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Club exclusive:Summit meeting with Märklin managementA look ahead to the Club year 2012
Striking, superb: Club models 2012Intercity rail car train class 403 in H0 Diesel loco class 218 in N
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Issue 06 / 2011
In the Club shipment 06/2011 you will find the following enclosures: Trix News 06/2011, Märklin Magazin 06/2011, DVD of the year (part 2), Märklin my world catalog 2011.
Club model 2012: unusual in design, unique in railroad history – the DB class 403 is captivating with its futuristic appearance and technical refinements. The rail car can be certain of an enthusiastic reception by the Club members: in the latest Märklin survey, the class 403 is up with the leaders of the field.
News: Märklin Days survey – the winners / Switzerland trip – Club
members on the road / DVD of the year – part 2 / Winners are chosen ... 4
Class 403: all about the streamlined prototype of the exclusive H0
gauge Club model for 2012 ...................................................................... 6
N gauge: class 218 in TEE color scheme as a Club model .................. 11
Top event: Club members in open discussions with the entire
management team of Märklin – a highly successful summit
meeting at the Märklin Days in Göppingen ......................................... 12
Portrait: wonderland in N gauge – the Miniature World of
Experience in Dietenhofen, Franconia ................................................... 16
Overview: models of the Group Administration Bavaria – part 2 ...... 18
Latest update: addresses and contact data for the Trix round tables .... 22
Cooperation partners: the Bahnpark Augsburg and the Staatsgalerie
Stuttgart offer insights into the fascinating world of the railroad ...... 23
Editorial / imprint ....................................................................................... 3
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Dear Club members,
The get-together of Club members with the entire top management of Märklin was very popular with both sides – the current issue sum-marizes the most important impressions of this successful top event within the Märklin Days program in Göppingen.To add some more spice to the turn of the year, we stir up eager antici-pation for the new Club models for 2012. Exclusively for our Club mem-bers we are producing an unusual electric rail car in H0: the class 403 is regarded as a prestige object in the German railroad’s inter-city traffic. The model the Club members wanted is to be produced as a four-car unit in the original 1974 color scheme and will guarantee authentic running enjoyment. In this issue you can find out all about the proto-type and the model – and product management will exclusively be giving you some inside details about the rail car’s design. Naturally, N-gauge enthusiasts are not forgotten: Trix is producing the successful class 218 diesel locomotive in exclusive TEE color scheme as a model. We are delighted to be able to introduce N-gauge enthusiast Hartmut Lennert – the passionate model collector runs the Miniatur Erlebniswelt in Dietenhofen. In the Service section, we give updated contact data for Trix round tables and the second part of the unusual models of the Group Administration Bavaria. Finally, we put two more cooperation partners in the frame: the Bahnpark Augsburg and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Enjoy reading the latest Club news
Your Trix Club team
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Running in the N-gauge Erlebniswelt offers sensations for every taste. Model railroaders from all over Europe spend hours enjoying the lifelike scenery.
Talking shop face to face: Märklin managers at the get-together to answer the Club members’ questions.
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The winners have been chosen
First prize: the legendary gauge 1 crocodile (item 55563).
Superb prizes: all Club members were able to take part in a survey at the Märklin Days and there were some super models to be won.
The major prize, the gauge 1 Crocodile, goes to Sascha Henninges from Neuhausen. Other winners were Simone Stepanek from Grub am Forst, Michael Mann from Aschaffenburg, Hans Ermshaus from Langenfeld, Leo Rosbender from Wijchen (Netherlands), Jürgen Krupczynski
from Ravensburg, Kurt Tüscher from Kirchlin-dach (Switzerland), Werner Lang from Maissau (Austria), Ulrich Hinrichsmeyer from Jeste-burg and Bernd Schmickler from Saulheim. Congratulations! All winners have been notified in writing and the prizes delivered by post.
Exhilarating view: the journey through the Swiss panorama takes in a crossing of the Rhine bridge at Reichenau. Photo: Rhaetian Railways
With the RhB Crocodile and the RhB steam locomotive in a special train through the canton with the most beautiful landscapes in Switzerland: this exclusive trip from 7 to 12 July 2012 offers Club members an unforgettable experi-ence. The five-day trip will take you to Davos, Arosa and into the Rhine Valley. Exclusive wine-tasting, enchanting landscapes and wild railroad ravines – there is lots to see and to be experienced. Special highlight: crossing of the Landwasser Viaduct, a Unesco World Heritage site, and the steam train trip through the Swiss Grand Canyon. To round off the trip, a visit to the RhB workshops in Land-quart awaits the participants. Price per person: 1,560 euro in a double room, 1,680 euro in a single room, including demi-pension in a 3-star hotel. Club members receive a five per cent discount on the tour price. Minimum 25, maxi-mum 40 participants. Info available under www.bahnen.info. The full itinerary will be published in the next issue.
Full steam through Switzerland: nostalgia trip for Club members
At this year’s Märklin Days in Göppingen many of our Club members visiting the VIP lounge took part in the Club survey, and there were some top-quality prizes to be won. A draw was made of all participants. We want to thank all Club members who took part – we are currently busy analyzing the survey results.
