Marklin 26522 – 150750 Herpa HO scale gauge Maybach car transport train set
Rare limited edition – only 1500 sets were made for worldwide delivery, the majority were sold via Mercedes (back then it was DaimlerChrysler) and Maybach dealerships via item code: B6-696-3801. It was published in time for Christmas in 2004.
The exclusive 6 pcs. Maybach car transport train named “Maybach – classics of the future” in original packaging contains:
Diesel locomotive BR 220 087-1 in special livery “Maybach Manufactur”. This is a fictional livery as real DB locomotives were painted with red and grey livery color from 1956 as the V 200s were entering the service as well as the characteristic ‘V’ on the nose.
This Maybach Car transport train is pulled by a Marklin Digital version of the Maybach designed V200 Locomotive. This Digital High Efficiency Propulsion Locomotive is decorated in Maybach Ivory and the Maybach Logo as supplied by DaimlerChrysler and is an actual representation of the Brand. This is a model of the locomotive as it ran in the 50s and 60s with a Maybach engine type MD650 and hydraulic transmission (type Mekydro K104U) and has thereby earned a firm place in Maybach company history. History and the present are connected in the “Maybach Auto Transport Train – Future Classics” because the V200 pulled container cars carrying authentic representations of the Maybach “Glass”-Containers specially conceived to transport the Luxury Cars to their exciting New York Premiere on the Queen Elizabeth II. Check out the Maybach world premiere 2002 video.
The V200 locomotive has a digital decoder but can run on analog layouts.
5 platform/container transport wagons (DB Cargo) type Lgnss577, with separate wagon numbering.
Cargo consists of 10 transparent containers; Each glass container contains one of 10 authentic Herpa miniature Maybach 57s exclusively made for this limited edition. Each Maybach miniature model is manually assembled from 27 individual parts. True to the original, there is free standing Maybach emblem on the chrome radiator grille, silver trim, backup lights, rims and Interior. The fine original Maybach two-tone lacquer finish rounds out the high-quality general impression of the Models.
The certificate, the set description and the individual parts are enclosed with the packaging.
This Maybach train set is for Marklin 3 rail track system. There is also an analog version for the DC system made by TRIX 21233 – Herpa 150767.
Price: 600 euros for mint boxed Maybach train
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