One two car set for the SNCB is currently produced by FR, it features the early ‘B’ Cargo design: dark green paint scheme with yellow lettering and gray roof.
FR#32.334.02 – SNCB, type Oppeln box car lettered for B Cargo.
So far there are just a few cars offered by FR for the OBB, but Austrian trains can correctly haul any number of the German cars FR includes in the line-up as well as the two car set for SNCB.
FR #43.343.02 – OBB, type Gs + Gss-vx box cars. Full metal construction. 2 car set includes 1 standard freight car and 1 ‘Express’ freight car with the distinctive yellow mark across door.
Shipping is an important business enterprise in Denmark thus container shipping is included in the rolling stock of the DSB. FR has created a car body that accepts removable 40′ high or standard containers compatible with Marklin’s container wagen. A variety of containers can be ordered each lettered by differing shipping companies.
FR #45.814.01 – DSB, type Lgs container wagon lettered for DSB and 40′ hi-cube container lettered for HYUNDAI.
Norges Statsbaner AS – NSB (Norwegian State Railways) is a neighbor to Sweden and thus any cross border deliveries of timber and other goods will likewise share rolling stock from country to country. FR’s inventory in this category includes lumber cars as well as climate sensitive box cars.
FR #47.334.02 – NSB, type Godsvognsett Gklms box cars. Set of 2 injection molded plastic cars with separately applied hand rails.
FR #47.805.01 – NSB, type Tommervogn Lps lumber car
FR #47.812.00 – NSB, type Kjole- og Varmevogn IbbIps insulated box car. Full metal construction. Unique box car design built with heavy insulation to protect goods from perma-frost and contrasting high temps from sun.
FR rolling stock like the locos is precision made and precisely designed based on the prototypes. Build characteristics: separately applied details, metal chassis, body of injection molded plastic or metal, pad printing and sometimes decals. And sometimes weathering is applied in special editions. These are little charmers that are even better in person.
SJ – Statens Jarnvagar freight cars:
FR #46.807.01 – SJ type Lgs container wagon lettered for TOLLPOST GLOBE.
FR #46.810.01 – SJ type Elos hopper lettered for Jarnmalmer. Full metal construction.
FR #46.811.01 – SJ type Gbs box car. Full metal construction.
FR #46.811.31 – SJ/Roda Korset, type Gbs box car with weathering. Edition size: 25. Used by Roda Korset (Swedish Red Cross) for transporting used clothing. Full metal construction.
FR #46.811.61 – Green Cargo, type Dalm box car. Full metal construction.
FR #46.816.01 – SJ, type Huvvagn Kis950 sliding roof car for transporting steel products. Limited edition: 40. Full metal construction.
Colorful locomotives designed for heavy duty operation in a difficult and unforgiving climate describes train operation in the Sweden. Sweden along with its Scandinavian neighbors have much to contend with as the winter months embrace these countries so of course snow plows are standard equipment and most propulsion is electric generated by hydro-electric plants. I would claim Sweden to be one of the best at climate change sensitivity, not only is the electric generated by turbines in the form of hydroelectric, but their Rc locos don’t last and last and last thereby reducing the impact on the environment from scraping and making more.
The Scandinavian train is found in Marklin’s HO scale, and only covered by them in Z for the MY locos for the DSB. All four versions by Marklin of the NOHAB locos are GREAT! FR has come along and provided an extensive line-up of rolling stock and locos for Scandinavian train enthusiasts including the next three examples:
FR #46.130.31 – SJ (Statens Jarnvagar – Swedish State Railways), class Rc-2 1103
FR #46.130.10 – SJ (Statens Jarnvagar – Swedish State Railways), class Rc-2 1037
FR #46.131.03 – BANVERKET, class ELL0003R
The current production of locomotives by Harald Freudenreich centers around the many variations of the highly successful SJ Rc series locomotives, versions can be seen in the United States driving passenger trains up the Northeast corridor by Metro-North and Amtrak. FR’s production includes numerous SJ examples as well as Austria with the release of 43.130.01 class 1043.03 from the early 70’s.
