N Gauge Minitrix Rheingold set
You are bidding on one steam loco, 8 coaches with interior lights and 1 baggage coach. New in original boxes.
Express Locomotive with Tender #12237
Prototype: Class 18.4 of the Bavarian Railroad Museum in Nördlingen in its current, prototypical "Rheingold" paint scheme. 4-6-2 design. Built starting in 1908 as the Royal Bavarian State Railways S3/6. Use: Museum and special trains.
Model: Era V, In the new, impressive Trix technology: • Locomotive and tender made of diecast metal • Motor with bell-shaped armature, with flywheel • Digital connector in tender • Close coupling between locomotive and tender Finely detailed model, 3 axles powered, 2 traction tires. Length over buffers 134 mm.
This model is being produced in a one-time series only in 2003.
Passenger Coaches
Prototype: 2nd class SB4ük-28 "Rheingold" salon car of the German State Railroad Company (DRG)
Model: Era II, with illuminated table lights and coupler pockets for close coupler. Length over buffers 147 mm.
In the late 1920s, the Rheingold cars were considered very special both in terms of comfortable interior and outer appearance. The elegant violet-ivory exterior finish emphasized the special effect of this luxury train. Originally, only the round emblem of the German State Railroad was present in the area beneath the window parapet next to the classification number and the direction signs. Later, the name "Rheingold" was applied in the form of brass lettering in relief on two locations of each side wall in this area. The German State Railroad had a total of 29 Rheingold cars, including 9 1st class cars, 17 2nd class cars and 3 baggage cars. In the train, one salon car with a kitchen was combined with another salon car of the same class without a kitchen, so that the one kitchen provided food and beverages for both cars. The passengers were served at their seats, all of which were equipped with tables. In addition to the standard combination of 4 salon cars, the number of cars in the trains was adapted to day-to-day requirements. At least during peak traveling times, additional pairs of cars were made available. In 1934, a small kitchen was installed in 3 additional cars of the class SB 4ü-28 (with no kitchen), in order to provide catering service also in individual 2nd class cars in the train.
Märklin and Trix are congratulating the legendary Rheingold on its 75th birthday with the prototype of this locomotive! This locomotive of the Bavarian Railroad Museum in Nördlingen was previously in use in a royal blue paint scheme for museum trains involved in occasions of nostalgia and the Bavarian monarchy. Starting in May of 2003 this famous and often photographed museum locomotive will operate in a nostalgic Rheingold paint scheme and will surely provide the stuff of conversation and picture taking wherever it appears.
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