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Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011 DetailNews & Facts
Suisse Toy
The best-loved classic toys by the leading manufacturers, many new products and premieres: the biggest toy event in Switzerland, the Suisse Toy, drew some 50,000 visitors to Bern at the beginning of October 2011, when the mega-event opened its doors for the twelfth time. The range of toys extended from parlor games and model construction, from dolls and cuddly toys through to electronic games. The Swiss exhibition was truly a rendezvous for games players from all over the world. Visitors were able to try out new games on the spot and follow the trends in the children’s room – these also included the innovative and new product line Märklin my world. The absolute hit at the Märklin stand for both children and grown-ups was the battery-powered ICE in the Märklin my world range for children from three years of age. This was im-mediately added to many a Christmas shopping list.
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From 2012 it will be possible for Club members to obtain the popular and traditional museum car, up to now only sold in the World of Experience in Göppingen, from their own dealer. Further infor-mation on the procedure will be given in the Club News 01/2012.
Museum car Minitrix 2011 (item 15364)
Always the first to know: in the coming year too, Club members can look forward to exciting articles and special Club models. As a Trix Club member you gain admission to a number of unusual events and have your finger on the pulse in the model railroad world. Club members also benefit from some super reductions. As an example, the popular Märklin calendar is available at a special price under http:// kalender.maerklin.de (Dispatch to within Germany only).
DVD of the Year part 2
Exclusive: Museum cars for Club membersInfo all about the Club,
highlights and trends: part II of the DVD of the Year 2011 affords some interesting and exciting insights into the world of the model railroad. This time, Club members can look forward to exclu-sive footage of the mega-event of the year in Göppingen – the IMA and Märklin Days all under one roof – and some entertaining contributions on Club members in the USA. We also inform you about the new transport concept Innofreight and the 042 096, and was in use until 1968. Part II of the DVD of the year is also enclosed with this Club mailing, and the cover to match the DVD of the year is ready for downloading in the Internet in the Club section.
Only for Club members: Märklin TV on DVDExciting documentation from the Märklin and the rail-road world, interesting reports and interviews, introduction of the newest releases and the people behind them as well as entertaining stories from the model railroad scene – with their great variety of films, Märklin TV enthralls the audience again and again. Many of our Club members have expressed a wish to have a complete collection of the most exciting episodes of Märklin TV, so we are com-plying with their wishes. Accordingly, the next Club mailing (01/2012) will include a DVD with the most in-teresting contributions to Märklin TV in 2010 and 2011 instead of the video covering new products.
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Club members gave the avant-garde and technically unique express electric rail car of class 403 top marks in the Club survey, and in accor-dance with their wishes, Trix will be producing the four-car train as Club model for 2012 – the very train which from 1974 modernized the IC traffic of the German Federal Railroad.
Club model 2012 in H0: the DB class 403 rail car
Prestigious thoroughbred
“Traveling in the 403/404 rail cars was something quite dif-ferent. The federal railroad intended above all to attract the business passenger with
this Intercity – with comfort and fast journey times”, relates Thomas Landwehr, member of Märklin’s Documentation department staff. With one eye on the new lines to be constructed in the future, an elec-tric rail car was being planned as an alterna-tive to the loco-hauled express train at the end of the 1960s. With its clear-cut front and its
striking color scheme, the class 403 was able to demonstrate its competitive ability to an impressive extent. “We will be concentrating on our strengths in the interpretation of the rail car in its model form, promises Karl-Heinz Grässle, H0 Product Manager for Märklin. “This includes a high-quality production pri-marily in metal as an important unique feature, as well as the lavish and authentic detailing”. So that the four-car unit can also negotiate older sets of turnouts and smaller layouts, the 2012 Club model will be produced in a scale of approximately 1:93.5. “Getting it all together
In full flight: thanks to all axles being powered, the streamlined class 403 rail car acceleratesfrom rest to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 100 seconds.
Homage: the German Postal Authorities immortalized the class 403 rail car with its unique appearance on a stamp in 1975.
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will be a real challenge for our design depart-ment and toolmakers, but we aim to show with this model just what we can do”, prom-ises Grässle. The expenditure for the new tooling alone will make the class 403 worthy of its place as Club model 2012. For the newly-conceived IC rail car, which was intended to replace the diesel-powered Trans Europ Express class 601, the railroad spared no expense in fitting out the class 403 units, to combine top technology with comfort. The three streamlined units, which entered regular service from 1974, were ordered in 1970. TEE comfort standard was naturally obligatory: in the 403 there was exclusively first class seat-ing in compartments and saloons; air-condi-tioning was part of the equipment as were sliding plug doors, a dining car and a kitchen. The absolute highlight was an on-train secre-tariat with a telephone kiosk. “The offer was indeed aimed at the business traveler who could have letters and notices typed up by the assistant during the journey”, reports Landwehr of a premium service which was extremely popular with the passengers.
