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MARKLIN LOVER		#1 Posted : 28 December 2007 04:29:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		Was wondering if anyone here has ran or runs a GG1 Marklin in HO i want to make this my next train purchase but not sure if it would be a good buy, thanks in advance, sorry for these silly questions, i looked in the LOCO REVIEW section but they dont have one on this LOCO!
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plavnostruev		#2 Posted : 28 December 2007 04:37:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 757 Location: New Jersey, USA		Ivan, Welcome to the forum. GG1, as anyone here will tell you, is one of the top Marklin models, very impressive performer indeed. You can't go wrong! Mike
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RobertMcDowell		#3 Posted : 28 December 2007 04:49:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 157 Location: Salinas, CA		Currently modeling Era 3 DB. When I decide to create a US layout, GG1 is definitely on the list of US locos to have! Cannot say much about the performance but just looking at it, the GG1 is a very impressive model!
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MARKLIN LOVER		#4 Posted : 28 December 2007 04:50:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		Thank you PLAV, i will make this my next purchase, as you already know i am new to MARKLIN and just love their stuff, i will concentrate on american stuff for now!
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foumaro		#5 Posted : 28 December 2007 05:47:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 4,431 Location: Attiki Athens Greece		Buy the loco,it is a wonderfull heavy meatal Marklin.
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Larry		#6 Posted : 28 December 2007 09:00:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/11/2003(UTC) Posts: 1,443 Location: Northeast Ohio		I also think that the GG1 has a good repair record to date. I don't recall anyone complaining about faulty speakers or decoders or other problems. What you want to avoid is having to return the model back to Maerklin and not knowing how many months it will take it get it back. This can be very disconcerting especially given what these models cost and the complete loss of use of the loco during that time. There are also several dealers that have very reasonable and competitive prices and good service.
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steventrain		#7 Posted : 28 December 2007 11:16:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,716 Location: United Kingdom		Welcome to the forum, Ivan.
		Large Marklinist 3- Rails Layout with CS2/MS2/Boosters/C-track/favorites Electric class E03/BR103, E18/E118, E94, Crocodiles/Steam BR01, BR03, BR05, BR23, BR44, BR50, Big Boy.
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PierreGILLARD		#8 Posted : 28 December 2007 14:24:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by plavnostruev <br />Ivan, Welcome to the forum. GG1, as anyone here will tell you, is one of the top Marklin models, very impressive performer indeed. You can't go wrong! Mike I can confirm. Its sound generator is also one of the very best that Märklin has put in a locomotive. Pierre.
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Frostie		#9 Posted : 28 December 2007 16:23:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/08/2003(UTC) Posts: 1,614 Location: Birmingham,Alabama		You cannot miss with this beauty - pretty strong and a puller. It has the same motor as the Big Boy and it is pretty good !! No problems at all for this one.
		Train Collection Insured by "Croc's" with "Big Boys" as Backup" CS/MS Digital Era 1/2 Apple Man iPhone / Macbook Pro / iPad - the end of the windows PC occurred on April 4, 2010. Love those Era 1 Tank Locomotives - the more the merrier.
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john black		#10 Posted : 28 December 2007 18:32:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by MARKLIN LOVER <br />GG-1 Marklin HO [^][^][^]
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MarioFabro		#11 Posted : 28 December 2007 18:41:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 793 Location: Pittsburgh,		I am really impressed with my 37490 GG1. The weight is impressive and performance likewise. The forms of this classic locomotive are also stunning. Don't have the tuscan red version but I would probably buy it as well.
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rschaffr		#12 Posted : 28 December 2007 19:06:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,193 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		As far as USA prototypes go, my favorites are the EMD and the GG-1. If I were to start a US layout, the first lok on would be my AT&SF F7, however I would immediately buy a GG-1. They are beautiful. If you have not seen one in the flesh (steel?) you should. The real thing is a monster! I bought the Z-gauge GG-1 for my Grandson, but it can just barely pull itself around the layout. I added 3/4 oz of lead (all I could fit in) to it to give it some mass and it does OK, but still not a real puller.
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alonso231gery		#13 Posted : 29 December 2007 04:29:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 24/08/2002(UTC) Posts: 3,959 Location: Hellas (Athens)		When i got my first GG-1 it had a faulty decoder or something like that, it was the 37490, i returned it to my dealer and he said to me, either you will wait until is fixed (warranty) or you will get the silver one, 37491 which i have now, i might get the 37490 cause i like that colour of it very much. It is an excellent loco. I am hoping for a nice livery of the set that will have it.
		An outsider. I'm looking for the owner of that horse. He's tall, blonde, he smokes a cigar, and he's a pig!
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ulf999		#14 Posted : 29 December 2007 12:45:28(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/05/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,908 Location: Stockholm, Sweden		The GG-1 is awesome! Alas I 'had to trade' mine for a BigBoy...
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MARKLIN LOVER		#15 Posted : 29 December 2007 15:49:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		I would love a MARKLIN BIGBOY, but they are sooo damn hard to come by....For now i will get the GG1 till i can find a BIGBOY!
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60904		#16 Posted : 29 December 2007 19:03:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 329		Hi, GG1 is one of the best models they launched.
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Armando		#17 Posted : 06 January 2008 21:43:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/07/2003(UTC) Posts: 1,358 Location: Houston, Texas		Welcome to the forum Ivan, It is one of the most impresive models alongside the Big Boys that Märklin has ever made! Hope the trends continues.
		Best regards, Armando García
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phantomtracer		#18 Posted : 07 January 2008 04:20:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2006(UTC) Posts: 65 Location: , PA		Do most of you who are running the GG1 have the overhead wires? Did the original have a diesel engine as a backup? Just seems if you are going to run the GG1 you should have the overhead wires, but that is a big commitment. Thought? I'm trying to convince myself to buy one, even though I don't have the overhead wires.
