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einotuominen		#1 Posted : 14 August 2025 06:18:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/09/2022(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Kaarina		Hi guys, it's been a while! I got the Märklin Mikado New York Central (37970) and was wondering is there a trick for the front NEM pocket? It is positioned too high and I'd like to put a standard short coupler to it. I don't know what standard it conforms to, but it's clearly at a wrong height for normal Märklin operation. Bought this second hand in original box, but the manual was missing. Best regards, -Eino
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dickinsonj		#2 Posted : 15 August 2025 01:00:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,846 Location: Crozet, Virginia		Hello Eino, Is that locomotive a Marklin/BLI cooperation item? Sorry, but I can't think of a fix for that height problem other than something custom printed for that.
		Regards, Jim I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains! So many trains and so little time.
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einotuominen		#3 Posted : 15 August 2025 15:57:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/09/2022(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Kaarina		Originally Posted by: dickinsonj Hello Eino, Is that locomotive a Marklin/BLI cooperation item? Sorry, but I can't think of a fix for that height problem other than something custom printed for that. Hi, No I don’t think so. It’s this model https://www.maerklin.de/...ts/details/article/37970 But even Märklin site does not provide the manual. I sort of refuse to believe that they would have produced a model where the coupler at the other end is not suitable for coupling… -Eino
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Alsterstreek		#4 Posted : 15 August 2025 21:12:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 5,908 Location: Hybrid Home		Source: www.maerklin.de/service/...lnummer=37970&lang=2 Besides the height issue, would the coupler 7203 fit into the pocket #13 - see snapshot?
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steventrain		#5 Posted : 16 August 2025 00:15:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,720 Location: United Kingdom		Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Besides the height issue, would the coupler 7203 fit into the pocket #13 - see snapshot? If coupler 7203 fit but what about pull/push with rolling stock on radius curved?
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cintrans		#6 Posted : 16 August 2025 01:14:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/07/2018(UTC) Posts: 230 Location: Aruba (general), Oranjestad		Obviously not the same lok, but these are the front coupling options on the Big Boy, a normal short coupler does not seem to be an option. Even the simple hook has restricted use.... Regards Jean-Pierre
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dickinsonj		#7 Posted : 16 August 2025 01:29:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,846 Location: Crozet, Virginia		I think Jean-Pierre has the answer. It was probably never meant to be a functional coupler, only decorative. So there was no need to position it at a usable height. The prototype would have seldom used the front coupler anyway. It is really strange that there is no manual available, since they are posted for a lot older locomotives.
		Regards, Jim I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains! So many trains and so little time.
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cintrans		#8 Posted : 16 August 2025 02:06:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/07/2018(UTC) Posts: 230 Location: Aruba (general), Oranjestad		The Mikado was brought out under a range of numbers, there is a manual of #37935 available on the M* site
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klarinettmeister		#9 Posted : 16 August 2025 09:55:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 13/02/2008(UTC) Posts: 812		Hi! I just checked my Mikados. The manual only states how to change the rear coupler but never mentions the front coupler. All my Mikados include only 2 figures and no extra parts. I guess the front coupler is not meant to be used as a coupler on the model just as many here have mentioned.
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rhfil		#10 Posted : 16 August 2025 13:44:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/09/2014(UTC) Posts: 705 Location: NEW HAMPSHIRE, Somersworth		With the cow catcher on most American steam locomotives, was pushing even a consideration? The part for the 37935 for the front socket is described as a plug-in-part and not a coupling.
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dickinsonj		#11 Posted : 16 August 2025 14:13:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,846 Location: Crozet, Virginia		Originally Posted by: rhfil With the cow catcher on most American steam locomotives, was pushing even a consideration? A locomotive like the Mikado could have occasionally used the front couper, but definitely not very often. So it was a small consideration but not something that Märklin bothered to model. Cow catchers on pilot trucks mostly went away in the late 1800's on American railroads, and I'm sure locomotives with them never coupled anything from the front of the engines.
		Regards, Jim I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains! So many trains and so little time.
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Jimmy Thompson		#12 Posted : 16 August 2025 15:54:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 792 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		I found here, that there is a picture of 2 Mikados as a double header, however, I also think that might be rather rare, as they were powerful in and of themselves... https://www.american-rails.com/mikado.html#google_vignette "Colorado & Southern 2-8-2's, led by #807, double-head this freight near Boulder, Colorado on September 14, 1957. Author's [Adam Burns] collection." Just a random "Jimmy Tangent"
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dickinsonj		#13 Posted : 16 August 2025 16:37:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,846 Location: Crozet, Virginia		Good info Jimmy. So there is some reason to have a coupler on the front of the prototype, even if Märklin didn't provide that option for the model.
		Regards, Jim I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains! So many trains and so little time.
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