Lightweight construction for top speedThe train was intended not only to score with its fittings, but to be faster and quieter than the class 601. “To save traction power, the trend was towards lighter and lighter construction”, says Landwehr. The designers faced the chal-lenge of designing the cars in an extremely lightweight form, and in contrast to the tradi-tional coach construction with steel, the chas-sis, body framework, roofing, side- and end panels were for the most part of aluminum alloy. That had the desired result: with an axle loading of only 16 tonnes, and thanks to all axles being driven, the express unit could accelerate from 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 100 seconds – speed thrill included. According to rail historian Landwehr, the train mostly ran at 160 km/h (99 mph) and consisted of two cab cars (class 403) and two intermediate cars, one a saloon car (class 404.0), and one with dining section and kitchen (class 404.1). “It was certainly designed for the high speed, although there were very few sections at that time upgraded for 200 km/h running”.
Nickname “Donald Duck”: the rail car was in service on IC line 4 between Munich and Bremen.
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Also unusual was the curve-dependent car guidance system. Thanks to this tilt-technology, the car bodies could incline to either side by up to four degrees from the vertical and thus negotiate curves without any sacrifice in com-fort. Admittedly this tilt technology failed to justify itself and was removed. The side-walls of the cars, inclined two degrees inwards to-wards the roof, were left as they were. The class 403 was also designed as an all-rounder suitable for running in Austria and in Switzer-land. On the roof of the cab cars a pantograph
Pioneering: the modern Intercity was conceived to replace the Trans Europ Express.
to suit Swiss specifications, with a narrower slipper, could be installed. The braking tech-nology comprised an electric rheostatic brake, compressed-air-operated disc brakes and magnetic track brakes, since the ET 403 was specified to stop from its maximum speed in less than 1,700 meters (1,860 yards). Various manufacturers delivered the individual cars for the multiple units. “For the carriage construction, Linke-Hofmann-Busch GmbH of Salzgitter and the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm company in Donauwörth were responsible.
Proptotype: express electric rail car class 403, 1st class, of the German Federal Railroad (DB). 4-car unit. One
end power car 403 001-1, Avüm, with compartments. One intermediate power car 404 101-8, ARüm, with kitchen, dining area and saloon. One intermediate power car 404 001-0, Apüm, saloon. One end power car 403 002-9, Avüm, with compartments. InterCity color scheme pebble gray / black brown. As running in 1973.
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Clean lines and an easily-operat-ed console in the engineer’s cab, modern design in the interior: the carpets and seats in the rail car were in shades of orange, the wall paneling in gray and beige.
The trucks were constructed by the Maschinen-fabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg”, quotes docu-mentarist Landwehr from Siemens’ original specification sheet which he has. Electrical equipment was supplied by AEG Berlin, Siemens-Schukert Munich and Brown, Boveri & Cie of Mannheim. The trains were in service in regular traffic for three years, and also DB special traffic. The main route on which they ran was IC line 4 Munich-Nuremberg-Bremen. Prestigious objects that they were, the DB was very fond of displaying these multiple units as demonstration models at trade fairs and other special exhibitions. Then, as the “Lufthansa Airport Express”, the rail cars gained a new lease of life between 1982 and
1993 in a special color scheme in regular traffic. The cunning combination of the latest technology and futuristic exterior helped boost the Intercity to its image. Furthermore, the 403 left its pioneering mark on the third generation of today’s Intercity rail car trains.
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Model: 4-part unit. Fitted with DCC decoder and exten-sive sound functions. Two regulated high-efficiency drives with flywheel in the saloon intermediate car. Both axles in both trucks each driven by one motor. Traction tires. Interior lighting as standard, engineer‘s cab light-ing and lighted table lamps. Triple headlights and
tail-lights change ends with direction of travel, interior and engineer‘s cab lighting operate conventionally and can be jointly controlled digitally. Lighted table lamps separately digitally controllable, on-off switching con-trolled by a random impulse generator. Lighting with warm white maintenance-free LEDs and red LEDs. Multi-pin special current conducting couplings with guide mechanism between the vehicles. Pick-up changeover with direction-dependent power supply to the respective leading end car. Many separately-applied details. Detailed representation of the roof equipment. Pantographs mechanically but not electrically function-al. Scharfenberg couplings (non-functional) modeled at each end. Minimum radius 360 mm (14-3/16“). Length over couplings 116.8 cm (46“).
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Sketch class 403
Dream model “The ET 403/404s with their innovative tech-nology, equipment and shape, were real eye-catchers”, confirms H0 Product Manager Karl-Heinz Grässle. The streamlined appear-ance of the snout also earned the train its unusual nicknames “Donald Duck”, “White shark” or “Dolphin”. “The class 403 as a four car train as a representative of the 1970s is an inspiration with its magnificent appearance – and that’s exactly what makes it so popular with our Club members”, says Grässle, turn-ing attention to the latest Club survey. The 403/404 rail car was nominated as dream model by a large majority. “The class 403 fits in perfectly into the Märklin concept in which we have already realized some legendary rail cars as Club models, including the 2006 Club
model of the VT 08.5”. The 2012 Club model will appear in the original color scheme of 1973 in era IV, Karl-Heinz Grässle announces. The equipment will leave no wishes unful-filled: the train will be driven by two motors, and have interior and engineer’s cab lighting installed as standard, and there will be a matching array of sound effects on top. “The train will be a wonderful adornment for any layout and together with our models of the class 601 “Mediolanum” and the class 210, authentic operations will be possible in the grand style”.
