 Joined: 22/11/2006(UTC) Posts: 676 Location: Shoreline, WA
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 Got the Marklin ST 800 with MT 800 middle car running after a 50 year slumber. A big shout out to Jim's Hobby for a part that it needed! It will still need a full cleaning and maintenance!  |
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 Joined: 29/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,422 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Originally Posted by: seatrains  Got the Marklin ST 800 with MT 800 middle car running after a 50 year slumber. A big shout out to Jim's Hobby for a part that it needed! It will still need a full cleaning and maintenance! Nice work Thom! What part was it missing? Any plan to work on the cosmetics, or maintaining the well-loved and played with look? |
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Joined: 22/11/2006(UTC) Posts: 676 Location: Shoreline, WA
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Mark, it was the "Seitenwange fur Drehgestell" or half of the Jacobs truck casting on an non-powered segment. I am really torn on the condition of the set. This at one time belonged to my uncle who was a machinist for the Great Northern Railway and later the Burlington Northern. And then I got it and it was all downhill from there...As a conservative collector, they are only original once, so I think I will just clean and maintain it. I have a ST 800 G (grun) in much better condition that is a basket case that I am mechanically restoring, so if I want to look at a pretty face?  |
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Originally Posted by: seatrains As a conservative collector, they are only original once, so I think I will just clean and maintain it.
if I was looking to buy one I think I would prefer one in the condition of yours rather than a repainted one. It shows it is definitely in 'original condition'.
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Ok, but does Marklin still Lovingly restore models to their original new condition?
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Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 Ok, but does Marklin still Lovingly restore models to their original new condition? No, they outsourced that to Ritter many years ago: https://ritter-restaurationen.de/en
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Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 Ok, but does Marklin still Lovingly restore models to their original new condition? Hi No, they used to restore at least 10 or 15 years ago but not anymore. Ritter Restaurationnen in Germany does though see here https://ritter-restaurationen.de/en/restorationsCheers Jean |
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Thom These ST800 trains were my first Märklin love but alas I never could get one Here is my DL800 (1950, with Märklin strong, grey carton box w. wood inserts and spoon pick-ups) with a strong family looks  This is a sleeping beauty in the box Cheers Jean |
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Mark Originally Posted by: Mark5 One thing I never understood was why would a Diesel Electric need pantographs? Extra power?What was the nearest prototype for this model? At the time (1949) the possibility to drive 2 trains independently with the overhead catenary was the rage and Märklin introduced its first catenary before the war and prepared a second generation just after the war and a third around 1950. The DL800 or ST800 is a loose interpretation of the diesel electric ALCO PA-1 Loose because: - fake 3 axle boggies - "Jacobs" bogies - never had pantographs  On the other hand this DL800 / ST800 are a mechanical wonder (6 geared axles on the DL800) and were Märklin's top of the line Cheers Jean |
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