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I don't know about surprise, but they did announce a model of it. It is already on the home page.

https://www.maerklin.de/...pdb_pi1%5Bsearchres%5D=1

Unfortunately still with the old noisy motor. It would have been a great opportunity to announce an upgraded version with center motor etc.

I like these old motors if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. You never get any problems with these on double slips👍

Plus DCM motors are easier to get parts for and fix.....

I'm sorry, but I think you guys are crazy! There's no comparison between the old noisy rough DCM and the new can motors. If you're very lucky you might get the DCM motor to be almost as quiet as a can motor, but the gears will always be way more noisy!

I have to agree on this. And while I love the concept of the sine motors and the fact that we are able to retain an AC motor with this and still have exceptionally quite running, the reality is that a Faulhaber or Maxxon motor can give running qualities that are almost identical without the need for special electronics to drive the motor.

Additionally, having just repaired a SDS loco and discovered that my dealer has had to send plenty of these locos back to the factory for the driver board to be replaced I feel that the issue of maintenance if very real, and the old DCM wins every day on that front.

Cheers....

Mike.

Well I mostly agree, but maybe not on the crazy part - we all have our off days after all.

The drivetrains are noisy but to me in a pleasant mechanical way - the poor man's sound back in the day. As I recall a real locomotive is pretty loud anyway, no matter the type, so it fits.

And it is all of that gearing which allows a small, high speed motor to power a loco at HO scale speeds and to provide such good, strong torque. These are motors which can be used indefinitely as long as they are properly maintained. We all know that is not true of inexpensive can motors, like those in most of my newer locos. They are quiet, smooth, strong and fast - so there is nothing not to love, well except the sure knowledge that they will fail and can't be maintained or repaired.

So at one time I thought that DCMs were hopelessly out of date and that I should avoid them if possible. But then I went on to buy a number of very nice locos with one or two DCMs and they are amazingly strong and smooth with load regulating decoders. I have never seen any HO train run as beautifully as my VT 11.5 Helvetia does, although regular maintenance is required for reliable operation. Since I enjoy that part I don't mind but I do see how others might.

My can motor locos are all young with very few hours and I have had only one motor failure and that was in an ESU Engineering Edition loco! That was the most beautiful motor that I have ever seen in HO scale and it even had replaceable brushes and could be opened for service. That was good news because in the US I have no warranty on ESU locos since they are not officially sold here. But the bit about being able to service it worked out for me and it now has its hung brush fixed, its commutator turned (thanks Matt!) and is running great.

I just thought that it was ironic that the first post 2014 loco of mine to fail was the one filled with the highest attention to engineering detail and the most expensive looking components. With today's hardware it is always a crap shoot in my experience but this one should definitely have run more than one or two hours. By looks alone it should have run a lot longer than my Märklin motors, with so many machined metal bits in the ESU motor, rather than the cheap stamped steel parts in many different model lines. At least it was designed to be repaired and it is a beautiful model and I love it.

Yeah, thats what we have been talking about over here.

Probably Denglish.

That would be nice, and even if it is not, we should see what they have to offer us this Fall, very soon after that.

I'm particularly keen to see what the fall surprise loco will be this year.

Marlin version limited to 500 pieces and Trix 200 pieces.

Surprise lok is a S 3/6 3624 Ep I

https://www.facebook.com...malink/2627449103940773/

Thanks Carlos Madrigal

I know and i have the photos from another shop... The information says that the official news have to due out today

That is for the Autumn New Items, the surprise loco may be different.

Price under 600 euro

I am probably missing something as I don't understadn the price.

I saw it and there is no confusion. I only think the price is too high as I see nothing special in the locomotive except a little more detail in painting compared to to BR 18.5s. The level of detail and painting seems compareable to the S2/6s and the price is of this is higher.

Interesting that sound functions are not mentioned on the brochure or website. The typical sound icon is there in the model details but no mention of sound effects in any of the text. Seems a bit odd for Marklin.

Interesting Marklin decided to include the top (3rd) lights front and rear on an epoch I model.

I wonder if they'll get customer complaints they don't light up...

The side rods not dark seems to be the new trend for the M top steam models. I would prefer dark side rods.
Despite that and the price, the model is very tempting.

We will see several liveries of this model. I hope the Ep. II will have golden stripes in the boiler and preferably the red and white stripes in the chimney.
I wonder if this locomotive worked also in Pfalzbahn, so a brownish red version will be available in the future.

I like the idea of an era II version which would no doubt look nicer but also gives me a good reason to pass on this one.

And the coaches, while beautiful still don't come with any good provisions for interior lighting. I was amused that Märklin's listing for the coaches shows Trix lighting sets that they don't even make anymore.

Same here and I still have not gotten around to lighting the ones I bought for my S 2/6! I guess I could buy just the S 3/6 and let it share those coaches with the S 2/6.

That seems to be the surprise these days - just like with the 241 they introduce a beautiful loco without any good coaches for it to haul.

But Märklin says in its video extra # 28 (see post #40)

it is the 18.4 with extra high wheels. The normal 18.4 had 1,87 meter high driving wheels. This model is one of the 18.4 with 2,0 meter high driving wheels. This is the reason why the loco is called class "S 3/6 high heels" ( not really - Maerklin says the "high stepper"). The nickname is "Die Hochhaxige". Further Märklin says it is first time they did an exact reconstruction of the Bavarian Schlepptender, which they never have had before. So the complete loco is a complete new construction. So far Märklin telling us in its new video about the new loco 39436.
The last original piece of this S 3/6 "Hochhaxige" shall be for viewing in the "Deutsche Museum" in Munich available.

I assumed it is not the same as Marklin 39436, which was made of plastic and tender drive.