New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad (NYC) – in the Thirties a name of importance in the American world of railroading. At that time, a New York dealer ordered several 0 Gauge locomotives in a white paint scheme, presumably inspired by the light external design of the newly introduced, ultramodern NYC streamliner trains such as the "Twentieth Century Limited", a 5-star hotel on rails for the beautiful and rich. The impressive Swiss locomotive legend for no less famous train legends of the great railroad company of its home town might have been a quite personal American Dream. More than just this dream can be dreamed again with the new 1 Gauge Crocodile in the light-colored NYC outfit.
Prototype: Swiss class Ce 6/8 III "Crocodile" freight locomotive. White version of the New York Central Lines, based on a hand sample (one of a kind) produced by Märklin for the USA in the Thirties.
Article No. | 55688 |
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Gauge / Design type | 1 / |
Era | II |
Kind | Electric Locomotives |
Model: The running gear with the main frame and locomotive body are constructed of die-cast zinc. The locomotive has many separately applied parts of centrifugal cast brass. It also has an mfx digital decoder with up to 32 functions, a built-in current buffer, controlled high efficiency propulsion, and extensive sound functions such as running sounds, vent blowers, locomotive whistle, multiple stop announcements, station announcements, background sounds at the station, and much more. The locomotive can be operated with AC, DC, Märklin Digital, and DCC. It has centrally mounted powerful motors with propulsion to all driving axles. Double-arm pantographs can be raised and lowered with servomotors in digital operation. The white LED headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. There is white LED lighting in the cabs that changes over with the direction of travel. The engine room lighting can be controlled. The Swiss headlight / marker light code can be done in red and white, and the oncoming train light on the front can be controlled separately. The cab doors can be opened, there are interior details, and the cab has a figure of a locomotive engineer. The locomotive has metal grab irons and many other separately applied parts such as signs, windshield wipers, whistle, and much more. The buffer beams have sprung buffers and separately applied brake lines. The locomotive has a factory-installed, remote controlled Telex coupler on the rear and a prototype coupler on the front. Each of the couplers can be replaced by the other type of coupler (included with the locomotive). Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16".
Length over the buffers 62.6 cm / 24-5/8".
Weight 6.5 kilograms / 14 pounds 5 ounces.
Can be used in the 59960 and 59961 working displays.
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Control Unit | Mobile Station | Mobile Station 2 | Central Station 1/2 | Central
Station 3/2* Mobile Station 2** |
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Headlight(s) | |||||
Telex coupler on the rear | |||||
Electric locomotive op. sounds | |||||
Locomotive whistle | |||||
Pantograph 1 | |||||
Pantograph 2 | |||||
Engineer’s cab lighting | |||||
Sanding | |||||
Direct control | |||||
Sound of squealing brakes off | |||||
Interior lighting for the corridor | |||||
Letting off Air | |||||
Light Function | |||||
Light Function | |||||
Special sound function | |||||
Light(s) for Oncoming Train | |||||
Special sound function | |||||
Special sound function | |||||
Main Relay | |||||
Doors Closing | |||||
Surrounding sounds | |||||
Compressor | |||||
Whistle for switching maneuver | |||||
Blower motors | |||||
Conductor's Whistle | |||||
Switching maneuver | |||||
Stat. Announce. - Swiss | |||||
Special sound function | |||||
Special sound function | |||||
Windshield wiper sounds | |||||
Special sound function | |||||
Telex coupler on the front |
* New features of the Central Station 2 (Part No. 60213, 60214 or 60215) with the software update 4.2
** New features of the Mobile Station 2 (Part No. 60657/66955) with the Software Update 3.55