Here are two catalogs from the early production of HO scale in the years 1936 / 1937. Both catalogs for the USA market. A two page pricelist and letter from the 1930s to USA customers of Richard Marklin Toys also seen below.
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The S873/1 set was produced for a very limited time in 1953. This set seen here has the production run on the box as follows: “YN 1253 j – S 873/1 – 100/5”. This number is seen on the inside cover of the lid of the box, printed on the instruction sheet. This set normally would include 327/2 ROT (red) cars (2 per set) along with several pieces of curved track specially designed for the clockwork locomotive. The S870 locomotive was the first and only HO scale clockwork locomotive that Marklin produced. The original key is not often seen in sets available today, but was used to wind up the locomotive springs for running. These keys are hard to find in today’s market. This set is also missing the original cardboard insert that would keep the trains from moving around in the box.
S873/1 Set and 327/2 Cars:
Hello everyone,
Another feature of this blog is being able to maintain and repair Marklin trains, and sometimes that includes taking them apart for service or just to see how everything functions under the body.
This review is of an RS 800. This gallery will show how to almost completely dissassemble an RS 800 locomotive. I do not take apart the motor mount/housing or the reversing switch as sometimes these sections are hard to put back together and could cause harm to the locomotive.
Tools:
(1) Flathead screwdriver
(2) Small pin / paperclip (optional)
Gallery:
The metro system in Paris, France is one of the busiest in Europe today, coming just after Moscow which currently holds first place. This metro system was first adopted on April 20, 1896 when the Fulgence Bienvenüe project began. Just four years later, the first line was unveiled during the Paris World’s Fair on July 19, 1900. The first line was Maillot-Vincennes and was the first line of an ongoing metro system that continues to develop and advance to this day.
There are many entrances to these metro stations that exist today, they are scattered around Paris with almost 100 still existing, dating back to the early 1900s. View the picture of one on a Paris streetcorner below.
Because of this extremely important and historic event, Märklin modeled a famous French Métro set that was produced from 1908 to 1909. The set usually consisted of two to three metro cars that had two sets of double sliding doors on each side. The cars were powered electrically and some carried small lamps on the ends of the cars. Being that this métro set was only produced for two years, the cars are very scarce and information on them is extremely limited. Although a few of my referance materials point to pictures of this model, it seems there were possibly different versions produced. For example, in a Christie’s auction catalog, the window arrangement is 4 window – 1 Door – 3 window – 1 Door – 1 window. However, in an auction from 2008, we can clearly see a similar model with the arrangement 3 windows – 1 door – 2 windows – 1 door – 1 window. Perhaps cars of different lengths and colors were available.
See the gallery at the bottom to view some pictures of this rare example.
From the early 1900s on, Marklin produced several different types of trollies, trams, and rail cars. The largest, a Spur I Third Avenue street car that cannot be found in any catalogs, but was produced in 1914. Some District Line London Underground cars have also been found powered by clockwork motors in 1910. Ultimately, these types of cars were only produced up until the time before the 1920s where Marklin shifted production and began making steam locomotives in Spur I and O.
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Marklin catalogs showing some of the models of production in 1937 and 1953.
Regards,
William
