No.
Different road numbers, different couplers, but otherwise the locos are identical AFAIK.

Such odd prices are not unusual with Märklin starter sets.

I bought that set a few years ago from a German dealer.

Been looking to buy the locomotive but seeing that you can buy the set for slightly more, makes perfect sense. I need a lot more C tracks anyway.

Or in Europe you can buy the set for 119.99Euros http://bwbahn.com/epages...s&SearchString=29166 ot the 36740 lok from the same people at the same price. Tis that time of year you buy something in panic for Xmas and two weeks later it becomes! remaindered surplus

So received the set today (29166)and the Locomotive has a Plastic Body, thought they came with Metal. No big deal but would have been nice with all Metal Body.
Still a very good deal with the extra tracks you get instead of buying just the Locomotive Separately (36740)

I have this loco 36243 - but do not recommend it.

Mine needed a new motor after a few months and I had hardly used it. Good thing Mike here replaced the motor under warranty at no charge.

I read somewhere that this motor failure is not uncommon with this loco. Perhaps that is why Marklin no longer makes it.

In addition, the loco is VERY slow. A delight perhaps for those who like slow-running locos, but a disappointment for me.

However, the SOUNDS are a real delight. That is why I still have it. Sometimes I play the sounds while an analogue Roco steamer goes by.

Marklin does make a new similar model, perhaps to replace this one, but do not know the article no.


Steam loco - low price - low quality?

There have been two issued this year, 36245 and 36246. One is a special release (can't remember the reason why, but I think it was also weathered).

These locos were probably quite slow in the prototype, as they were designed as a branch line loco that would have done commuter and mixed traffic. I'll try and dig out the book I have on these and check the prototype top speed.

Leaving aside that I did not run it all that much, THAT is a good question that I will throw back at everyone:

Is it safe to run a slow locomotive at top speed for any length of time?

Someone told me "no", but sometimes I ask myself the same question.


So as to put it in perspective, I doubt that loco had more than an average of 30 minutes at a time when I used it, which has not been often. Mainly because I can't stand watching it go soooo slooowly.

On one occasion it ran for perhaps one hour straight at the Dutch Retirement home we visited a couple of years ago or so.