Hi!
Yellow light means "Article temporarily not in stock".
If the back orders exceed the production batch, then it'll stay on yellow light and will never go green.

I just mean they may have shipped several batches to the dealers while the traffic light remained yellow.

Wot? No sounds?

Two more model - 37566 and 37567 in stock.

Each came with wooden box.

Just note that 37567 Black version is a sell out quick.

Four (but now five) Buy it now sold under 500 euro each within 10 hours on ebay.de.

Soon be very rare item list and price may be double next year.

Mike,

for some unknown reason why the E 94/194 was called German Crocodile in the first place is a bit of a mystery to me, although it looks similar but hasn't got the snout as the Swiss Crocodile and than going on and naming the Austrian Rh 1020 a Crocodile is definitely (in my opinion) out of context having an almost copy of the Swiss crocodile (ÖBB Rh1189).
Someone must have come up with an idea and it must have stuck ever since and now everyone is using this name, which I think is ridiculous.

going back to the new Swiss Crocodile, if this is how the new loco is running (video), no thanks unless they didn't or couldn't program the loco so it can run smoothly.

John

Hi David,

I would suggest this set, I guess it's typical for Swiss Eras II-III.



Or may be you'll find similar Swiss freight cars separately.

Best regards, Andrey

I received mine today.
I find them fantastic.
Run very well, very powerful (just *one* of them pulls my 16 cars/ 128 axles fully loaded Ro-la train with ease!! Yes, I know, it is not prototypical!)
Some details *seem* to be a little on the fragile side, although nothing's broken yet!
Particularly nice: the finely etched metal grilles that are mounted on the roof corners on the cab
The only small drawback: too loud!
I'll have to find the way to lower the volume.
Other than that way better than the equivalent Rocos, but I won't complaint: these three Crocs have performed a heck of a job on my layout in the last 20 years or so!
Now I really have lost count of how many crocs in my pond.
Cheers

I wonder who will win...





Really nice detailing, but I think the models are very small. But the comparison between a croc and the GG-1 isn´t fair.

Got my black today!!!

I've got all four now

37565-01
37565-02
37566
37567

So happy :-)

The black one come without certificate, so strange...

I do not wonder,the answer is obvious.

A Croc double header from the new Twin Croc pack pulling what else?

But a beer train, of course - woohoo. (you might be able to hear the sounds, but I doubt it as it was run during the exhibition - AMRE)

Enjoy

Thanks Miguel
I like long trains so I take care of my rolling stock with spotless wheels and *very* free axles' bearings.
Cheers

Hi John
No one has had it for months...just been delivered.
However, as you knoxw me, you could have expected I took it apart to see how it was made.
It is very beautifully engineered and runs well as I said.
The two little motors are in fact the type used in N gauge locos and are a tried and true design.
The gears are brass, not plastic and very smooth.
Some little details appear fragile, but this is a true high quality high detail design...
For what it's worth: I didn't have (and still don't..) any reservation from the construction standpoint.
But check the price in the US...I have seen the set around 940 US $ which boils down to 723 €.
Anything better I guess would be gravy.
Cheers

Jacques,

It good to hear you like it, so in your opinion do the 2 motors really make a difference in pulling power, my argument was always not just with Märklin, the balance between motor capacity, weight and rubber tyres had never been achieved except the older croc 3015 with its huge weight but of course slightly out of HO scale.

John

Thanks guys. I can report that we started the crocs at 09.30 and ran them till the exhibition stopped at 14.00.

They did stop on a few occasions due to some members running their trains that weren't suited to the layout and causing short circuits.

They ran superbly.

here's another video.

I just bought the two crocodile set but under the Trix brand and I have to say that I like both models a lot. Nevertheless there are some areas that I was expecting more from these models and still waiting for the perfect crocodile (hopefully Hag should provide the final answer someday).

The issues I found are:

1) Plastic walkways: having the roco and Trix/marklin old versions with metal walkways, I would like these were also equipped with metal walkways, plastic ones are not necessary straight and solid enough. Also due to this issue sometimes the rods are hammering the walkway when they are running so moving the walkways upward (they are flexible enough) solved the problem, but this should not be happening at this price level.
2) Running Characteristics: my older Trix/Marklin has more weight, pulling power and inertia, I would have expect better running from a new design two motor model in comparison to the old one, but this is not the case.
3) Silence: my old roco and Trix/Marklin it is way smother than these crocs, and the trix/marklin old model have the old 5 pole version with lenz gold decoder. I have put some few drops of oil but there is still lack of oil sound somewhere, electrical pick ups are now the only parts without oil so the sound should came from there, this is only noticeable in my green croco, the brown one is perfectly fine, too stiff pick ups could be the answer.
4) Handrails to thick: the green croco has yellow painted handrails and due to the excess of paint the handrails are way too thick, one side has the handrails installed wrong, and not perpendicular to the cab.

Overall I’m happy with my purchase, nevertheless there is always some things to improve.

Are these made in the factory in Germany