MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 3477-1 Railcar propeller driven - Zeppelin

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KEY DATA
Product Name	3477-1 Railcar propeller driven - Zeppelin
Object type	Locomotive-Powered rail
Product Line	Märklin Special models
Era	1925-1945 (II)
Manufactured years	1996-1996
Text on object	1896 ah and 1996
Number on object	no number
Classification
Type of housing	Metal
Length	28.8 cm
Technology	Delta digital
Nationality	Germany
Railway company	- Deutsche Reichsbahn 1920-1937

Description
A special version was also produced by märklin. It is a additional variant to 3477, but we have not been able to locate this version in neither märklin nor Koll catalog. Similar to märklin: 3077 (Analogue) The Schienenzeppelin or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance. It was designed and developed by the German aircraft engineer Franz Kruckenberg in 1929. Propulsion was by means of a pusher propeller located at the rear: it accelerated the railcar to 230.2 km/h (143 mph) setting the land speed record for a petrol powered rail vehicle. Only a single example was ever built, which due to safety concerns remained out of service and was finally dismantled in 1939 See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schienenzeppelin

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