! Very good & interesting reading...

I believe he does, as always.

http://www.modellbaushop...icle&ProdNr=MK039242

https://www.lokmuseum.de...19205950125b&suchen=

Per.

If you can't fly, go by rail

I prefer the special edition showing the various Butcher cut markings, not easy to find

It was Märklin now presented the surprise.
I prefer buy an cheaper Brawa with better sound decoder.

The H0 model of the class 08 heavy express steam locomotive, with a powdered coal tender for the first time in the proven Märklin/TRIX quality.

The unique locomotive now designated as road number 08 1001 went first to the maintenance facility at Berlin East Station after being completed in July of 1952. Here it was scheduled to pull the D 13/14 pair of express trains to/from Stralsund with the start of the winter schedule on October 5, 1952. The records of locomotive supervisor Specht at the maintenance facility at Berlin East Station reveal the following: On October 8, the unit came early from Leipzig and hauled the D 13 to Stralsund without maintenance. Despite "bad" powdered coal, the steam generation was good. Like the run out, the run back also occurred without problem. Another run on October 10 also gave no cause to complain and locomotive supervisor Specht noted: "Best steam generation. Bunkers 2+3 were still about 80 cm / 31 inches full on arrival in Stralsund." After transfer to the FVA in Halle in February of 1953, intensive test and measurement runs were done that resulted in many new findings.

Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. The model has a factory installed 72270 smoke unit. The dual headlights on the locomotive and tender change over with the direction of travel. They and the built-in smoke unit will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. There is also cab lighting and running gear lights that can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white LEDs are used for lighting. There is an adjustable coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. The rear of the tender has a close coupler in an NEM pocket with a guide mechanism. The minimum radius for operation is 437.5 mm / 17-1/4“. Brake hoses, heating lines, and imitation prototype couplers are included.
Length over the buffers 29.4 cm / 11-9/16“.

Nice one, although this was predictable
The DR 08 001 was originally a twin sister of the SNCF 241A, build in France before WW II , brought to Germany during the war and kept in the Soviet occupation zone after Vday .
It was used by the DR to test powdered coal firing , hence the totally different tender.
The coal powder firing experiment wasn't too successful, and the complexity of the compound expansion SNCF loco made it difficult for DR crews to draw all the capabilities of the machine.
Nevertheless it is a very nice and spectacular model and a piece of RR engineering history and a joy to behold!
Cheers
Jacques

This doesn't match what Troy Yang is saying above, but I guess there are differences of opinion on what is successful.

Marklin brochure is here. DE/EN downloads OK, but the F/NL seemed to have a broken link. The text that Troy Yang quotes is straight from this brochure.

No problem.
My info originates from the Alba Book Dampflokomotiven .
The loco worked faily well originally but the unfamiliarity and the complexity made it difficult to handle by the German Engineers accustomed to simpler machines.

Hello:

I was curious how do the newer generation of Marklin 37xxx & 39xxx series steam locomotives pull/perform? I noticed on Marklin's description that they will say drive on all main axles however, the exploded view only shows one "geared" drive axle. The older locos usually had all drive axles geared. I cannot see them performing well on a 3% grade..

Thank You, Paul

Got an Insider Cub Mail from Märklin today. They send me a link for the new surprise:

https://www.maerklin.de/index.php?id=3712

and its folder

https://www.maerklin.de/...a/lp/18/Pp_39242_D_E.pdf

I'm sure they will produce at least one more, probably more than one, release in French livery. There will be a pre-war version at some point, and maybe one in wartime livery.

I would expect to see it be the Nurnberg Toy Fair loco at some point (39249? - the model number ending in a 9 is often a special version), it has the majesty to have a release for that, quite possibly with a set of coaches as they did for this years Toy Fair loco. That could well be the way they release the start of a suitable series of French coaches for it, then I would suspect they will have lined up a set of loco and coaches as well at sometime.

Doing the 39242 gives them a quick return on some of the design costs, using a tender they already had I think (although I can't think what other models used a powdered coal tender, a Br44 possibly?).

Thanks, indeed I have overseen your link in post #30 - sorry. Well, I realized my eyes are no longer as good as they had been, when I sticked the M-tracks together. Nowadays I am always pleased changing to C-tracks. These I stick together blind.

I have 3 on order with modellbahn lippe

1 for West Germany, 1 for East Germany, 1 for Deutsche Reichsbahn

Any idea of how many will be made?.

As long as Marklin doesn't forget mine that I ordered.

Thewolf

I see some dealers are offering this loco for 566.99 Euro instead of the RRP of 629.99 Euro