Hello, hope all is well.

What is the number of that locomotive? Is it similar to the BR 74? I was thinking the front pilot wheels might be changed to the one with the regular coupler, but I am not certain how this might work out.

The BR 89 is the most common steam locomotive which could be the correct Era and has couplers at both ends. It is small but powerful (within reason). The number on that 8800/88051. This is also commonly found in zscale starter sets.

The one locomotive I like is the Br 64 but this I noticed is Era 3,

The Br89 may meet your needs. Off hand I cannot think of another but will keep thinking about it.

Hope this helps, take good care.

Dwight

Yes the Series 96 NMBS steamer. (luck has it, my new one runs worse than my old 3 pole version..)

Why not the V36? (Br236)

Or the Br89 in grey. I think it was a MHI version. Came in a wooden box and has a new type motor. Runs very very well!!

Hey Parakiet,

Thanks for the input, the nmbs steamer is for sure on my list, but is epoche 3, thus too recent (but a real beauty). Seems I m not the only one having 3 and 5 pole versions of the same loco, but the 3 pole running better :-).
De v36 is I think epoche 2 in the oldest version, thus also too new (and also on my list)
Is there a grey br89, you don t have a number or picture of that one? I love grey locos, but I have never seen the br89 one. Good to know that the new ones run really well, my 3 pole behaves sadly :-(.

Hello Dwight,

Thank you for your input once again, I glad you have to option to look at this, since I don t have a newer one. I ll look into the price of the parts, since I find a great idea to at least try. She s a good runner, thus worth it in my eyes. I have a contact that can find it out for me, so I ll try to see what comes up. Thank you for the great idea.

The br96 is also a epoche 1 loco, albeit late epoche 1, but I m not sure that version or epoche 2 versions exist.
One I did find in the meanwhile is the t16, later br94, marklin 88941, which is a shunter. For the rest I didn t find much.

There is quite a nice collection epoche 1 locos (I think 2 is worse), but mostly larger mainline loco s, but I m still discovering myself, being a epoch 3 - 4 guy myself. But I truely love the epoche 1 color scemes.


Thanks a lot for replying!

Kristof

She s a beauty!

Can she pull too?

Hello hope all is well.

The small steam locomotives like the Br 80 and 89 seem to be able to pull more wagons than you would expect. I guess three axles all driving and the all metal weight just makes it all work great. They are smooth running and easy to maintain.

I like that Br 80 too, and was going to suggest it, but noticed it was not from the Era we were looking for.

Take good care.

Dwight

What would be the difference between 1927 & '27 then?
It could be the lettering, I have the grey 42.9, which is if I recall correctly III, but the grey 55 (8.1) is Iso I think it comes down to the lettering on the loco.

Found this online, it does run smooth like this :)

In some shops the limited set of 1990 and the expansion set of 1992 sell for 300ish euro

Online the set goes for between 200 and 700 euro
I would not pay more than 250 for it.

The set is really good. Very high details. And an eye catcher.

I would say... Put some money on the side. And wait until it pops up. I wouldn't pay the crazy steep price (600-900 euro) but if it gets available for 200-300...

By far the most stunning set I ever saw.
A real eyecatcher

https://www.maerklin.de/...te/details/article/88091
I am looking to get this one, perhaps nice with the royal trainset :)