Hi All

I am planning a trip to Europe from Australia next year in February 2014. I am very interested in the Marklin training courses, especially the HO Service and Inspection (2 day) or the HO locomotive build course (2 day).

Since the 4th April 2013 I have emailed Marklin training and do not seem to get any replies. In fact I have emailed them 4 times and the only response was an out of office return message from a Dieter Lorenz. I have phoned twice the Marklin training number and only get someone who speaks German which I do not unfortunately. They always transfer me to someone else who does not answer, it just rings out. I even contacted Marklin Service and explained my problem as they do speak English. There is a bloke in Marklin Service called Alex who is very helpful. I then sent Marklin Service an email for them to forward on to Marklin training.

I particularly want to attend one of these courses next year and was wondering if anyone has been on these courses and how easy is it to do so. I know the courses are in German only which does not bother me. I can just observe if nothing else. It would be good just to visit the factory for two days.

I will now write a normal letter to Marklin training and see if that brings a result. I know it is 8 months away and maybe there is no future roster yet and maybe the reason. However you would think they would at least acknowledge.

Has anyone else been on a Markin training 2 day course, it would be quite a highlight of a trip to do so.

Cheers
Bryan

Hi!

I have not attended these courses, but I saw a report about them on TV. I'm not sure if the course will work for someone who does not understand German (that's my impression from the TV report, but I was not there).
They are held at the Märklin museum, not at the factory.

Maybe they don't have dates for the 2014 courses yet - but still they should reply to requests.