I have been looking thru flea bay the last few days & have noticed some wagons are described as " Club " models with a year number for production & other models described as Insider models with similar production year numbers . The insider models are the ones we get yearly as part of our club subscription but what is the story behind the other wagon models which are described as club models ? The club models seem to disappear in the late 90's , I have never noticed the difference before ,could I please be enlightened about this variation .

Cheers Tom in Oz , sweating thru the heatwave we are having in the middle of winter , 27 c today when it should be mid 10's .

I believe they were also marketed through Marklin USA who published the Telex magazine which was the forerunner of the insider Club magazine.

Thanks for that , I thought that must have been the case. There is a few club items which overlap with the insider models which throw a spanner in the works when looking for things to buy to finish a collection .

Cheers Tom in Oz.

It would best translate simply to "yearly wagon", with the reader assumed to know enough to fill in the rest of the story.

It is a German thing which I like, because it means don't bother us unless you know something about the subject, as many German companies do. For example just take a look at the extensive documentation supplied with most Märklin products.