Not really 0 gauge, but use to in the good old time..!!!
Just announced today that the Simba Dickie Group (Germany largest toys company) will take over Marklin, LGB & Trix by early 2013.
Since coming out of bankruptcy in 2009, Marklin belongs mainly to the creditor banks, Goldman Sachs, BW-Bank and Kreissparkasse Göppingen and is currently managed by an insolvency plan.
One of the business report ( German only) http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/...-article7755136.html
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Marklin did make 0 trains pre-war. They still use a kind of 3r track.
I used to love there trains when I was a kid,always thought they were so cool looking.
I have always liked Marklin trains. I'm lucky to have a good many HO Marklin trains (mostly locomotives) and also a large collection of the long-defunct Marklin Maxi #1 gauge trains. At one point a few years ago I almost made up my mind to sell the Maxi stuff because I don't have much space left to enjoy it, but I talked myself out of selling. I'm VERY glad that I did! They produced some beautiful stuff (ditto for the HO models).
We'll just have to wait and see what the new owners do with the world's oldest and arguably best known brand of toy and model trains.
There used to be a lawn and garden store named Vaughan's in downtown Chicago and they were a Marklin HO dealer. They had a beautiful Marklin showroom layout that ran 2-3 trains automatically, working signals, full catenary set-up, everything illuminated. The store is long gone but I'll always remember that layout.
Marklin did make 0 trains pre-war. They still use a kind of 3r track.
They did O gauge train till the mid 50's...as for the 3 rails (studs) tracks, well that their particularity..they never switched to DC tracks in HO.
I have always liked Marklin trains. I'm lucky to have a good many HO Marklin trains (mostly locomotives) and also a large collection of the long-defunct Marklin Maxi #1 gauge trains. At one point a few years ago I almost made up my mind to sell the Maxi stuff because I don't have much space left to enjoy it, but I talked myself out of selling. I'm VERY glad that I did! They produced some beautiful stuff (ditto for the HO models).
We'll just have to wait and see what the new owners do with the world's oldest and arguably best known brand of toy and model trains.
I'm sure you're very glad you did not sell your collection of Maxi trains..they do are fairly unique....and even that the name MAXI is gone, Marklin still produce 1gauge models..simply call Marklin 1...a couple of new models are offered every year.
Yes, I am glad. The Maxi line is tinplate #1 gauge, whereas their "normal" #1 gauge line (very costly), which has been around for many years, is not. The Maxi line was only offered for a few years, and I got in on the ground floor, so to speak. Just kept adding to that collection because it was so colorful and unique. They also run beautifully and are probably the most quiet-running trains I own.
There used to be a lawn and garden store named Vaughan's in downtown Chicago and they were a Marklin HO dealer. They had a beautiful Marklin showroom layout that ran 2-3 trains automatically, working signals, full catenary set-up, everything illuminated. The store is long gone but I'll always remember that layout.
We had a guy in town, who was working in the harbour. A big friendly giant who was a bit naive and still lived with his eighty years old mother. He had a huge Marklin lay out, built in a former shop. You could see his trains through the shop window and as a kid you always made a stop, cluttering with your schoolmates and admiring all the things you only knew from catalogues. As an adult you would consider his lay out childish, for kids it was most fantastic. There were lots of Faller houses, mountains, a river and lots of engines and cars. If only my own dad could grab his wallet and do the same as that big fellow!
Kieffer
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