Märklin: Summer novelties 2025

Märklin announced its 2025 summer innovations on 15 May - unusually late, as Intermodellbau Dortmund was usually used for this. But the long wait was well worth it, especially for the Zetties.

The Flixtrain is being released as an MHI one-off series in the current version for Era VI. It is hauled by a new version of the Vectron class 193 with now two single-arm pantographs on the roof (item no. 88239). The train is made up of two car sets with three passenger coaches (87403), consisting of Bmmz 264.4F and 264.4, as well as two passenger coaches (87404) Bmmdz 268.7F and 264.4F.

This is probably the last time that a class 101 express locomotive (88668) will have a Märklin advertising design because this class is already being retired. The model, which has not yet been painted, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the class 01 with the steam locomotive running gear shown. It is also an MHI special edition.

The Kittel steam railcar (88147) is returning as a regular catalogue model. The vehicle designated as DRG Ci t Wü 05 now has the green livery of the Reichsbahn passenger coaches. The series of museum locomotives continues with V 80 002 (88801), which bears the lettering ‘Deutsche Bundesbahn’. The prototype, which was destroyed in the fire in Nuremberg, had white lines on the lower edge of the frame in the area of the bogies, in contrast to the operating condition when it was delivered. The template for this incorrect design was a retouched photo of the manufacturer MaK. The model was technically reworked at the cable feeds of the bogies to ensure better cornering.

The service tank wagon with brakeman's cab (82303), which was used for the transport of internal combustion fuels on the railway, is a colour variant. The Christmas car (80635), a type Ci through car, and the Märklin magazine car (80835), a Pwgs 041 goods train baggage car painted blue, were expected new items.

However, with the RAe TEE II express railcar (88730) in a six-car version for Era IV, the brochure surprisingly also contains a new design. The completely new development has already been shown at the Stammtisch Untereschbach e.V. exhibition in Cologne and will be supplied by AZL. This means that the multiple unit also follows their design principles, which include traction tyres, a drive in the motor car without electrical connections to the other cars - important for all analogue railroaders with currentless stopping sections in front of signals.