well i have been wanting to have a marklin train to add to my model collection but have never really known what to get.

space is really at a premium and whilst i would love to have a 7 or 8 car ice1 or 3 - it just isnt going to happen due to a combination of cost and space that i dont have!.

so i saw on german ebay the white marriage train of 1997, item 28970 with a white glasskasten and 2 white coaches plus a horse and carriage all in a nice presentation box.

i won it so am thrilled to be waiting on its arrival.

are these analogue or digital locos - i know they are tiny but i just wondered as i think i saw an article talking about the delta system and referring to this set.

my 1st marklin! i cant wait - this is my christmas present to myself!

thankyou tulit, i had no idea that this loco would have a decoder in it! this just gets better!

oddly enough iv had the central station for a few years now and use it for my n gauge layout, so perhaps above that ill build a shelf with a mountain at one end and a small terminus station at the other just for this little glasskasten to run along!.

do all marklin locos from a certain year onwards have a decoder fitted?

( fleischmann and minitrix have some dcc ready - for the customer to fit a decoder and others - usually the very small locos have them already fitted )

Hi!
Most? DCC and mfx in one decoder came in the recent years (ESU V4 M4, Märklin mLD, mSD). No Märklin H0 loco supports DCC ex works.

Delta is limited - but the early 6080 decoders weren't much better (only 1 function, no acceleration/braking delay, maximum speed not adjustable).

Hi Jay,

Very nice Set.

Ian.

thankyou all for your kind comments and also Brandon for such a thorough explanation. - to be honest i can hardly understand it all - however for me i dont think ( or maybe just hoping hehe ) that it wont matter too much as i wont be buying lots - just a few items i like ( or is that how this all starts and just gets worse? ).

ill just hope to have a few trains in my collection and occasionally ill take them out the boxes for a run. im humming and hawing about building a shelf layout above my n gauge layout where with a station at one end with perhaps 2 platforms and tracks with a single track leading to a tunnel at the other end which will conceal perhaps 3 or if i can squeeze in, width permitting, 4 tracks. 1 train goes into tunnel and a different one comes out kinda idea. using the marklin central station.

just an idea so at least i can see my trains moving.

thanks once again everyone - im learning slowly about all this and i must admit it is fascinating.

That would be too simple for Märklin.
28xx can be analogue or Delta, 28xxx can be Delta or analogue.
26xx is digital (6080 or 6090), 26xxx is digital (60901, fx (El Cheapo), mfx, maybe also 6090, hopefully no 6080 (but who knows)).