Text: Lorelei WiegandPhotos: R. Rössle, Märklin, Asmus collection, H.-J. Vorsteher
The express rail car had 183 seats, including 24 in the dining car. The 18 adjoining seats could be converted into a dining area if required, using slot-in tables. The unit’s loading gauge complied with DB, ÖBB and SBB requirements.
Eye catcher: the attractive express rail car 403 was also designed to be suitable for running in Austria and Switzerland.
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The 218 class is a member of the V 160 family of the German Federal Railroad’s most success-ful diesel locomotives. Found all over the DB network, it is one of the most important repre-
sentatives of West German main-line diesels and is still to be found in express passenger service everywhere that electrification has not yet reached. More than 400 examples of this subdivision were built up to 1979, with continu-ous ratings between 1,839 and 2,060 kW, weigh-ing 79 tonnes and capable of 140 km/h (87 mph) top speed. The 218 class underwent numerous changes of color scheme. The first locos of class 218 were turned out in the purple-red color scheme usual at the time for diesel locomotives. In 1974, the first federal railroad loco was paint-ed in the new color scheme, ocean blue and beige, and a solitary locomotive – 218 217-8 – was treated to a similar design, but in the TEE color scheme of red and beige. This unusually-liveried loco serves as prototype for the 2012 N-gauge Club model. The model, with four axles driven, is a completely new tooling and is being delivered with many extra functions in the condition corresponding with era IV.
Text: L. Wiegand / Photo: Matthias Boerschke
All-rounder loco in TEE-lookClub model 2012 in N-gauge: diesel loco 218 217-8
Long-distance traffic, freight traffic, regional traffic: the range of services handled by the diesel loco 218 217-8 is extensive. Trix is now producing this all-round railroad talent as Club model 2012 in N-gauge, in its very own unique TEE red and beige.
Prototype: general purpose locomotive class 218 of the German Federal Railroad (DB). Diesel-hydraulic locomotive with electric train heating. Without exhaust hoods. Ivory / purple-red experimental livery dating from 1974. In service on passenger and freight trains.
Model: era IV. Fitted with digital decoder and sound generator for operation with DCC, Selectrix and Selectrix 2. Motor with fly-wheel, all four axles driven and traction tires. Marker lights and tail lights change with direction of travel, warm white LEDs, engi-neer’s cab lighting, digitally switchable. Close coupling mechanism. Separately applied grab irons. Various switchable lighting func-tions via a new bridge plug (supplied) also in analog operation. All functions also switchable in SX2 digital format. Length over buffers 102 mm (4-1/32").
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Unique: only a single diesel loco of class 218 was put into service in a red and beige TEE color scheme – 218 217-8.
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Get the customers more closely involved – this maxim was followed by the entire Märklin management team at the IMA and Märklin Days. A successful top event, as described by many who took part in the summit meeting: we would like to see it again.
Get-together: summit meeting with Märklin management
Club members put ideas forward
The entire Märklin management team faces questions from the Club members. Märklin Managing Director Stefan Löbich opens the proceedings: “For me, it is a funda-mental question, how Märklin com-municates with you, as end-users”.
Well attended: the names of a hundred Club members were drawn who had the opportunity for exclusive discussions with the Märklin-Management – a large family discusses the future.
“Thank you very much for such open discus-sions with the Club members”. Both members and Märklin management expressed a re-sounding and unanimous approval of the get-together. Märklin Managing Director Stefan Löbich stressed that how Märklin communi-
cated with their end-users was a fundamental question for him, speaking to the 100 Club members who had been drawn by lot. “You buy our products and can offer criticism of our portfolio based on your own skills. That helps us improve and to get to know the needs
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Trix-Clubnews 06 / 2011 SceneIMA
Always reachable: Product Manager Karl-Heinz Grässle (top picture, center)
gives information on the H0 product range. And Lars
Schilling (picture right, on the left), Marketing
Manager, in discussion with Frank Ronneburg.
Model prospects: Uwe Müller (picture 1, in the Märklin shirt), in charge of product manage-ment in the three-brand Märklin concern, is a valued contact when it comes to model policies. First contact for the garden railroad is Jürgen Faulhaber (picture 2, in the Märklin shirt), responsible for the LGB and Z-gauge ranges of models and accessories.
of the market even better”. And that’s why the management team, gathered her in its entirety along with the Club members, were busy taking notes (“I’m glad you mentioned that – I’ll put that right”) – and was pleased to receive praise and was delighted over the shop-talk. Thus both sides called for the meeting with Märklin management, which took place in a respectful and open-minded atmo-sphere, to be repeated. “We want to involve our customers more closely, listen to them and take this feedback to heart”, says Lars Schilling, Märklin’s Marketing Manager. “If we implement suggestion received directly from our premium customers, that gives us an essential competitive advantage”.
