Dear friends,

I was born in 1955 and as such grew up in the fifties and sixties.
During those years,Maerklin issued catalogues in which locomotives were shown as paintings,a real artist job,photographs came much later.
These dynamic paintings were also used on the Maerklin boxes.
A specific aspect about these paintings was that they gave the locomotives a 'full speed' image,very attractive for potential buyers,young boys like me at that time.
Even the humble 3029 starterloc was put on a pedestal this way.
See also the frontcover of the 1967 catalogue,with a fantastic P8,brandnew in the M range for that year.

During a recent search on internet for peculiar Maerklin items i found a seller who offered a full collection of reproductions of these paintings in full color,printed on first class paper.
Unfortunately,i have not been able to find them again to date.

The names of the artist(s) of these magnificant artworks have never been made known,so that does not really help.

I think the reproductions are worth collecting as they represent the glory days of Maerklin,before the computer era started,an era where modeltrains were still on top of the wishlist.

I would welcome any hints how to find/purchase these reproductions.

Thank you all.

Paul.

Hi, Marklin made a calendar in the early 90s with the famous station scene with BR01 and the Croc. It
is on my wall in the train room. It is visible on my layout pages. Peter

Hi Paul,

Maybe you have a scanner. Scan what you like, put it on a memory-stick and visit a larger copy and print shop. They can do it, and most time it should be also cheaper than the ebay-offers. You also could use an online poster-service.

Regards

Markus

I stopped bidding,think two guys are helping each other by raising price all the time.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eB...0748691580#ht_500wt_1413

Paul.

Hi Jimmy,
I cannot help with artists names, but I do like the old catalog artwork from the 1930s.
It was inspiring in a school-boyish sort of way.
The 1950s Fleischmann catalog and box lid art were done in equal manner.
And my model train likes are still very much a boyish pastime. My train room should be lined with such framed pictures.
I have some catalog wagons produced by Märklin around 1997.
Yes it would be interesting to give recognition to the artists if possible.
Kimball