Description
Through the History of the Märklin Catalog Cover.
The painting adorning this car shows the complexity of the Märklin assortment from the long distant past. A possible title could be: Rails, Roads, Air - and all of it from Märklin!Under the umbrella term "Transport and Traffic", combined with speed and technical progress in this area, the dream factory produced and still produces today this fascinating, big world in model form.The train on the painting is unmistakably the Henschel-Wegmann Train, pulled by the locomotive legend 61 002, which lives on today in several (large) parts in the at least equally legendary express locomotive 18 201. The paint scheme of the locomotive and car consist is coincidentally the same as the 1928 Rheingold car consist. At the time of the origin of this painting and the catalog on which the painting was the cover theme, the trains was brand spanking new on the German State Railroad Company (DRG). It was also supposed to be an 0 Gauge model, but that did not happen. Most likely due to the difficult world events that took place shortly afterwards. However, a complete train as a hand sample including a complete paint scheme and lettering was produced. Even the item number was already determined: SHW 70/12920. SHW = Henschel-Wegmann Express Train. This sample train can be admired currently in the Märklineum in Göppingen.The Silberpfeil / Silver Arrow from Mercedes-Benz came with the express train on the road parallel to the railroad route, a race. The Silberpfeil was available in the metal construction sets of their time, quasi as do-yourself models for the budding, potential engineers of tomorrow. The observer so inclined would surely not escape noticing the telegraph masts to the left of the edge of the painting including the telegraph lines. Due to the many insulators and lines, they emphasize value and rank of the rail line on which our express train is underway. Of course, how should it be otherwise: a main line! Probably its old planned main line: Dresden Main Station to Berlin Anhalt Station. In the sky, above the train and automobile, flies a Junkers "Ju 52", which made its way in to the Märklin program of that time and certainly covered many routes in children's playrooms of that time. Did this model inspire young players to become pilots?
Prototype: Privately owned type Ibopqs refrigerator car with the title image of the Märklin catalog from 1936.
Model: Separately applied roof vents as well as separately applied ladders on the ends.
Length over the buffers 13.4 cm / 5-1/4".
DC wheelset E32376004.
Trix Express wheelset E36660700.