FR #43.130.01, OBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Austrian Federal Railways), class 1043.03
FR Rc locomotives feature snowplows of two types as appropriate to class, two variations of pantographs depending on class, coreless motors, pad printing, and accurate detailing which yield true variations between the FR Rc’s. I forgot to mention LED’s that change over with direction of travel that also provide realistic lighting in the cab: BRILLIANT! And last but not least, the mirrors are chrome, they are not painted over adding much realism: BRILLIANT!!!
FR just announced a forthcoming release of another Austrian locomotive in ‘Valousek’ paint scheme, I haven’t met anyone who does not like Valousek paint schemes.
But one more FR Austrian loco is class 1043.008 with ‘Jaffa” paint scheme. This one was produced in a very small batch of 12 only, it was only economically feasible for Harald to use decals for this one. Now another choice to haul the Marklin ‘Export’ passenger coach set 87354.
FR #43.131.11, OBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Austrian Federal Railways), class 1043.008
The first MSI using the Marklin 8600 car type is lettered for Carlberg, it was produced in 1977 with Koll’s #77001. The Koll’s catalog states the edition size as 800 which makes the number produced considerable, but this car is none the less rare and seldom offered for sale. The Carlsberg car is not depicted in this collection so a brief description of its appearance is in order, it varies from the regular production model 8608 in that it has red coloration filling in the five small details on the lower green stripe running under logo otherwise the cars are the same. This collection begins with a 1978 car lettered for Atlantik with Koll’s #78701 with edition size of 500.
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7. DOERING, Koll’s #80502, edition size: 500, released 1980. 8. EICKELBERG, Koll’s #80503, edition size: 500, released 1980 9. Almighhurt, Koll’s #80701, Miba/Monk #048, edition size: 500, released 1980 10. BECK’S, originally sold as part of a starter set, Koll’s #81002, Miba/Monk #057, edition size: 100, released 1981 11. Modellbahn Pietsch, Koll’s #81502, Miba/Monk #054, edition size: 500, released 1981 12. mollmann, Koll’s #81503, Miba/Monk #055, edition size: 500, released 1981
13. emil weber siegen, Koll’s #81701, Miba/Monk #052, edition size: 500, released 1981 14. Kukident 2-Phasen, Koll’s #82701, Miba/Monk #069, edition size: 500, released 1982 15. Ganser Kolsch, Koll’s #83001, Miba/Monk #084, edition size: 500, released 1983 16. Dortmunder Actien-Alt, Koll’s #83003, edition size: 500, released 1983 17. FIRST, Koll’s #83005, edition size: 500, released 1983 18. DORTMUNDER UNION BIER, Koll’s #83006, edition size: 500, released 1983
19. Stifts Pils, Koll’s #83007, edition size: 500, released 1983 20. Koppmann, Schmidt, Koll’s #83501, edition size: 500, released 1983 21. OKI, Koll’s #84701, edition size: 500, released 1984 22. FESTO, originally sold as part of starter set 8158, Koll’s #84701, edition size: 100 23. Circus RONCALLI, Koll’s #84702, Miba/Monk #118, released 1984 24. KRAFT NUR GUTES VERDIENT DEN NAMEN KRAFT, originally sold in starter set with car KRAFT Tomaten-Ketchup, Koll’s #84710.1, edition size: 1000
*Special note: MSI – Kraft editions using the Marklin 8500 car type started in 1984 with the only two car set released in the series, this first set included KRAFT NUR GUTES VERDIENT DEN NAMEN KRAFT and KRAFT Tomaten-Ketchup. The Kraft – Marklin series included releases with the Marklin 8500 car type as well as the 8615 car type which can be viewed in the MSI 8615 category. The series was distinguished by the unique design of the packaging which included cardboard sleeve illustrated with differing views of the “Kraft Train”, a styrofoam block was included inside the sleeve that contained the freight car and track accessories. It was possible to assemble a small oval track with sidings after collecting all the Kraft releases. All the Kraft editions are considered quite rare and even more so with the original packaging, but they are occasionally available through German dealers.
