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LGB's Golden Spike Limited Edition!

TA Tinplate ArtOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

LGB has produced a very limited (299, worldwide) special set commemorating the completion of the first trancontinental railroad here in the United States on May 10, 1869. The replicas of the Jupiter and the 119 are fabricated in brass and diecast metal and are accurately decorated with detailed cabs and figures. They come equipped with a DCC decoder with a full digital sound, smoke, and control complement. They also include a telegraph pole with US Flag, a real Gold plated railroad spike (carat not specified), and a custom wood chest. Being a limited edition, and intended for the collector market, these are priced accordingly: $10,000 USD! Before anyone is shocked at that price, a retailer friend and supplier of my current LGB, as of yesterday, has already presold FIVE of these! They will be delivered sometime in the third quarter of this year. There is a nice two-page ad spread (pages 16-17) in the current issue (Summer 2019) of Garden Railways.

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sncf231esncf231eOGR Forum Member
Tinplate Art posted:

FRED: Any chance Aster or Fulgurex or another German firm produced these for LGB, as LGB is primarily a plastics company? 

 

For years already the Märklin gauge 1 locomotives are metal and more and more detailed. Since LGB is owned by Märklin I think it is a Märklin product. I assume Märklin markets this under the LGB name for the US market since in the US LGB has a larger following than Märklin 1 gauge. And most of these trains will be exported to the US. Almost all of the 299 that are made are pre-ordered, so hurry up  

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Fred

GF Glenn FreschOGR Forum Member
Tinplate Art posted:

FRED: Any chance Aster or Fulgurex or another German firm produced these for LGB, as LGB is primarily a plastics company? 

 

My guess would be they are made by the same company that makes the marklin gauge 1 metal locomotives.  The RhB xrot 9213 which LGB released last year is a die cast loco with mostly brass and some plastic detail parts.  Where these are made I’m not certain. The box says made on China, so perhaps they are made by the same company that produces the USA trains metal/brass locos?  

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