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fvri		#19 Posted : 07 January 2008 09:36:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 07/10/2002(UTC) Posts: 773 Location: Zwevezele,		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by 60904 <br />Hi, GG1 is one of the best models they launched. I can only fully confirm this! It runs very smoothly(much power), the sound is ok. I love this model. It is one of those models you "should have" in your M collection, even on an European layout. Br, Frank
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nevw		#20 Posted : 07 January 2008 10:45:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		(I have a lot of Electrics, no overhead wires and currently do not intend to fit any. Your Layout is your Layout with your own wants, needs and Pleasure. n
		NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders and a hose pipe on the aorta Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around
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Caplin		#21 Posted : 07 January 2008 11:07:28(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,497 Location: Denmark		Must admit that I don't like the look of it. Again this has nothing to do with quality and features which are undoubtly first class - just the appearence. Not for my layout.
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fvri		#22 Posted : 07 January 2008 11:46:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 07/10/2002(UTC) Posts: 773 Location: Zwevezele,		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Caplin <br /> Must admit that I don't like the look of it. Ugly maybe, personal taste of course, but a very impressive loc. Frank
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MARKLIN LOVER		#23 Posted : 07 January 2008 18:15:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		I agree your layout is your layout, i also will not have cantenary but will have this loco for sure...Ivan!
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JeffVT		#24 Posted : 07 January 2008 18:45:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 72 Location: Shelburne VT		Dear Phillip, The original GG-1 was a pure electric locomotive. It could only run under wires. The lack of wires has never stopped me from running any model of an electric locomotive, and as a Marklin fan it's pretty hard to avoid have electrics! Run your model trains any way that makes you feel good.
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Falconrep		#25 Posted : 01 February 2008 22:33:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 07/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 111 Location: Kansas OK		I went the other way from ulf999 I happened to have been lucky enough to have extra resources when the Insiders edition of the Big Boy was released, I bought 2. When it became evident that Marklin had defiled the tradition of the Insiders edition by making the Big-Boy available to the general public, I opted to trade it to one of the new at the time GG1's One of our groups members traded me and I love the GG1. I wish that more American models had been available when I first started collecting my Marklins. I only have the Big Boy, th e GG1, a couple F7's in Santa Fe War Bonnet and my latest the Upee Light Mikado. The rest of the 100 plus locos in the round house are european. Not that that's bad, I love them all, it's just that I would have liked to model in trains that were more indiginous to the land I live in.
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john black		#26 Posted : 02 February 2008 02:25:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Falconrep <br />I wish that more American models had been available Would have liked to model in trains that were more indiginous to the land I live in More U.S. stuff - a look at my galleries (LAYOUT FORUM, HO FORUM) might help, Thomas Sufficient to fill a small layout with. But you're right - it could be way more ... Re your question: M's GG-1 is a super model that is highly recommended [:p][:p][:p] And that brand new starter set #29490 oughta be one nice bargain
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ulf999		#27 Posted : 02 February 2008 16:53:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/05/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,908 Location: Stockholm, Sweden		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Falconrep <br />I went the other way from ulf999 I happened to have been lucky enough to have extra resources when the Insiders edition of the Big Boy was released, I bought 2. When it became evident that Marklin had defiled the tradition of the Insiders edition by making the Big-Boy available to the general public, I opted to trade it to one of the new at the time GG1's... I wish I had had that 'problem' (having two BBs). But with the new starter 24940 around the corner, I might once again have a GG in my possession. (the FD is not aware of these plans yet... [:I])
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MARKLIN LOVER		#28 Posted : 03 February 2008 06:03:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		I pick up my GG1 in the morning, cant wait, i will post pics of her, although i had to put my floor layout away for a while, i will continue to purchase nice locos, we will see what i get next, i will keep you all posted with pics of course!
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foumaro		#29 Posted : 03 February 2008 06:27:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 4,431 Location: Attiki Athens Greece		Congratu;ations,excellent decision.
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plavnostruev		#30 Posted : 03 February 2008 21:09:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 757 Location: New Jersey, USA		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by MARKLIN LOVER <br />I pick up my GG1 in the morning, cant wait, i will post pics of her, although i had to put my floor layout away for a while, i will continue to purchase nice locos, we will see what i get next, i will keep you all posted with pics of course! What a great smile! Enjoy! Mike Edited by moderator 11 January 2011 14:24:17(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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MARKLIN LOVER		#31 Posted : 04 February 2008 00:15:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		Mike thanks sooooooo much for your helpful ways, i really enjoyed buying from you, trust me, you will see more of me and my money, i dont think i will buy elsewhere unless its an item that you may not have or ever get, i recommend your place anyday, anytime, period! If others here want a genuine person to deal with in MARKLIN products, Mike of EUROMODELTRAINS is it, i am soooo glad i found this site, without this site i would have never known about your shop, small but nice, and you get a personal feel about the place thats what i love. As far as the pics, i look like crap...LOL, but the loco is AWESOME, i will post some pics of it in about 1 hour, again MIKE, i cant thank you enough for your ways at that place, i mean any train i liked you were kind enough to put it on the test track and let it do its thing....One super happy customer!
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MARKLIN LOVER		#32 Posted : 05 February 2008 00:16:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 488 Location: Bronx, NY		Edited by moderator 11 January 2011 14:23:56(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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PierreGILLARD		#33 Posted : 05 February 2008 00:54:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Beautiful ! I am happy for you, Ivan ! You will like her as I do for sure. Pierre.
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