25. KRAFT Tomaten-Ketchup, originally sold as part of a starter set 8163 with car KRAFT NUR GUTES VERDIENT DEN NAMEN KRAFT, Koll’s #84710, edition size: 1000 released 1984 26. KRAFT Scheibletten, originally sold as part of a starter set with track accessories, Koll’s #84711, edition size: 1000, released 1984 27. Patrizier Brau, Koll’s #85002, edition size: 500, released 1985 28. NOE, Koll’s #85701, Miba/Monk #117, edition size: 100, released 1985 29. KRAFT PHILADELPHIA, originally sold as part of a starter set with track accessories, Koll’s #85701, editon size: 1000, released 1985 30. KRAFT Knack & Back, originally sold as part of starter set (no track accessories with this release), Koll’s #85702, edition size: 1000, released 1985
31. Kodak, originally sold as part of starter set, Koll’s #85711, edition size: 500 32. Der IBM Mittelstandsexpreb, Koll’s #86706, edition size: 500, released 1986 33. Thurn und Taxis Regensberg, Koll’s #86001, edition size: 250, released 1986 34. Budweizer, Koll’s #86002, edition size: 350, released 1986 35. friesisch-herb JEVER PILSENER (dark green roof), Koll’s #86003.1 (version 1), Miba/Monk #132, released 1986 36. friesisch-herb JEVER PILSENER (dark olive roof), Koll’s #86003.2 (version 2), Miba/Monk #133, released 1986
37. sinziger Mineralbrunnen, Koll’s #86004, edition size: 100 38. HACKER-PSCHORR, Koll’s #86006, edition size: 200 39. Binding Export Privat, Koll’s #86010, Miba/Monk #144, edition size: 100 40. CLAUSTHALER Alkoholfrei, Koll’s #86011, Miba/Monk #163, edition size: 200 41. Moguntia Pils, Koll’s #86013, edition size: 200 42. Manzier Bier, Koll’s #86014, edition size: 100
43. FAO SCHWARZ, originally sold by FAO SCHWARZ as part of a starter set, Koll’s #86501, Miba/Monk #289, edition size: 300 44. KRAFT jocca, originally sold as a starter pack with track accessories, Koll’s #86701, edition size: 1000 45. marklin CLUB, U.S.A., Koll’s #86703, edition size: 1500 46. Freedom, 1886-1986, Koll’s #86704, edition size: 500 47. stephenson, Koll’s #87002, edition size: 100 48. Privatbrauerei seit 1842, Koll’s #87003, edition size: 100
49. Schofferhofer Weizen, Koll’s #87006, Miba/Monk #M-227, edition size: 200 50. Schofferhofer Hefeweizen, Koll’s #87007, edition size: 100 51. BAYERISCHE BRAUEREI KAISERSLAUTERN, Koll’s #87009, edition size: 100 52. Schultheiss, Koll’s #87013, edition size: 100 53. ROMER PILS, Koll’s #87016, Miba/Monk #M-120, edition size: 100 54. BRINKHOFF’S No. 1, Koll’s #87020, edition size: 100
55. OHLIGSER PILS, Koll’s #87021, edition size: 100 56. SPATEN, Koll’s #87026, edition size: 100 57. RHEINGONHEIMER WEIZENBIER, Koll’s #87030, edition size: 300 58. Braumeisters Kraftmalz, Koll’s #87031, edition size: 100 59. LOWENBRAU, Koll’s #87032, edition size: 100 60. Scharlachberg, Koll’s #87033, edition size: 200
61. Carolus, Koll’s #87034, edition size: 100 62. Ayinger, Koll’s #87036, Miba/Monk #M-185, edition size: 250 63. Jupiler, Koll’s #87039, edition size: 300 64. Schweppes INDIAN TONIC WATER, Koll’s #87040, edition size: 200 65. Schweppes BITTER LEMON, Koll’s #87041, edition size: 200 66. Schweppes BITTER GRAPEFRUIT, Koll’s #87042, edition size: 200
67. Schweppes SODA WATER, Koll’s #87043, edition size: 200 68. Schweppes GINGER ALE, Koll’s #87044, edition size: 200 69. Schweppes BITTER ORANGE, Koll’s 87045, edition size: 200 70. FAO SCHWARZ – 1862-1987 (150 Year Anniversary), Koll’s #87502, Miba/Monk #M-125, edition size: 300 71. Spessart Brauerei, Koll’s #88003, edition size: 100 72. hassia, Koll’s #88009, edition size: 100
73. SUNTORY BEER CAN, Koll’s #88011, edition size: 100 74. KIRIN, Koll’s #88012, edition size: 100 75. SAPPORO BEER, Koll’s #88013, edition size: 100 76. Frankenthaler, Koll’s #88015, edition size: 200 77. Hannen Alt, Koll’s #88019, edition size: 200 78. Hirter Pils, Koll’s #88020, edition size: 300
