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The one and only (small) disadvantage of the Fleischmann loco that I spottet was in the Walschaert's gear: The eccentric rod almost doesn't move, perhaps because the eccentric crank wasn't mounted properly.

An absolutely great video !!! I always enjoy the historical background and the interesting train consists. Since I have a bunch of international trains and was wondering what to do with my sleeping cars, I now have quite a bit of inspiration to put together some mixed trains using mostly Marklin cars...

Gorgeous as ever all your videos are eagerly received . a joy

I use brake cleaner for cars to clean up old oil, works fine

Very informative! 🙂 thanks on the hint to welt-der-modelleisenbahn! 👍still looking for something like that more specific to 1920's and 1930's train consists…

Nice video 👍 I have only mustered one particular composition of Mozart in the French side, from summer 1990. Really interesting those sleeping cars in the composition. Obviously just empties being transferred, but still 👍 Nice touch to a day train.

Agree completely, I had a decent M track all analogue layout with 5 controllers running 5 trains independently with two on overhead. And then digital arrived, I didn't see the point of converting to a system with essentially a single controller but saw the merits of the simplification of the wiring. Of course any new locos OI had were digital ready but it wasn't until I was gifted a Digital starter set with a steam engind with sound that I became interested. I must say I'm really liking the steam trains with sound and for the few guests that come and look the "Wow" factor is huge. Like you I'm looking at the hobby again but in a slightly different way.

Thanks so much for this . Im learning so much about German train configurations from your site, and trains in general . The BR 103 is a particular favourite especially in red and cream . Such an iconic locomotive . One question . I note there is no “brake” or luggage coach . Where does the guard monitor the train from and did passengers just load suitcases with them in passenger cars ?

NS 1200 is a glorious locomotive with a solid reputation for power and durability. Dutch rail enthusiasts love this engine. My brother got the Märklin 3051 model in the Prussian Blue livery in the late 1960s and a few Plan E coaches (Märklin 4049.1).

Your's videos are best.Thanks your!

Hello my friend, Your video was very interesting. Thank you for sharing. The Mozart Express train is one of my favorate trains. French and german cars I have already. I am still searching the austrian wagons. Best regards from Germany Frank

Guten Abend Kai (Wenn ich Ihnen mit Vorname anschreiben darf?). Ein wertvolles Video mit Tipps und Tricks haben Sie doch definitiv hochgeladen. Ich bedanke Ihnen für den zeitraubenden Auf and um uns alle dem Ergibnis zu zeigen. Bitte weiter so mit Tipps und Tricks! - Beckerk Modellbau wußte ich vorher nichts von. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Andy (England, VK/UK) PS: Wissen Sie bescheid über den TH-cam-Kanal von Sebb? - Sein Kanal lautet: 'Sebb's 1zu87' Da finden Sie einige Videos über Lok-Alterung bzw. Aufhübschen von Loks und vieles mehr.

Very interesting topic and nice video. Many thanks!

Thanks!

I love your video's

Congratulations. A perfect example of one of the joys of Model Railroading - namely - "Do what YOU want"

YO TUVE VARIOS TRENES MARKLIN DE CARGA Y PASAJEROS ME ARREPIENTO DE HABERLOS VENDIDO.

That's great to watch, makes me want to go upstairs and play. I never cared too much about prototype operations, Its my little world and my rules.

Model railways was almost a given amongst the males in my family, Like many I started at 14 with a simple starter set . And for me in the early to mid 1980's I picked up a second hand AC Roco loco which led to me being unfaithful to the Marklin brand when something interesting came along, with Can motor cardan shafts worm gears and near silent drive compared to the grinding motors and buzz jerk reversing as was common at the time from Marklin, but best of all I had access to models I was interested in that were not in the Marklin range. I'm now in my 60's and building my 4th layout but due to available space it will be smaller than the last two, but will contain an Analogue line a digital line and a separate analogue block for independent shunting operations using two small electric units operating independently from catenary and able to cross the two main lines unhindered. Your videos are a great source of information.

The massive flanges and centre studs really destroy the sense of realism.

I have 6 Fleishman locomotives operating on my UK layout. I bought them in the 1990's and they still run perfectly with minimal maintenance. They by far, out perform all my UK manufacture products both in operation and detail. Great video, thank you.

Maybe the average salary today is higher than it was in 79 but it buys a lot less. A train like this new today is less affordable than it was in 79.

In school, as now 76, a friend had a huge Marklin Set and a room for the purpose, so we produced a large landscape in it, and with its controls in the middle, with houses, a ferry, mountains and tunnels! We had great fun finding solutions for all problems! Also building houses. Finn. Denmark

Love watching these videos, brilliant locomotive as well, thank you for sharing.🚂

FLEISCHMANN was not only a producer of modelrailways, but a producer of tools as well. The quality was superior above MÄRKLIN of that time,but you have to admit, that the scale was 1:85 instead of 1:87.! HORNBY und so one from UK , you could forget about it !!

Thank you for this interesting comparison! I am now subscribed to your channel. On the subject of windows, I think you could remanufcacture the yellowed window plastics with a resin 3D printer using clear resin. The window plastics would have to be 3D modeled, which would be a very simple task. Btw, I love your correct pronounciation of Märklin and Fleischmann, a rare occurrence in English language model railway videos. I learned German at school as my third foreign language after English and Swedish. My mother tongue is Finnish. I am a translator by trade. A working knowledge of German is great to have. Keep up the good work!

