I have no Marklin until now. Picked up this “set” at today’s meet. Actually been eyeing it for a few months. It’s a clockwork and these are not particularly light cars, so the question is, are they a set or just a nice bunch of cars? Seems like a lot for this light loco to pull. I have seen some on line photo's of sets with this loco with smaller 4 wheel coaches.
thanks
Steve
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VERY NICE set!
Steve,
These are very nice indeed. You may be correct that sets with this 890 loco included lighter 2-axle coaches. This is a page from the 1932 catalogue. See the top line.
And this is a page from the 1935 catalogue. Now there are 3 coaches included - 2 passenger and one baggage (line 2).
You can see the trend to include more coaches, but did they ever include 4-axle coaches with a clockwork set? Possibly not. Here's your 17520 and 17530 listed separately in the 1935 catalogue.
By the way, I have the electric version RV 12890 that was my dad's. It doesn't run very well and needs some work on the motor as it has almost no pulling power now.
nice find Steve
Nice passenger set Steve, an electric loco would do a better job than the little boxcab which is not enough powerful for all those cars. I use a classic 440 marklin to pull this set.
This one...
Daniel
Beautiful set none the less. Even if the CW engine cannot pull all the coaches. Now you can start hunting down a bigger engine to pull those coaches. AD
It appears from the original catalog that he needs the 4-4-2 CS920 to pull the 8-wheel personen wagens but I agree with Daniel that the 4-4-0 would look great in front also.
Ok, I’ve oiled things up and can get a decent run with 3 of the 4 cars. Not bad really. I’m guessing it should have a few of the 17210 type of coaches.
Steve
You'll just have to buy the bigger Marklin loco.
...and some 4 wheeler cars 
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