Marklin Era V freight car set 82542 includes 4 type Eanos-x 052 gondolas painted and lettered for DB Cargo and DB respectively. Here is a set I nearly passed on as I have a number of Eanos gondolas already by Marklin and FR, but I changed my mind after seeing this set in person.

Not visible in the Marklin photos of the set are their loads: each car is loaded with a different scrap metal load including pipe, i-beams, and crushed rusty metal. Very good realistic representation of rust and oxidized metal. Marklin in the past has not made these loads instead they have come from specialist manufacturers in Germany, and they are usually labeled as such on the bottom. But these loads are not labeled thus I don’t believe they are made by Marklin, but I am also not sure.

A recent development is the use of a translucent plastic used to make the red Eanos cars, I first noticed this type of plastic with the tank car from the DR passenger set: 87503. The plastic is so translucent a small amount of light illuminates it. It’s a bit distracting and unrealistic thus I must give a rather mixed review for this set. Note: see translucence of red cars in photos.