Maerklin New Class 186 (DB) Review and Thoughts

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mike c		#1 Posted : 09 July 2025 04:29:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,244 Location: Montreal, QC		I saw this review on Youtube: I have a few of the Class 186 type, but they are the BLS Re 486, which was produced as part of the hobby series. As far as the newer models, I have a number of Re 482 and 185 models (37446), a few with Trix 185 shells. I do not have the DB 186. In the review, the creator talks about how the Maerklin model does not have a driver figure in the cab. This brings me to my first question. How important is a detail like a driver for you? For me, it is not essential, as my locomotives do not always run with a particular cab leading and one of the cool things about European trains to me was how the locomotives could just pick up a train and head off in the other direction, compared to North American locos (F7/F9/PH40/etc) which most often had to change directions to lead a train. So, I imagine that there is a driver in whichever cab is leading and it works for me. I like the sounds in the new 186. I don't know if the decoder in the older 37446 can be upgraded with the new one. Regards Mike C

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H0		#2 Posted : 09 July 2025 06:12:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,466 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: mike c How important is a detail like a driver for you? Somewhat important. I bought a Märklin 103 that came with two drivers - one at each end. The drivers looked very US-American to me, but still better than empty cabs. I moved one driver to another, driverless Märklin 103. I appreciate that early class 185 locos came with a driver in the goodies bag. I usually installed them. The locos have a hole in the interior details where the "Preiserling" is just plugged in. I glued some "Preiserlings" from Noch and other companies into some of my locos. I do not have servo-driven driverlings in any of my locos - that feature is not important to me.
		Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS

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marklinist5999		#3 Posted : 09 July 2025 15:19:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,963 Location: Michigan, Troy		I bought Preiser DB Loco drivers. I guess some are rather generic now, and the same for various countries.


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