First new spring products announced
As usual, Trainini 2/2025 will provide a complete overview of (as far as possible) all the new products for spring, but we would like to provide our readers with a brief overview of the first and important new products that have already been announced. Märklin has opened the series, announcing two further new items from new moulds in addition to the already known club model of the 628.2 series (news from 2 November 2024): Firstly, the class E 60 electric shunting locomotive for Era III (item no. 88070) and the wagon family for use group 29 (design 1928). Including the baggage car, the wagon set (87620) for early Era III contains five examples depicting three different forms of appearance. Märklin has not redesigned an entire passenger car family for about twenty years, which is why this new item is of special significance.
Klingenhöfer Miniaturen is continuing its series of unpainted animal figures. Five ducks (Z-TE10-w) and three penguins (Z-TP12-1) are now available. EtchIT-Modellbau and BuBi-Modell (distributed by MBS) have also already announced new vehicles and buildings, which we will be presenting and showing in detail.
However, there are already product photos of the new Archistories items, some of which are available exclusively from the 1zu220-Shop: Coal store ‘Schneider’ part 1 (706241) and part 2 (707241) as well as the storage yard wall (809241). Together, the solid-coloured hard cardboard parts form a complete coal store as was once common. The material was often delivered by rail, and the domestic coal was distributed by lorry, which was often referred to as a coal trolley. Later, many coal merchants also included heating oil in their delivery programme, until this fuel soon finally and completely replaced burnt coal.
We are also expecting information on new products from NoBa-Modelle, Modellbau Laffont, Modellbahn-Union and Modeba (Thomas Michalsky) at the beginning of February, on which our editorial team has been in contact with these manufacturers for some time. The load manufacturer Duha (distributed by Baumann Modellspielwaren) is also celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
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