79. Tucher, Koll’s #88022, edition size: 100 80. Asbach-Uralt, Koll’s #88028, edition size: 200 81. afri cola, Koll’s #88029, edition size: 100 82. FAO SCHWARZ 1988, Koll’s #88501, Miba/Monk #M-368, edition size: 500 83. CHINESISCHER GARTEN, Koll’s #88701, edition size: 100 84. OSRAM, Koll’s #88701 (*from starter set 8170), edition size: 300
85. Tente Rollen machen beweglich, Koll’s #88702, edition size: 100 86. DEUTSCHLAND, Koll’s #88704, edition size: 100 87. DURACELL, Koll’s #88705, edition size: 100 88. Haller Lowenbrau, Koll’s #89004, edition size: 100 89. Underberg, Koll’s #89009, edition size: 500 90. CLUB marklin 1989, Koll’s #89711, edition size: 350
91. Canada, marklin Club ’89, Koll’s #89713, edition size: 200 92. BASF TrockenEis, Koll’s #89714, edition size: 300 *The following cars from 3 car set: “Steirische Brauereien” (Styria Breweries), Koll’s #91001, edition size: 300. Individual cars numbered with Miba/Monk reference numbers. 93. Gosser (Leoben), Miba/Monk #M-613 94. Reinighaus Bier (Graz), Miba/Monk #M-614 95. PUNTIGAMER (Graz), Miba/Monk #M-615 96. club marklin 91 TEE, Koll’s #91705, edition size: 500
97. EUROPA ’92, Koll’s #92706, edition size: 200 *The following cars from 3 car set: “Henninger Brewery,“ Koll’s #92001, edition size: 300. Individual cars numbered with Miba/Monk reference numbers. 98. Henninger EXPORT, Miba/Monk #646 99. Henninger Diat-Pils, Miba/Monk #647 100. Henninger Kaiser Pilsener, Miba/Monk #648 101. marklin club ’92, Koll’s #92716, edition size: 1000 *The following cars from 3 car set: “Weizenbier,” Koll’s #93001, edition size: 200. Individual cars numbered with Miba/Monk reference numbers. 102. Weizenthaler ALKOHOLFREI, Miba/Monk #M-775
103. OBERDORFER WEISSE, Miba/Monk #776 104. Alpirsbacher Kloster-Weizen, Miba/Monk #777 *The following cars from 3 car set: “Stuttgarter Hofbrau,“ Koll’s #94001, edition size: 300. Individual cars numbered with Miba/Monk reference numbers. 105. Hefe-Weizen, Miba/Monk #864 106. Volksfest Bier, Miba/Monk #865 107. Weihnachts-Brau, Miba/Monk #866 108. SUPER-WAHLJAHR 1994, Koll’s #94703, edition size: 500
109. Rotkappchen, Koll’s #95006, edition size: 300 110. Hasseroder Premium Pils, Koll’s #96005, edition size: 300 111. 25 Jahre mini-club 1972-1997, 1997 Club Car, Marklin #8657.014, Miba/Monk #M-1085 112. piestinger, Marklin #8600.071, Miba/Monk #M-1208 113. Transportation Corps U.S. Army, 1998 Club Car, Marklin #8600.069, Miba/Monk #M-1167 114. marklin 140 Years, 1999 Club Car, Marklin #8600.086, Miba/Monk #M-1291
115. Schofferhofer Weizen, Marklin #98019, Miba/Monk #M-1359, released 2000 116. Sauerlander Winter, Marklin #98039, Miba/Monk #M-1455, released 2002 117. LEEUW BIER – Valkenburg, Marklin #8600.137, Miba/Monk #M-1575, released 2003
The container wagon 8615 has been in the Marklin line-up for many years. Marklin’s earliest 8615 special imprint model was produced in 1979, it was lettered for Germany’s largest malt roaster WEISSHEIMER MALZ with Koll’s #79701 in the stated edition of 100. Lettering on this car is on the roof panel otherwise the car is unmarked and painted yellow. As a note of reference this car was not reproduced by the Koll’s catalogs and this maybe this first photo posted of it online:
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Other cars that followed were Kraft cars that were packed with unique packaging: illustrated cardboard sleeve with an inserted block of styrofoam containing the car and usually some type of track accessory. If you collected all the Kraft editions you would be able to assemble a small oval track with sidings. This includes the Kraft Editions with Marklin type 8615 printed by Marklin.