Exchange comes over “superbly well” The Club members are delighted with the discussion offensive with the board members, product management and other section supervisors taking part. “All of them give straight answers – this exchange comes over brilliantly”, opines Frank Ronneburg from Berlin. “This is the way for the company to strengthen communications and contact with the Club members”. Holger Späing from Dortmund goes as far as talking of a family: “The expression includes the staff – after all, they have often known each other for years and it really has developed into a community”. That’s why the Club members Heinz Schreiber and Thorsten Hackmann from Hamburg are so pleased with the prospects: “After the phase the company has been through, it’s nice to know what lies ahead”.The “family feeling” manifested itself in sev-eral localities at the mega-event IMA / Märklin Days: in the VIP lounge, MIST72 demonstrat-ed the subtleties of Central Station and DC car decoders; from Märklin, CAD project leader Michael Zauner told Club members all about
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Cheerful rendezvous: Club members got chatting not only at the get-together – that was taken care in the Club area too by round table members with exhibition layouts and demonstrations.
Background knowledge: CAD Project manager Michael Zauner explains current design techniques to Club members.
The practical ones: everyone listens to seminar leaders Gunther Schneider (top picture) and Rüdiger Haller (left). Minitrix and Märklin Digital Product Manager Claus Ballsieper (bottom picture, on the left) talks shop with Club members.
the Catia design solution; MIST1 entertained with presentations about a 1939 Märklin lay-out, metal building kits and press models as well as Märklin marketing films of the 1950s and 1960s – and the Ruhrmodule shone with their H0 layout and the impressive Ruhr district scenarios. One subject discussed at the get-together was strategies by which young people could be gained for the model railroad hobby. The Märklin company is represented in the chil-dren’s museums in Munich and Graz and is involved in the primary school project “Play-ing teaches” of the Ministries of Education. Matching the Märklin my world range, further products with a very high play value should
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Also taking part: Club member Thomas Rietig (top, left) took
part as a presenter; Petter Melbye (right) made the trip
from Lörenskog in Norway specially for the event.
Winners: Gauge 1 operator Jürgen Kölle (right) from Warthausen and H0 operator Tilman Gurlitt
(bottom left) from Constance were drawn for the exclusive Club
factory tour. André Schneeberger (bottom) represents the LGB section in the get-together.
Praise from central America: Eric Mora (left), from Costa Rica, is most appreciative “that the Märklin management looks for discussions with us Club members”.
Tips among colleagues: members of the MIST72 round table discuss Central Station matters and running with the DC car system.
be introduced to the market on a large scale.Sven Richter thinks it’s “a great move, that the company is so interested in what the grass roots think – that’s a great step beyond tradi-tional contacts with or surveys of the Club members as to what models we would like to see such as we’ve had in the past”. And Club member Eric Mora from Costa Rica too considers the get-together a great success: “It’s great that the Märklin management looks for discussions with us Insiders in this way”.
Text: Rochus Rademacher Photos: Dietmar Kötzle, RR, LW, PW
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Hartmut Lennert is an N-gauge enthusiast: “Here you can have a superb landscape on as little as two square meters (21-1/2 sq.ft.)”. And because the passionate collector wanted to see his many treasures running too, he’s created an absolutely fantastic world for them. In Dietenhofen in Franconia, his lovingly-designed model railroad world takes up 150 square meters of space – over 1,600 square feet – to make an N-gauge wonderland.
Portrait: Miniaturland Erlebniswelt in Dietenhofen
N gauge as far as the eye can see
The first impression is breathtaking. At the horizon on this 66 square meters (710 sq.ft.) of U-shaped exhibition layout there are extensive wooded uplands with castle, a mag-nificent spa hotel briefly catches the eye – then the glance passes over rural landscapes to a large town with industrial area, a large terminal station with adjoining loco depot and further to the dominant airport, until it is finally caught by a village idyll. The second impression is no less excit-ing: 500 meters (1,640 feet) of track laid with magnificent station throats, serpentine local railroads and long main lines, tunnels and galleries all over the place and a colorful succession of girder bridges, arched and lattice-girder bridges. Little notices everywhere draw attention to excit-ing and amusingly presented everyday scenes – this N-gauge layout is certainly not short of detail: you can even see waiting passengers through the windows of the airport terminal.
From collecting to con-struction: Hartmut Lennert’s trains stretch their legs on the giant layout he created.
Traditionally rural to hyper-modern: running in the N-gauge Erlebniswelt offers sensations for every taste.
Germany’s biggest N-gauge layout came about as the result of a miscalculation and determination. “I planned a layout for my garage roof, but I got my sums wrong”, grins Hartmut Lennert. “I drew out a plan for every square centimeter, and I’d have had to make the legs of the lay-out far too short because of the roof slope”. So an empty industrial building was rented. It is in fact far too big, but Lennert reacts like a typical model railroader: “I just rede-signed the layout to suit the dimensions”. And having Thomas Friedel from Lokschuppen Fürth at his side, who had learned from that great layout constructor Bernhard Stein, the layout is conceptually and in its building well worth seeing. Lennert, as an enthusiastic collector, has everything in the way of locomotives and rolling stock which the N-gauge fan could desire. It all fits together: at the end of 2008, Lennert moves into the rooms which are today his Miniatur Erlebniswelt.
