I love for both Lionel and Marklin trains. The following commercial encapsulates our passion for model trains.
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Wow. 
Rusty
Very nice ad
From a culture that generally values science and achievement, not superstition and empty bragging.
Very cool!
Scott Smith
D500 posted:From a culture that generally values science and achievement, not superstition and empty bragging.
What????
How-bout-dem-apples! Now that's a commercial!
Well done Marklin. Russ
I never thought a commercial could capture the feeling I have for my trains as they relate to my Grandfather. I'm in awe! I just showed it to my wife, and said "you ask me all the time why I collect trains, this video explains the connection of my trains to my Grandfather's memory". As a note, my Grandfather was an engineer for Jersey Central Lines and sometimes ran down to Bay Head on the New York & Long Branch RR. At 67, I barely remember getting cab rides in steam but remember well riding in Trainmasters.
Very nice & well produced.
Thank you Marklin. You have captured the essence of the magical world we step into when we run our trains. I become that kid every time I go out into my train room for an operating session, even though my trains are Lionels and not Marklins, we are all like him.
Literally brought tears to my eyes, we get to be kids again...
WONDERFUL and captures the very ESSENCE of our hobby! THANK YOU for sharing! 
Another great video from Marklin. The videos they produced from mid 90's to the mid 2000's in the "Year with Marklin" series were just superb. Proud to be a Marklin Maxi and Gauge 1 collector. Miketg
CLIFF24G
Apprciate your sharing via the ORG. I would have hated to miss this. Just think how you have multiplied the "affect " this production has...
I'm so fortunate I have photos of my father's initial Lionel set and layout!
J Sewell
First of all I have to get the tears out of my eyes. This was made by real film makers, love it. Thank you for posting it. Don
I'm at work so I watched with the sound off. Now I'm reaching for a tissue and hoping no one walks into my cube. **** cold's made my eyes leak again.
WOW! very nice.
Engineer-Joe posted:WOW! very nice.
Immensely creative and artistically well done production!! I enjoyed it greatly! Thanks Engineer - Joe!!
Wow!! That video hits the spot; exactly why I got back into 'lectric trains'. Only if Lionel could produce such videos as Christmas is coming.
Anyone know where Marklins are manufactured???
I just posted the video in the original post above (OP).
I like when you can see it without leaving this site. Please thank Cliff!
Great job!
What a great commercial! Right up there with the 765 Coke ad and the Oreo Christmas ad from years ago where the kid twists an Oreo apart and his fathers neglected railroad is instantly restored to its former glory. Brings tears to my eyes every time.
Rolland
Engineer-Joe posted:I just posted the video in the original post above (OP).
I like when you can see it without leaving this site. Please thank Cliff!
Engineer-Joe, you and everyone else are welcome. I can't stop watching this video after I saw it on the Marklin Users-Net web site a few days ago. I am just mezmorized by it's message and POWERFUL memories that are invoked by it especially of the grandfather/grandson relationship. I was fortunute to run both both Lionel and Marklin trains as a young boy. My favorite sound in the whole wide world is that of the Lionel conventional steam whistle my dad would set up every Christmas. This video reminds me of my own grandfather who bought me the below Marklin engine which I still posses to this day. He took me to the I. Magnin Department store in Downtown San Francisco to buy it. That day is etched in my memory for eternity. I feel I have the best of both worlds; Lionel and Marklin. Because of trains, in our hearts we are all still little boys and that is good thing which few people will ever understand or experience.
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Excellent. I am both a Maerklin (spur 1) and Lionel person. Shared it on FB.
Mark
John d Sewell posted:
John, thanks for the info; imagine that, products that are still made in their native country.
Cliff, I saved this video; really got me; thanks for a holiday memory.
Here is an unlisted Youtube video on how that short film was made. I got it directly from the Marklin website and I think I may order the train set for Christmas. The video is in German, so English closed captions will be helpful.
What a beautifully done commercial, that captures some of the very essence of the hobby as it transcends from generation to generation. The Germans really do understand and fully appreciate science and true craftmanship.
Lionel and MTH should make commercials. Something they could publish on Facebook and online, no need for expensive TV ads.
Here is a nice article on why the Marklin Train comercial was so effective at tugging at our hear strings.
https://modelrailwayengineer.c...es&cn-reloaded=1
The below link takes you to the Marklin page and how the commercial was made. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Unfortunately the video is only in German and lacks subtitles.
https://www.maerklin.de/en/lp/2018/track1/
I can't stop watching this commercial! Simply put, it's one that conveys the wonder and generational bonding that trains can have to those who are new to the hobby, as well as remind those who have been in the hobby of how it gets passed down.
I've inherited a wonderful Marklin collection from my father (including one of the more expensive double-ended electric locos that Nicholas Smith himself gave my dad), which joins my Marklin (which comprises 1970's and 1980's HO).
When I have out any of the Marklin, mostly one wonderful set from 1959, which includes the original transformer, seeing it run always reminds me of my dad. This will be the first Christmas without him, and this ad just hits quite an emotional note for me.
Amazing, simply amazing.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
Just a quick post to mention that Marklin posted another Christmas video featuring trains. This time it's LGB.
WOW !
Maybe, just maybe if the big 3 would produce an ad for their product around this time of year, I'm sure a stimulation in Model trains would also increase in sales for their product. Let kids and adults know that you have a product out there that they see daily in real life moving freight and people on tracks, and I'm sure you will stimulate their interest.
As a small example one of the WalMarts here, 4 days ago had a large display of a train sets in their biggest traffic aisle and yesterday they were all sold out. Must have been at least 40 to 50 sets.
I just want the smoke unit shown.....Wow ...if we had that thick colored smoke I'd have to use it!!
That was an unexpected tear jerker. What a inspiring story in less than 3 minutes. Eyes started welling up when he kept looking at the pic and posting the dates. Then boom the ending was tissue time for me. The Germans get it!
Thanks for posting!
Dave
Superbly crafted and very emotionally touching video.
Love it. Thanks for sharing.
Andre
Now that was awesome!
Phenomenal!