The order of chronology for the 8615 Kraft cars began with KRAFT Mayonnaise.
6. Weissheimer Malz, Koll’s #79701, Miba/Monk #M-028, edition size: 100 7. Kodak, Koll’s #85711, edition size: 500 *sold as part of starter set 8. VIESSMANN, Koll’s #86702, Miba/Monk #M-145, edition size: 100 9. Privatbrauerei Their Dortmund, Koll’s #87001, edition size: 200 10. 150 Jahre Eisenbahn in Osterreich, Koll’s #87502, edition size: 500 11. AL Loulakis, Koll’s #87708, Miba/Monk #M-173, edition size: 300
12. Bison, Koll’s #87709, edition size: 500 13. Karl Bissinger, Koll’s #87710, edition size: 100 14. LANDIS & GYR, Koll’s 87712, edition size: 200 15. Mars, Koll’s #87713, edition size: 800 16. Farymann Diesel, Koll’s #87714, Miba/Monk #M-254, edition size: 200 17. SAROTTI, Koll’s #87715, edition size: 300
18. MAXI MALZ, Koll’s #88001, edition size: 100 19. PEPSI LIGHT, Koll’s #88003, edition size: 100 20. SCHLADERER, Koll’s #88005, edition size: 100 21. Schmucker Bier, Koll’s #88007, edition size: 100 22. Birkel, Koll’s #88711, edition size: 100 23. Hamburg-Mannheimer, Koll’s #88715, Miba/Monk #M-266, edition size: 100
24. Hochtief, Koll’s #88716, edition size: 100 25. Philipp Holzmann, Koll’s #88717, edition size: 100 26. Texas Instruments: TMS320C30 DSP – 33 Mio, rote Aufschr. Signale/Sekunde Electronica 88 (car features black text: “Texas Instruments”), Koll’s #88720, edition size: 300 27. Texas Instruments: TMS320C30 DSP – 33 Mio, rote Aufschr. Signale/Sekunde Electronica 88 (car features red text: “Texas Instruments”), Koll’s #88721, edition size: 300 28. SCHINDLER-CHEMIE, Koll’s #88722, edition size: 100 29. Persil, Koll’s #89701, edition size: 500
30. STP, Koll’s #89703, edition size: 200 31. SWG, Koll’s #89704, edition size: 200 32. TIEK MASCHINEBAU, Koll’s #89707, Miba/Monk #M-382, edition size: 100 33. HEIM, Koll’s #89712, edition size: 100 34. PALMERS, Koll’s #89712, edition size: 500 35. Vierzig Jahre Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Koll’s #90709, edition size: 200
36. dallah, Koll’s #90710, edition size: 100 37. H. Bahlsen Hannover, Koll’s #90714, edition size: 500 38. Herder, Koll’s #91704, edition size: 100 *The following cars were sold in a three car set: The Automobile Companies of France. Marklin #88126, Koll’s #92706, edition size: 1000. Released 1992. Distributed to Marklin dealers in the United States, Canada and France. Individual cars are numbered with Miba/Monk reference numbers 39. RENAULT, Miba/Monk #M-736 40. CITROEN, Miba/Monk #M-734 41. PEUGEOT, Miba/Monk #M-735
42. TIEK, Koll’s #92707, Miba/Monk #M-669, edition size: 100 43. MITSUBISHI PAJERO, Koll’s #92710, edition size: 100 44. EUROPA ’92, Koll’s #92711, edition size: 200 45. 90 Jahre Harley-Davidson: 1903-1993, Koll’s #93706, edition size: 1000 46. HERMA, Koll’s #94723, edition size: 100 47. IBM (spelled using pictogram: ‘eye’ ‘bee’ ‘M’), originally sold as part of starter set which included ‘IBM’ pin and tag along with loco and track. Marklin #8180 S, Koll’s #95701, edition size: 300. *Featured on cover of “Koll’s Spezial Katalog 1997.”