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Magic mountain: the spa hotel promises relaxation in the clouds. In the overall picture, the building serves as a reference point on the large layout.
The visitors’ highlight: every 20 minutes the Miniatur Erlebniswelt turns day into night.
For takeoff: the fully- detailed airport with itsterminals and takeoff and landing runways is part of the stage one extension to Erlebniswelt. Side rooms in which dioramas are standing today will provide space for expansion plans.
Cameos: whether the fire department, rescue services or a demolition plot – the many imaginatively designed scenes hold the visitor’s attention for up to three hours.
At present, 82 trains are digitally controlled – including Trix classics like the VT98 rail bus, and “Ludmilla” double-heading with sound. “We don’t run in strict conformity with eras, and train consists are not crucial either”, says Hartmut Lennert. “We have lots of families visit, and all they want is to see trains running, and they are thrilled when we turn day into night”. The average stay for visitors from all over Europe is 45 minutes, and many stop for three hours. Many repeat visitors like to top up their view-ing every month.The Miniatur Erlebniswelt team also passes on their ex-pertise in digitalization and layout construction in two-day seminars. “Lots of model railroaders get stuck at the bare layout stage”, as Hartmut Lennert says. “We know how to design depth into water or what materials will give you a perfect rock formation”. Tips for wiring layouts are also very much appreciated: under the layout there are 1,700 meters of cable (almost 2,000 yards) – not counting the 830 meters (over 900 yards) of glass-fiber cable for lighting the airfield.
Description Miniatur ErlebnisweltThe Miniatur Erlebniswelt in Dietenhofen near Nuremberg is open the first three Saturdays and Sundays every month from 10:00 to 18:00. By arrangement, special opening times are possible for groups. Trix Club members receive 1 euro discount on the regular entrance fee on presentation of their Club card. Information by telephone: +49 (0) 98 24 / 92 31 20, Internet: www.miniatur-erlebniswelt.de
The layout Running operations on seven main lines and countless branch lines are controlled using 200 turnouts. The N-gauge layout has five showpieces on three levels: the railroad depot including loco-shed with 21 stands, the airport, the refinery with regional station, the town station with industrial private sidings and the branch line station with gravel plant.
The seminarsThe model construction experts at the Miniatur Erlebniswelt regularly run model building seminars. The themes range from the weathering of houses and digitalization through parent-and-child diorama building and landscape design through the four seasons to water and rock construction.
Text and photographs: Rochus Rademacher
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Unusual and attractive: the models of the Bavarian State Railway are popular with model railroaders – partly because of the eventful history of their prototypes.
Trix models: Group Administration Bavaria part 2
Originals out on their own
New release in N-gauge: freight tender locomotive G 3/4 H (item 12348) of the Bavarian State Railway with the matching freight car set (item 15070).
ciated with the Group Administration Bavaria were successively withdrawn. From 1937, the overlord was no longer the Director General but the State Minister of Transport – in this case, Julius Dorpmüller, who was responsible for both positions. From 1938, the ownership lettering on motive power units and passenger cars changed. An eagle
On the transfer of the German provincial rail-roads to the German state in 1920, the free state of Bavaria was conceded – following appropriate negotiations – a special status for the railroads in its region: the independent “Group Administration Bavaria”. However, this special status came to an end with the coming of the Third Reich. All privileges asso-
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Just as most other provincial railroads, the Bavarian State Railways also bought their locomotives from local manufacturers. Joseph Anton von Maffei (see S 3/6 above) and the Krauss & Co. Locomotive Factory, both based in Munich, were the local suppliers.
Bavarian in H0: the “little crane” of the Group Administration DRG and the long timber transport on two load cradle cars.
