Marklin Magazin: Limited Releases for Marklin Z

Marklin 88953 (One Time Series-2015) class 74 tank locomotive

One of the many benefits of Marklin Insider Club membership includes subscription to Marklin Magazin (English text). The glossy well produced magazine features articles helpful to HO and Z gauge modelers as well as Gauge 1 from layout design and scenery tips to historical background. I look forward to getting the big white envelope with this magazine as well as Insider News magazine. Plus twice a year up to date news from Marklin is delivered on DVD with English subtitles and beautiful videography. And then there is the Club card and free club car in your choice in gauges: HO or Z. So that is my plug for Marklin Insider Club, it is a very good deal and investment in your hobby: $99/year.

Marklin’s Magazin releases are easy to spot featuring characteristic Prussian blue paint scheme sometimes basing their designs on the magazine’s printing heritage. Releases also highlight newly tooled cars sometimes for the first time.

2001 marked the occasion of the first such release of a freight car in Z, and the series includes one locomotive. So without further ado I will present each release starting with the first one:

Marklin 80811 (2001) type Rils car with tarp cover for transporting steel coils
Marklin 80812 (2002) type Lgjs 598 flat car with 5 tanks corresponding to printer’s ink
Marklin 80813 (2003) type Eaos 106 high side gondola with load of wood chips for paper production
Marklin 80814 (2004) type Sammp 705 heavy duty flat car with replica of a machine glazing cylinder
Marklin 80815 (2005) type Re 687 four-axle flat car with system containers painted to represent colors used to print Marklin Magazin
Marklin 80816 (2006) type low side car with brakeman’s platform loaded with reams of paper used for printing
Marklin 80817 (2007) type diesel/heating oil tank car
Marklin 80818 (2008) type Bt 10 flat car loaded with Efkr Pa containers for raw materials
Marklin 80819 (2009) type Shimmns 708 sliding wall box car

Marklin 80820 (2010) type Lb 576 flat car loaded with 3 type Eoskrt coal container
Marklin 80821 (2011) type acid transport car with acid tanks
Marklin 80822 (2012) type OOTZ hopper car

Marklin 80823 (2013) type VH 14 livestock car
Marklin 80824 (2014) type refrigerator car based on German Railroad Association Drawing A2
Marklin 80825 (2015) type Tms 851 two-axle sliding roof car with brakeman’s cabin
Marklin 80826 (2016) type Eanos high side gondola for transporting wood chips
Marklin 80827 (2017) type Fas 126 side dump car
Marklin 80828 (2018) type Zans four-axle funnel flow tank car
Marklin 80829 (2019) type E 037 2-axle gondola

In 2015 Marklin released the first locomotive painted and lettered for the Marklin Magazin series, it would no doubt include the latest developments in Marklin Z locomotive design including improved running gear of the class 74 (former T 9 K.W.St.E and Prussian T 12) tank locomotive. It is a stout little locomotive with sharp lines and handsome Prussian blue paint scheme.

Marklin 88953 (2015) Marklin Magazin special one time series
Marklin 88953 (2015) Marklin Magazin special one time series Note: trailing lights are non-functioning and painted white