48. 150 Jahre Eisenbahnen in Wurttemberg, Koll’s #95713, edition size: 1000 49. Rolls Royce 90 Jahre, Koll’s #95714, edition size: 600 50. Maybach Motonenbau…150 Geburtstag von Wilhelm Maybach, Koll’s #96711, edition size: 1000 51. ALNO die Welt der Kuche, Koll’s #96712, edition size: 100 52. Carl Zeiss, 150 Jahre, Marklin #8615.008, Miba/Monk #M-999 53. Carl Zeiss, Partnerschaft auf lange Sicht, Marklin #8615.016, Koll’s #96715, Miba/Monk #M-1007, edition size: 100
54. B&O Chartered 1827, Miba/Monk #M-1085, released 1997 55. Miele, Miba/Monk #M-1188, released 1998 56. digital, Marklin #8617.068, Miba/Monk #M-1279, released 1999, lettered with Digital Equipment Corporation’s 1993 logo 57. W 02-02-02 M, Marklin #8617.103, Miba/Monk #M-1490, released 2002, car celebrates the 2002 wedding of Prince Alexander and Princess Maxima of Holland
Industry Prints are Marklin freight wagons designed and painted by private enterprises. Modellbahn Freund, St. Louis, MO imported and sold these cars, the plastic boxes for cars sold by Modellbahn Freund were affixed a label with this stores name and address. Sometimes collectors have suggested Modellbahn Freund commissioned these cars, and they were printed in the United States, this is a mistake; all ‘Industry Prints’ were printed in Germany by Baur-Druck Bad, Waldsee and sold by Schmidt, Germany. Cars were distributed in the United States and Germany. The earliest ‘Industry Print’ in this collection is a gondola from 1983.
Further research can be found at www.z-freunde.de, much of the information given in this post was kindly provided by this organization. *Information provided has been provided after much research, new details and corrections will be made as more is learned about these cars.
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1. Altglas ist Rohstoff mit oder ohne Glasbeladung, gondola with load of glass for recycling, 1983
2. Old Heidelberg BEER Blatz MILWAUKEE, WIS. (ocker), 1983 *color variations of this car exist in gold, silver and white
3. Gatzweilers Alt (Haus rechts), 1983
4. HOCHDORFER BIER Goldstern (blau), 1985
5. Schwarzkopf, 1986
6. Bass Ale, 1986 Distribution: Germany 40 and United States 140
7. Chihuahua MEXICAN BEER (weib), 1986 Edition: 140
8. Coors Light, 1986
9. GRIZZLY BEER CANADIAN LAGER (grun), 1986
10. Labatt’s BEER Canadian BIERE, 1986 Edition: 100
11. MICHELOB BEER, 1986 Edition: 125
12. Miller High Life
13. Miller HIGH LIFE
14. Miller Genuine Draft
15. Lite BEER A FINE PILSNER BEER
16. Pabst Blue Ribbon The Real Taste of Beer, 1986 Edition: 180
17. TSINGTAO BEER, 1986 Edition: 170
18. REINZ Dichtungs-Prazision weltweit, 1987
19. Lindt…IL GUSTO DI FAR PLACERE, 1987
20. GURTEN BIER (silber), 1988
21. INTERFRIGO mit oder ohne DB-Zeichen, 1988 Schmidt #116
22. INTER FRIGO Basel (weib), 1988
23. TRANSTHERMOS KUHL VERKEHR (weib), 1988
24. VW Volkswagen – da weib man, was man hat (gold), 1988
25. VW Volswagen – da weib man, was man hat (weib Emblem hell – oder dunkelblau), 1988
26. Worb Brauerei egger bier (weib), 1988
27. Ulmer MunsterBier (weibes Band), 1988
28. VOHRINGER & KOPP Internationale Spedition (weib), 1989
29. Friedrichshafen Zeppelin (silber – weib), 1992
30. Eichbaum Pilsener Eichkrone Seit 1679 (weib), 1996 Nicknamed “Corpse Beer,” because the brewery is located next to a cemetery.