For what I've learned about Marklin, they are not interested in exploring new ways to increase their customers.
In last 50 years M* H0 marketing strategy has ever been the same: mainly German models, some swiss ones, and only a few of other European countries and of USA.

I don't agree with this, but as I wrote in other topics, I've bought locos from other manifacturers in order to vary my rolling stock.

Sorry, but I find very hard that M* will be interested on british trains.

Pietro

I'd be interested, too.
I rather like the look of British steam locos, but I don't want the hassle of converting a Hornby OO to 3-rail.

Plus, the Hornby locos still look cheap...

Marklin did make British HO with LMS red and LNER green locomotives in 1938. Both are very rare today.

I'm more interested in LNER A3. I think that is beautiful.
But chances are slim to none that Marklin would ever make a British model.

At this stage, given their financial performance, I seriously doubt Marklin's ability to even continue churning out new tooling (even European) models for next year - especially considering that at least one would have to be an Insider model anyway.

Well I would be interested in buying one,particularily if it had the correct coaches.its not impossible if one thinks of the Harry Potter set.
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Yes Geoff, the correct coaches would present an altogether different problem. They could only be made for one moment in time.
It could be said that the A4 engines might have hauled 6 different representative coach sets, in their lifetimes from 1935-65.
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Kimball

Kimball:

My father used to run North American stock with German, and for me it didn't seem quite right.

I'm trying to establish a semi-protypical era and frankly, a British Locomotive just wouldn't fit into the overall layout. While it would be nice to have a model of a British Locomotive for display purposes, with the price of engines and cars these day, I don't think I justify a $1000.00 CAN plus wall display[:o)].

So I would have to say no to buying one of these engines, but only due to the cost factor.

If I were to win a lottery, then maybe

Cheers

Hogwarts Castle is plastic. It's also very old tooling,dating back to Airfix's train range from the 1970s. Hornby acquired the tooling from Dapol in the 1990s, so don't think that their new locos are as bad!

British HO has never caught on in a big way, simply because of inertia. There is so much second hand OO out there that nobody wants to change. Lima had a go, but gave up rapidly. Fleischmann produced a rather odd combination of a BR "Warship" diesel hydraulic (known for their work in the west country) and Bulleid-designed coaches which were generally only found on the southern region.

IIRC the Trix British models weren't made to HO or OO, but to a strange halfway scale. This didn't help their sales. I have the major components for one of their Trans-Pennine DMUs, as Dapol acquired the tooling to produce a limited edition run of them a few years ago and ended up selling off piles of spare parts to people wanting to build their own. I really need four of the old Trix restaurant cars to convert into the centre cars, as the Trans-Pennines were six car sets. Of the limited selection of MK1 coaches Trix offered the buffet car has the most useful window layout, which will keep the amount of hacking needed down.

I often wonder if "looks cheap" would still be the case if you saw a model and knew nothing about the manufacturer or purchase price? Certainly in large scale I see Bachmann models with far better detailing and looking a lot less toy-like than some LGB efforts costing the same or more.

Hi Matt,
The live steam locos form Hornby are also plastic bodies?
regards
Kimball

I've just seen this thread.

Mallard in Garter blue is a beauty! If Marklin were to make one, I would buy one and run it as a demonstration model with my German trains. It is, after all, a world record holder, and in my "model world" it could have been sent to Germany to show it off! I could even make a little plaque for the front to read "Mallard World Tour".

They did actually do something similar with A3 "Flying Scotsman".

I am not sure this would work.

There is the odd Rivarossi Royal Scot in AC you see on e bay with matching coaches it looks nice.It did go to the USA before WW2, as did the Coronation.

In WW1 there were the ROD 2 8 0's and a range of UK engines were made for Holland.

Marklin did do a Warship Diesel hydraulic, a bit crude based on 3021 [as with the real thing].

A possible compromise I would love, has none of the big draw appeal but as my local line re imported one Its bias. The WD 2 8 0 and 2 10 0 locos built for D day ended up running in lot of European railways, Belgium has one on the main line, 2 of the 2 10 0's run in Greece.. Even better would be the USATC 0 60 tank used in France and UK..

In reality the past shabbiness of UK models has gone, I am rally impressed by some of the quality these days, mainly plastic but still afflicted by being over sized and the couplings....

More recently a UK GWR prarie was based at Wolstyn in Poland.

TRIX Twin Railways used to manufacture the TRIX 1190 A4 Mallard LNER Blue, TRIX 1188 A4 Silver Link LNER Grey and the TRIX 1195 A4 Merlin BR Green as 2-rail DC models in the mid to late 1960's. On occassion some come up for sale on E-bay. I am sure you could convert one to operate on Maerklin 3-rail AC.

You could also install a two-rail DC loop on your layout and operate in original condition!

Hornby have been losing Millions for years and only because of lockdown have they now made a small profit. They will need a lot of luck to keep going into the future.

Maybe you're right, David, but I think you'll find you answered a post that's 15 year old.... So, things might have changed.