Hi Eduardo,
The yellow top side in front of the cabin windows is pretty seldom.
However,even more seldom is the version with vertical supports in the ventilation grids on the sides,from your pictures it would seem your loco does not have that.
Found a German seller on internet asking euro 2,000.- for that version

hi,

Is the yellow or grey front above of the loco? (not the cab roof).

See pictures of 3055 (scroll down) http://www.modellbahnboerse.org/3000-13.htm

I would like to share my love for the NS 1200 series with the other forum members by telling a short personal story,i hope you like it.
When i was in compulsory military service back in 1976-1977,every sundaynight i travelled by train from Rotterdam to my army base (on a free government ticket).
Pretty close to my final destination,i usually had to wait for some 30 minutes for my local connection.
During this waiting period,usually a NS 1200 blue loco would pass with approx. 130 km/h,pulling a string of blue NS coaches,on the stretch Amsterdam to Maastricht.
I could see people reading papers and magazines,not having a care in the world.
Such a passing i found always very impressive,the NS 1200 gave the impression that nothing would be able to stop it.
After getting out of the local train,i needed to walk some two miles to the army camp.
And again,usually a NS 1200 with some 20 4-axle coal cars (German Fals type) would pass me by at a steady pace,ploughing its way through the night.
During those nights,i felt like the most lonely guy on the planet,having to do what i had to do,dreaming of a more glamerous life,wild adventures elsewhere in the world,meeting the woman of my dreams,etc.etc,etc.
Anyway,the NS 1200 made a lasting impression on me,and come to think of it,i might collect one or two of these in addition to the one i have.

Greetings All,
For pictures of the various Marklin versions of the NS1200,please go to: www.bordertrain.net.

Scroll down the list of Dutch locos to the 1200 series.
The very rare 1212 with the full yellow noses and vertical supports in the ventilation grids is also shown,only produced in 1972,apparently.

Also further down in the list is the 1607 (Marklin 3326) which i purchased last week via internet.
The loco has special text on the sides.
In 1989,Dutch national railways celebrated their 150 years anniversary,the big black logo on the loco commemmorates that.
Because of that,loco 1607 pulled a record of 60 full length intercity coaches with a total weight of 2,600 tons between Kijfhoek (close to Rotterdam) and Breda.
Marklin also issued a set 4391 with three intercity coaches having special text on the sides: 60 De Langste Reizigers Trein Ter Wereld (60 (coaches)The Longest Passenger Train in the World).

The French built 1600/1700/1800 series have taken over the role of the earlier 1200 series,they can be spotted day and night all over Holland,used for intercity trains,freight trains,and local traffic,pulling or pushing double-deck passenger commuter trains.
Also this loco type is rather impressive when you stand close to it.
At Haarlem station,you can see them pulling in with a string of 10 to 15 intercity coaches,a spendid sight!

Edited by user 28 October 2009 21:30:53(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Marcel, at Model Trein Shop, has a few of those.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk...sPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SST

Re: RayPayas:

Have bought the 3168 from Marcel.
Next dilemma: shall i run it with a string of 4-axle coal cars (German Fals type),or with another set of Dutch intercity coaches?