Model Railway News

520 products from Marklin, Brekina, Busch, Heki, Piko and Preiser were added to our Latest Arrivals page today.

Brawa has announced their fall new releases (Brawa News Express 2/2018) with a number of great looking models. The highlight is bound to be the all new V60/362/363 models with Brawa's usual stunning attention to detail.  Brawa asked their customers in Germany for their favorite liveries for this classic diesel switcher and these will be the first releases.  The models are available in DC Basic as well as Digital Extra version for DC and Marklin AC. The Digital Extra Version include digital sound and couplers as well as as a keep-alive capacitor to keep the sound and loco running over dirty track - great for low speed switching!

Also announced is another new HO E44 electric locomotive in the classic blue and creme livery for era IV as well as a host of advertising freight cars in both HO and N scale.  These advertising cars have been one of our best sellers in recent years so please pre-order to ensure you get the ones you want!

Click here for all the BRAWA 2018 Fall New Items

Marklin has announced a new HO model freight car as a special limited edition for the EUROTRAIN and idee+spiel dealer groups. The stake car is loaded with 3 weathered underground tanks in a load frame. The trucks are type Minden-Siegen. The car also has a metal insert for good running characteristics. The stakes can be folded down. The underbody details are specific to this car. The car has many separately applied details. Length over the buffers 22.9 cm / 9".

This model is a one-time series for EUROTRAIN and idee+spiel specialty stores but we were able to secure a limited number for our customers. EUROTRAIN & IDEE SPIEL MODELS always sell out quickly so reserve yours today! Delivery will be in late Fall 2018.

234 products from Marklin, LGB and Trix were added to our Latest Arrivals page today.

358 products from Kibri, Vollmer and Viessmann were added to our Latest Arrivals page today.

370 products from Faller and Pola were added to our Latest Arrivals page today.

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The Marklin group of companies - Marklin, Trix, and LGB - have announced their Fall 2018 New Items programs.  While Fall New Items programs are usually one of the smaller and least interesting of the year, we think this year's program stands out with a few items to take notice of. Pricing for all Fall 2018 New Items will be posted shortly.

For Marklin HO fans, 36433 is a new Ludmilla Class 232 Heavy Diesel locomotive with an all-new WATER-based peizo smoke/exhaust system.  It seems to use a vaporizer similar to 'vape' devices to produce a realistic multi-stage exhaust effect.  This loco is an MHI Exclusive item so will be limited and will likely sell-out fast - order yours now!

Trix has a spectacular looking ERA III Rheingold E10 Loco and Car Set for Minitrix N scale fans.  This set matches the train as it ran in 1962 with a 'temporary' E10 electric locomotive and the beautiful blue/creme paint scheme (both loco and cars are limited MHI Exclusiv program items). The loco is considered temporary as it is a 'regular' E10 which was used while the more distinctive streamlined E10.12 was being built. Also in N scale is a classic V100 in era III livery with full sound and an era III E41 electric locomotive (new tooling!), also with full sound.

Click here for the Marklin 2018 Fall New Items

Click here for the Trix 2018 Fall New Items

Click here for the LGB 2018 Fall New Items

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This one is a beauty! Marklin has produced a version of their tiny T3 tank locomotive in a stunning grey & black 'photo' livery. We will be getting a very limited number these so act quickly!  Marklin 37146 is a limited edition model produced exclusivly for the EUROTRAIN group of German dealers however we were able to bring in a small number for our customers.  See all details and pre-order yours at the link below!

Marklin and Trix have announced a new HO scale Vectron Electric Locomotive in a livery celebrating European Locomotive Leasing's (ELL) 100th locomotive delivery.  The distinctive ELL markings are seen on loocmotives all over Germany and Europe these days so this one will fit right in on any layout.  The loco features MFX sound and additional lighting functions.  See all the details at the link below. Delivery will be in the 1st quarter of 2019.

Marklin has just issued a new software update for the CS3 Digital Central Station.  See below for details and download instructions.

 

From Marklin:

In the current Märklin magazine we announced our new update for the CS 3 to version 1.3.3. This update is now available. We apologize for the delay in making this update alive.
 
The following new options are included in this update:
1. Test version for the integration of a smartphone, tablet PC or PC as a second device in the system.
2. Extension of the event environment.
3. Other optimizations.
 
At this year's Toy Fair in Nuremberg, we had already presented a first demo version of the connection of a smartphone, tablet PC or PC to the CS 3.
For the connection to these devices you need except the CS 3 or CS 3+ only one router and the desired second device. The connection between router and CS 3 runs over a LAN cable. The second device can be connected to the router via either a LAN cable or a Wi-Fi connection. The second device must have a current version of a common browser. This software can then be used to set up the connection to the CS 3 and to generate a user interface of the CS 3 on the second device. All operating areas of the CS 3 are available. However, locomotives cannot be programmed also like turnouts, signals or events cannot be arranged or other programming can be made with the second unit. This work will continue to be carried out only at CS 3 as the Master.
 
This new software part has been extensively tested by us in the meantime. But since there are many different computer systems on the market and also browsers in different combinations, we could not test all these possible constellations. Therefore, we are currently providing this new area as a trial version. Our customers are welcome to test this option extensively. If there are any bugs or suggestions for improvement, the customer should inform us via email to the service address service@maerklin.de. We will try to take into account as many of these suggestions as possible until the official launch of the software in the fall.
 
Furthermore, this update contains some new functions in the events and further detail optimizations. More information can be found in the attached update description, which is also available for download on our website.
 
Download Update Details PDF in ENGLISH

The software update can be downloaded from Marklin HERE

LGB has announced a series of special models for the 100th anniversary of the Saxon State Railroad Class VI K Steam Locomotive. Of course the centrepiece is an era I model of the Class VI K Locomotive but LGB have also issued two passenger cars in matching livery to go along with this loco.  See the links below for all the details.

These models are limited to 399 pieces worldwide so order yours now!

We have been able to secure some limited numbers of two recent Marklin limited editions produced exclusively for the EUROTRAIN group of dealers in Germany.  Marklin 39273 is a Class 218 Diesel Locomotive in the 'Betty Boom' Railsystems private railway livery.  This model is sold out from the factory and we will only be getting a few so order now!

Marklin 47544 is an ON RAIL tank car used on the DB AG system.

See the links below for full details on both these limited models. These models should arrive in our store in lat August/early September.

7 products from Art Prints were added to our Latest Arrivals page today.

19 products from Art Prints were added to our Latest Arrivals page today.