My father selected Fleischmann for me. My understanding was that Marklin was way more expensive. And I knew quickly that the locomotives would not run on Marklin and vice versa. I did a lot of building as far as my allowance would permit. Loved it..but grew out of it. Some stayed on…I graduated to building model aircraft with small diesel powered engines. And ended up in the airline industry. Did get around to get my trains out when my son was at the appropriate age…he moved on to computers…times change.

Either one equals a lot of money

I always slowly turned down the speed before stopping on my Fleishmann trains for better and more realistic stopping.

Well, I would have given an extra point to Mârklin to be actually driven by the locomotive part as opposed to by the tender for Fleischmann...

I noticed that you said that the Fleischman model was DC. All my Märklin HO is AC. But some is not? I know of their two-rail Hamo line,but I don't have a lot of experience. You are right about Fleischman being slightly larger than HO scale (1:87). I have some wagons made in US Zone Germany by Fleischman that are even larger than 1:85! Keep in mind that early models by Märklin and Trix Express in the 1930s are scaled under 1:87, being something like 1:90 or so. Over the years, I have aquired a few items of this sort, and although the gauge is HO, the scale is not!😅 Great video! I'm subscribed! (By the way, I know that the models in your analysis are from a later period, but offer some early possible origins to odd issues of scale discrepancies).😊

Dos cosas, interesante esta comparación y gracias por subir 1- con el caso del amarilleo de las ventanas, se deben sacar de la cabina y sumergirlas en agua oxigenada o que las cubra bien en esa agua que sea a 10 volúmenes o más si se puede conseguir, ponerlas al sol dos días o más, ahí las va a revisar usted y en caja transparente cerrada, algo ayuda a blanquear eso al estar expuestas a la luz UV. .2- Luego veo que la Fleischmann pese a tener motor Buhler, no le pusieron volante, eso ayudaría más a suavizar la marcha a bajas RPM, Saludos.

It seems that the struggle of the Fleischmann model on radius 1 curves does not bother you... and did you notice the separately fitted details - yeah, the silver ones - on the Märklin model, that are molded and black on the Fleischmann one? Nice video tough, I've happily subscribed. I'm tired of those english DC/OO scale videos, with their Hornby-ble models. And of course, my first and only trains were Märklin on M-rails xD

Back in the 60's I had jumble sale find, a Hornby Dublo three rail A4 with smoke feature. Only having a Tri-ang layout, I tried it out on my friend's the 'rail' layout, well, studs. Placed on track, power on, no movement but lots of smoke!

Excellent work! Please do the same for Lima and Rivarossi!

You can make the crawl speed of a Marklin better if you change the carbon brush with a copper brush. Ofcourse it will now also be faster on high speed setting.

I don't have any Fleischmann stock. I have Marklin and Rocco. The Rocco is just as detailed and well made as the Marklin locos. All my Marklin locos are made in Germany and the Rocco locos are all made in Austria.

I own a large number of non-Märklin locos for the AC system. Among them are steam locomotives (only steam!) from Trix, Roco, Piko, Fleischmann, Liliput, Kleinbahn, Klein Modellbahn, Westmodel and others. The motivation to buy them was not so much the comparison to the models from Märklin, but the completion of my collection. Because there are also steam locomotives that Märklin never built. Or did not produce it for a long time. For example, the fantastic tank locomotive VI c of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway. I own 4 different copies of them from the Viennese company Liliput. All in Länderbahn livery and numbering. My interest is less in the concrete driving characteristics. After all, we are in the field of technical toys, not in the field of technical demonstration objects 1/87 for the use of industrial customers who want to buy a Loco of them in 1/1 scale! Likewise, I am not one of the so-called "rivet counters" who constantly have to compare and measure the model with the prototype in order to get satisfaction. I want to have a historical overview of German steam locomotive construction from 1840 to 1963, from the first locomotive built in Germany (the "Saxonia" from Dresden) to the last Bundesbahn and Reichsbahn locomotives of the sixties. And of course, all machines should be able to run on the AC system. Just for fun!🚅🚅By the way: the locomotives of Austria also belong to this collection area, because the Danube Monarchy was a part of the German Confederation until 1867, and thus a part of Germany like Bavaria, Hanover, and all other German states as well. Some of the most beautiful steam locomotives come from Austria, designed by Karl Gölsdorf.

Thanks for this comparison, as a purchaser of 2nd hand Fleishmann models, I run a wild mix of 2 rail HO and OO scale train models on my pretend heritage layout. Malkin are rarely available and I can't run them, but I have always guessed that Malkin were the best quality models. So Roco and Fleishmann are the best!!!

I love the Marklin track system! Thank you for sharing. (Frank)

Everything looks amazing! 👍😊

Just incredible train action! Love the 2nd level. BIG 👍 (Frank)

Awesome layout! 👍

Fantastic running session!👍

What a fantastic view! Amazing!!💯❤😎

Your layout looks amazing my friend! Beautiful action! 👍🚂🚃🚃💨💨

Great running session!😊

Great smoker! Amazing running session!

Very impressive layout! Love the Marklin catenary track system. I’ve just started collecting this catenary system. It looks so real and authentic yet vintage. 👍 (Frank)

Thank you so much for the tutorial on this transformer. I really enjoyed your video. (Frank)💯👍