Yep trix 66626 grease the worm gear sparingly, 1 drop.

I will buy this only the price is 6,50 euro[xx(]

Pictures of my br 01







Distance lok and tender can be made smaller. But not on my layout.

Is it necessary to interfere to the distance between the loco and tender?For what reason?

Thank you very much Julio.

The loco-tender distance of this model can be adjusted as well. Since it is designed as short coupling type it can be set with most used radius to the shorter distance position.

The adjustment part can be seen when the slider is clipped of.

1. Outer position (long distance)



2. Inner position (short distance)



3. Driver and Coalie in a little chat (about loco-tender distances or grafitti at their usually very clean tender? ) during a short stop in the service station.

Mine is in the Mail.

I ve seen very closely...
Nice model for sure!
BTW one small critic : on such a nice model, it's a pity to see one "moulding mark"(mark of the cast)just all along the boiler in the middle.
WHy some models have these marks( P8 ) and some other models don't have it ( BR 55 )? It shows that there is not nice finish or does it come from a bad conception of molds...?
TODAY in 2006, we shouldn't find this problem...
Other small critic: did you notice that the color of the plastic roof is not the same than the Lok. It shows that they didn't paint it!It is coloured in the mass !But it's OK .Just to save some little money. Ridiculous! I prefer to pay 5 E more. Or may be they want to make more profit ?

Sure, the model is nice, but they should make an effort on finishing to make this model almost perfect.

I 'll buy it for this time, I do like it very much. But please,Mr Kingsbridge, you are making too much savings with these new little motors, would you make an effort about the finish and offer a really nice model for money??

Have you made a comparison about the weight between former model of BR 01 and new model of BR 01 ?
The new one is much lighter and has metal tender! The old one with plastic tender is more heavy......

All right Mister KIngsbridge, good profit ok , but why not nice models ?
In Goppingen, is there still someone who like nice models ?


PS I do appreciate the metal hand rails and those so essential METAL windscreen made with plate, beautiful thin plate...

Thank you for your report, Davy,

I don't say the BR 01 is bad. Never !I even don't think it is bad.
Is it Marklin or not ? I expect from Marklin nicer models than from other brands. So, only some very little points, easy to correct ....if they want .

Even the roof is nice, I'm not shoked by the plastic colour, I just think they can make it better. It could be an artistic interpretation of a subject, a matter of taste, may be I'm wrong, they didn't make it for economics reason....

But,
True,as we have nice loksounds now we need also some noiseless silencious machines...

So hard to be a modelrairoader nowadays....

Oh, sorry
...and thank you,

Me too, I didn't pay attention, first time I didn't notice it ...except the mark of the mold because I'm always trying to see & understand how it's molded...
About the roof, The second time I was not alone and it's a friend who has shown me... It's also a matter of ambient light .

<u>But on the whole, I do like this model very much. Many positiv points. The nicest industrial model of BR 01 of the market, I think </u>.

As the mark is exactly on the middle, it is not so... disturbing, I just hope Marklin will make some efforts next time

Look at it under the daylight,

About the mold marks:
depending of models. The P8 had one. The BR 55 don't have some.

About the color of plastic.I agree.
It's also a reason why I ve said that it COULD BE also a matter of" artistic interpretation". Depending on the model,it is More or less well done. On some models, I ve seen some perfectly painted plastic details in such a way that from one or two meters, you can't see any difference.

On this model , it seems they have made the choice of a non painted plastic. It is " tinted in the mass"...don't you think ?
May be they think it is more suitable with matt/ satin finishing of the boiler. I don't make a judgement, I'm just discovering in which way they have made the model...

I agree, we are discussing some very specific or technical details that are not unforeseen difficulties for me to like this model very much...

Thanks to mister Adams. He is a great manager.
But I think there is a "chief of products" (?) somewhere who makes some technical choices. The one who has made this model is a good one, congratulations!
Same for the one who has made the new version of the Danish Nohab except.....about the printing process of the yellow line in front of the lok. To this one, I 'm suggesting him to have a look on the CFL Nohab (Marklin) and the nice printing process of yellow stripes, it is perfectly made with a sophisticated work of painting & printing.
About the last Danish Nohab,it's a different process.
Have a look on the yellow stripe, in front of the lok.It is not the same work: less precision, faster work. It looks like on many other models from Roco.
( I'm talking about the yellow line, how he procceds to join the front part to the side part. The whole blue color is wonderful and the rest of the lok too)

I'm quite sure that the one who was in charge of the CFL Nohab livery is not the same one who made the New Danish Nohab livery.( if the same, he was not managed by the same person)

Let me guess : the first one was still from Goppingen, The other one is from ...other place ( Nuremberg or Gyor...?)
If subcontractors, I'm sure, they are two different sub contractors!

Hi Roland,

I agreed with Lutz.

I am very happy with class 01 with lots of functions included firebox glow light.

Roland,

from your responses I got a slightly different impression. I can just wish you and all other (hopefully alot) future owners of this great new Märklin model to be at least as happy with it as I am.

Received mine yesterday. Quick test run at work last night.
Will look great of my turntable, received at the same time, sitting next to my Classes 03, 41, 50, 86 & 89.
Looking at decoding my old c Class 23 so it can run with the others. (See my new topic about my Class 41)