A real Trix gem was produced in 1995. As pro-totype for the model, the Bavarian EG 2 x 2/2, procured in 1920, served – another machine with rod drive via jackshafts. The prototypes were ordered from the manufacturers in 1913, but their completion was held up by the First World War. Their original road numbers were 20/221 and 20/222, and their home depot was Freilassing. After this, they were numbered in DRG style E 70 21 and E 70 22. Both machines were withdrawn from service by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1950/51. Over the last 15 years, Trix and Märklin have released virtually all variations and color schemes of the two loco-motives in DRG and DB model form. Last year, the locomotive was reintroduced into the catalog as a gray-green version as E 70 22 of the DB for both model railroad brands. Matching model freight cars were also intro-duced, bearing the emblem of the Group Ad-
with wings outspread, standing on a laurel wreath with the then ubiquitous symbol of the National Socialists. To left and right of the laurel wreath could be seen the initials “DR”, for Deutsche Reichsbahn – German State Railroad. Until the early 1940s, the freight cars bore the wording “Deutsche Reichsbahn” in two lines, thereafter, they too had to make do with the letters “DR”. Thereafter, the differ-ent regional directorate names of the freight cars were also only given in the form of abbre-viations. As compensation for losing its special status, Bavaria was awarded the “State Railroad Central Office Munich”, which among other tasks was made responsible for the procure-ment of electric traction units for the entire country. After 1984, Trix introduced two H0 locomotive models for electric train haulage. The first was a model of a 1’ BB 1’ electric loco with rod drive using a jackshaft – a locomotive class which was taken into service in 1927 by the DRG as class E 75. Since in era IV some of the prototypes were still in service with the DB, it was initially introduced in 1984 as a class 175 of era IV. A year later, a gray-painted ver-sion appeared as the E 75 of the DRG as it was running in 1925. The somewhat older version of this breed, with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement, which natu-rally also had rod drive, was as a model the EP 3/6 in the brown color scheme of the Royal Bavarian State Railways, or in era I. Two years later, collectors were delighted to welcome an era II version as a class E 36 in the gray color scheme of the Group Administration around 1925. Later, the EP 3/6 model was produced in a different color scheme (green / beige) for era I. In 1914, the EP 3/6 was purchased in four examples with road numbers 101 to 104 for the line Freilassing-Berchtesgarden. The locos were still in service there in Reichsbahn days as E 36 01 to 04.
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Railroad exhibition In 1924, a great railroad exhibition was pre-sented on the premises of the Seddin freight depot, south-east of Berlin. A total of 462 rail-road vehicles from various German manufac-turers were there to be admired. Represent-ing the production of the Locomotive Factory Joseph Anton Maffei of Munich, apart from the mighty Gt 2x4/4 Mallet steam locomotive later renumbered 96 023, was the electric locomotive with the 2’ BB 2’ wheel arrange-ment – the EP 5 21 501, later in the DRG stock to be known as E 52 20. For this locomotive, Maffei constructed the mechanical parts, while the Siemens-Schuckert factory in Berlin supplied the electrical equipment. The abso-lute favorite at the exhibition however was the S 3/6 express passenger steam locomotive by Maffei. The loco was still numbered as 3709 for the Group Administration Bavaria and was painted a brilliant blue. The S 3/6 express train steam locomotive from the Bavarian Railway Museum in Nördlingen was
ministration Bavaria. The first two individual models were produced by Trix in 1995. There was also a less-well-known freight train set with the 2-6-0 tender locomotive and four differ ent freight cars complete with loads, representing the time of the Group Administration. The out-fit, packed in a wooden presentation box, had the order number 31349 and bore the let-tering “Zug-Set Bay. EP II” (Train set Bavaria EP II). However, there was no entry for it in the catalogs. In the 1997/98 Trix catalog, the articulated tank engine Gt 2x4/4 of the DRG (Group Adminis-tration Bavaria), a new model development, wasn’t included either. In the year 2000, the famous German Museum in Munich, also responsible for historic railroad vehicles, celebrated its 75th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Märklin produced an H0 special edition of a freight train consisting of the Mallet locomotive already mentioned and ten freight cars based on Group Administration Bavaria prototypes dating from around 1925.
All G 3/4 H locomotives were put into service by the Group Administration Bavaria still wearing their old Bavarian numbers. Later, they ran as class 54 15–17.
A heavy lady: the Bavarian Mallet-type Gt 2x4/4 tank locomotive
was designed for service as a pusher locomotive.
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repainted in blue for a short time for a major event staged by Märklin in Göppingen in 2001. She was numbered 3673 of the “Royal Bavarian State Railway”. There was a historic Märklin logo in gold painted on both side of the engineer’s cab. The model was produced for Minitrix, as well as in H0 and Z as a one-off series. The S 3/6 was this year once again a guest in Göppingen station, at the Märklin Days, but this time she was in her original green color-scheme.
Text: H. Zachaler Photographs: H. Zschaler, Eisenbahnstiftung, D. Kötzle, PW
Blue and gold: the Minitrix model of the Bavarian S 3/6 with road number 3709 was based on the locomotive shown at the Seddin exhibition in 1924.
In the course of time: on the passenger cars, the elaborate decorative lining, as still carried by the model (above) of the express train of 1914, was done away with for reasons of economy. The Bavarian State Railways express train of 1920 of the DRG (center) differs once again from the color and lettering of the express train of the former Royal Bavarian State Railway of about 1931 (bottom).
In the course of what is now well over 150 years of railroad history, the designation of railroad vehicles and railroad technology to specific eras has become more and more complicated.
