Hi Everybody,

I just ran into a few surprising issues running a Marklin "Roter Pfeil' on my layout. I would be very interested if other people had/have the same problems.

1) there is a little grey step underneath 2 of the doors on the car (righthand back and lefthand front, if you make the panthograph end of the train the front") . This step collides on my layout with the lanterns installed on the turnouts .

2) Whereas none of my other cars and trains inluding "long ones" like the TEE Gotthardo, or any 28.x cm coaches have a problem with 2x30 deg R1 bridges (Faller) this "Red Arrow" hits the sides of the bridge railings!

Has anybody else had similar experiences with this model? Or a similar one? I would have hoped that he H0 profile clearances are pretty well defined :-)

Thanks
Thomas

I have the 37869 on M-track with the small lanterns and I have not seen any collisions with turnout lanterns.. It was only reboxed two weeks ago in preparation for a new layout theme. I must admit that all my turnouts are 5200 series or the 5140s.. There might be a 5137 on the approach to the industrial circuit, but I am pretty sure that the red arrow would not run on the industrial curves (5120) anyway..

Leave the break magnets off when running then. They can get knocked off anyway. Put them back on when you stow it away or have it as an ornament. I have had to remove items from or modify various locos and carriages to make them work on my layout. You wont notice the lack of the magnet.
Like Adrian, I have M track.
Dereck

Yes Adrian. They miss the small lanterns.

These little things are part of the Swiss Integra saftey system, nothing which breaks the train mechanically like electric magnetic breaks which e.g. trams have.. It is not a break magnet.