Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme

scanrail
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Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme May 10, 2019 6:15:24 GMT -5 markm, zscalehobo, and 3 more like this

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Post by scanrail on May 10, 2019 6:15:24 GMT -5

Hi friends,

Yesterday Märklin announced Summer 2019 New Items:
streaming.maerklin.de/public-media/son19/en_ma_sonh_2019.pdf

Along with other stuff they announced unexpected and a bit weird model - Swedish loco in US Great Northern color scheme.
The prototype is TMY series diesel locomotive of the Swedish private railway TÅGAB. Former Danish series MY 1100.

https://static.maerklin.de/damcontent/14/04/1404037a604bc146fbff506577ab5be61549609211.jpg

Link to the product page on official website:
www.maerklin.de/en/products/details/article/88636

The story of this locomotive is quite interesting (found on another forum):

"It goes so that the movie director was scared of flying and did not wish to take an ocean liner from Europe to U.S. So painting one Tmy and one T43 (looks distantly like early American road switcher and was engined by EMD, of the Tåg AB (Train corp) fleet, one of the numerous private companies in Sweden, was the solution. Cost was said to be around 1 million Swedish crowns, or around 150'000 USD."

Prototype:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/b3/75/86b3750b1ca9964eb807c6fb273a5ae5.jpg

Another picture of two Swedish locos - TMY and T43 switcher repainted into Great Northern scheme:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/51/75/83/517583df3e588504e0ba76f5e7b747aa.jpg

Original EMD F7 in Great Northern color scheme for comparison:

http://www.davehonan.com/2006/05/gn-274-at-brooklyn-roundhouse-portland-or-05-21-06-l.jpg

Greetings,

Alex

Last Edit: May 10, 2019 6:16:11 GMT -5 by scanrail

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Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme May 10, 2019 7:26:47 GMT -5 Kez, texrail, and 3 more like this

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Post by markm on May 10, 2019 7:26:47 GMT -5

Interesting. Maybe Märklin should consider modeling Sierra Railroad #3, a 4-6-0, which has been in 100s of movies and TV shows. They could do a Hooterville Cannonball from Petticoat Junction. Or they could create some add-on time circuits and do Back to the Future III.

domi Superintendent Posts: 579	Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme May 13, 2019 17:26:43 GMT -5 Commodore and cwrr like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by domi on May 13, 2019 17:26:43 GMT -5 Must have not been a railfan movie. European style buffer and link coupler won't deceive any of us here. Dom

cwrr Tycoon Building the Milwaukee Road in Western Washington! Posts: 1,656	Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme May 14, 2019 14:22:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cwrr on May 14, 2019 14:22:50 GMT -5 Looks better with the aluminum chassis under it, like the GN passenger units of the early to mid-fifties.

zscalehobo Superintendent Posts: 531	Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme Aug 29, 2020 20:20:12 GMT -5 via mobile Commodore likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by zscalehobo on Aug 29, 2020 20:20:12 GMT -5 And this locomotive FINALLY leaves the factory.
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Marklin 88636 - Swedish loco in US Great Northern scheme

Post by scanrail on May 10, 2019 6:15:24 GMT -5

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Post by zscalehobo on Aug 29, 2020 20:20:12 GMT -5