In the “MOROP” (European Union of Model Railroad and Railroad Friends) technical committee, since 1954 re-sponsible for determining and laying down uniform and compulsory model railroad standards, the idea evolved for a corresponding standard for allo-cation to eras to be created. Thus the NEM standard 800 was developed. Now railroad matters are divided into six eras, starting in 1835, through to the present day, and the eras can be subdivided as necessary. At some time in the past it was recognized that differ-ent dates applied for these periodic
divisions in different countries, and that these had to be allowed for. For this reason, country-specific standard sheets were drafted under an additional standard designation – NEM 806. For Germany, the standard number is 800 D. The division of the six eras is well known to those familiar with the annual Trix and Märklin catalogs. The devia-tions for Germany in standard 800 D are as follows: era I ends with the dissolution of the provincial railroads and their absorption into the state railroad in 1920, at which point era II begins. This in turn ends in 1949 with the establishment of the German Fed-eral Railroad in the German Federal Republic. Era III is dated between 1949 and 1970. Era IV already starts a little earlier, in 1965, with the in-troduction of a computer-based numbering system for traction units and rolling stock. In the case of introduction of the Group Administra-tion Bavaria in 1920 and the transitional period between 1945 and 1949 as well as the period when vehicles were being relettered from the mid-1960s, era maintenance is most important and should be allowed for.
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Many hobby railroaders like to join forces in construct-ing layouts, discussing the latest news from the world of Trix or testing out the latest products to come onto the market. On this page we provide a platform for all those who want to share the Trix world with like-minded people. We publish here addresses of “Trix Club round tables”, but we can only publish details for private meetings of members of the Trix Club. We do not publish commercial announcements or those emanating from model railroad associations. We cannot accept any liability for the ac-curacy of detail nor for the content or the regularity of meetings or the continued existence of the round tables listed. The round tables are of an informal nature. The addresses published are those of existing round tables or of people interested in establishing a round table. We do not differentiate and request that all further infor-mation be obtained from the contacts given. We regret we are unable to provide any addresses by telephone, fax or e-mail.
The following Trix round tables exist already:
48076 Münster, Germany, Postfach 470243, Christian Schmidt [email protected]
55129 Mainz, Germany, Ringstrasse 11, Stefan Claus tel.: 0 61 31/6 17 65 90, [email protected] and Stephan Türk, [email protected] Internet: www.mist55.de
1) Contact Märklinby e-mail or post if you have already set up a round table or would like to establish one and are looking for members. Please send us your complete contact data including your postal address.
2) We will publish your complete contact data in the next issue of Trix Club News so that others wanting to participate in your round table can then contact you. Märklin is only a mediator here providing a platform for these round tables.
Märklin assistance in the beginning:
Trix modelers devote their leisure time to the best hobby: the model railroad. above all in the group, it is enormous fun to chat about layouts and models.
A hobby in the community is more fun - exchanging ideas and building layouts together.
When the results from the common efforts are a layout like this one, then the round table has been worthwhile.
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New cooperation partnersTrix Club members receive very special concessions from our cooperation partner. Here we introduce to you our partners.
» Club benefit: on presentation of their Club card, Club members pay 4.50 euro instead of 5.50 euro admission to the exhibition “Soot, coal, pencil” in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
Bahnpark AugsburgIn the former railroad depot of the Deutsche Bahn AGFirnhaberstraße 22c, 86159 Augsburg (suburb of Hochfeld), GermanyTel.: +49 (0) 8 21/45 04 47-100E-mail: [email protected]: www.bahnpark-augsburg.eu
Times of opening 2012: the Bahnpark is open every Sunday and public holiday from 9 April until 28 October, from 10:00 to 18:00.
Historic steam, diesel and electric locomotives: the Bahnpark Augsburg offers impressive insights into the wonderful world of the railroad. In the glazed steam locomotive workshops, visitors can see how historic steam locos are repaired and serviced. The new special exhibition “Railway dreams and dream railways” is dedicated to the great railway journeys of the world. The exhibitions is sponsored by IGE-Bahntouristik and tells the story of railroad adventures in impressive photographs, from the “Glacier Express” to the IGE steam train to Istanbul. The exhibition will be open from May to December 2012 in the steam locomotive hall, a preserved building. Historic and special trains run from the Bahnpark through fascinating railroad landscapes all over Europe. On the depot premises there is plenty to be seen and discovered such as the permanent exhibition on the legendary Trans Europ Express (TEE). Photos, models, a model railroad and films and exhibits document the glory era of this diesel powered rail car.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse 30 – 32, 70173 Stuttgart, GermanyTel.: +49 (0) 7 11/47 04 04 52E-mail: [email protected]: www.staatsgalerie.de
Times of opening: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 18:00 and Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 – 20:00.
His passions were trains and drawing: the impressionist Hermann Pleuer (1863-1911) captured the world of the railroad in many or his works in a unique manner. To commemorate the centenary of his death, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart presents a selection of his railroad drawings in display cabinets. Apart from impressions of locomotive repair shops, trains running through the landscape and trains arriving at and departing from Stuttgart main station, there are many detailed studies and precise design drawings of locomotives by the artist to be seen. Hermann Pleuer is regarded as one of the main exponents of Swabian impressionism and as a “railroad painter”. He documented the railroad as a modern innovation with all its consequences for town and landscape. The exhibition “Soot, coal and pencil”; Hermann Pleuer’s railroad drawings” is still open until 12 February 2012 in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Club members receive a reduction on the admission fee.
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a Happy and Healthy 2012!
