Hello,

I'm looking for which cars, passenger or freight, set or individual, that go with this locomotive. It's Märklin item number 3037; from the early 1960's. So I believe it is era III. Thanks in advance.

Uwe

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This link will give you some info about the loco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_E_41 , then you can decide what type of train you want to run with it. However, that's only if you want to be prototypical; otherwise follow "Rule No.1" - it's my layout and I'll do what I like.

Carim

There's another 3 to be done.....

Hello Uwe,

A nice locomotive you have there . As you say, 3037.1 , produced (from Koll's) 1960-1968 .

I was rather late into Märklin (1983) but in my small collection I have the 3037.2 (1969-1976) seen here
pulling Umbauwagen (noted in Henrik's post #4 as a likely consist):



What was pulled by the original E 41's might probably only be truly verified by images, but many of the
good folk on this forum may have reliable non-image information.

As you no doubt know, the E41 it seems, was built 1956-1971 and after the DB renumbering of 1968
became known as the BR 141.

There followed, in due course, livery changes from the original greens (of your loco) and isochronous
blues, then to the ocean blue/beige :



also S-Bahn colours and then later orient red and traffic red.

I found it difficult to find historical images of actual original E 41's with their trains.
Most available images are clearly more in our contemporary period, with museum locos :



So, may I ask (at risk of being a "rivet-counter" ), do images of what the BR 141's pulled remain a
valid answer for your posted enquiry for E 41's ? ... probably? ... or are only the consists pulled during
1956-1968 valid ?

One can find many images of eclectic consists pulled by the BR 141's as the successive
appellation of the E 41's.

Often in earlier BR 141 times Silberlingen (and Umbauwagen as above) as
already pointed out by Henrik :





And later in ocean blue/beige (note we still have the baggage car in this train historically
immediately behind the locomotive !) :



and more colourful :




Including push-pull S-Bahn livery :



and other oddments :



Even in interesting assortments (granted probably museum railfan events):





And whilst the loco was best known as a passenger locomotive, as some esteemed members of this
great forum have already noted, occasionally one may find the BR 141 as a freight locomotive :



So, Uwe, it would seem (as in Cole Porter's lyric) "anything goes" !!

Enjoy your E 41 !!

Regards,

PJ

Oops, I do hope that in my enthusiasm this post has not been too long ! mea culpa !!

Yes, but they are Langer Heinrich ore cars. Gotta figure out how to put a coal load into them without destroying the ore load. I have been able to slip a piece of thin cardboard over the top of the ore load to which I can glue some coal.

While it is true that the CONCEPT for the lok was for "nahverkehr" of passengers, according to wiki.de it was used in freights right from the beginning. Especially on branchlines.
Because of its reduced axle-load of 15t, it was king of the branchlines. It could move schnellzüge and D-züge with up to 120km/h, Already in the 1950´ies!


Not at all. Thanks for the nice photos!
I too, am very enthusiastic about this lok. I have 2 of them; A Piko in green, and an old Märklin which was originally beige/blue, but is now beautifully painted in blue, with new added electrical details on the roof (instead of the crude details molded directly onto the shell). This model is nearing completion, as the decals from Germany has arrived!


Edit: Max speed was of course 120km/h. Corrected!

To all: Thanks very much. This was very helpful.
Uwe