MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 37604 Diesel powered express rail car train set - TEE - VT11.5

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KEY DATA
Product Name	37604 Diesel powered express rail car train set - TEE - VT11.5
Object type	Locomotive-Express
Product Line	Märklin Special models
Era	1945-1970 (III)
Manufactured years	2016-2017
Type of housing	Metal
Length	88,0 cm
Technology	Digital MFX+
Nationality	Germany
Railway company	- DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn 1949-1994)
Märklin RRP (Year)	800€ (2016)
Koll valuation (Year)	650€ (2022)
Url to Märklin	Klick to GoTo www.maerklin.de

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No	Obj.No	Obj.txt	Category	Description
37604-1	VT 11 5005	TRANS EUROP EXPRESS	Pw4ü	Powered end car with motor - beige/wine red
37604-2	VM 11 5105		A4ü	Passenger express car - 1st cl - winered/beige - 21,0 cm
37604-3	VM 11 5404	HELVETIA	WR4y	Restaurant car - 1st cl - winered/beige - 21,0 cm
37604-4	VT 11 5006	TEE - TRANS EUROP EXPRESS	Pw4ü	Powered end car with motor - beige/wine red

Description
VT 11.5 TEE Diesel Powered Rail Car Train German Federal Railroad (DB) class VT 11.5 Helvetia TEE diesel powered rail car train. Train route: Zürich – Basle – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Hamburg. 2 type Pw4ü powered end cars, 1 type A4ü compartment car, 1st class, 1 type WR4y intermediate car with galley / dining area. Classic crimson/beige TEE paint scheme. The train looks as it did around 1957. The train is a 4-part set. It has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. Each powered end car has controlled high-efficiency propulsion. Each powered end car has a truck with both axles powered. Traction tires. The intermediate cars have factory built-in interior lighting. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. They and the interior lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The train has a power pickup feature whereby power is picked up from the pickup shoe in the powered end car at the front of the train. The train has special multiple conductor close couplings and tight closing diaphragms with guide mechanisms between the cars. The ends of the train has a reproduction of the covered Scharfenberg coupler (non-working) at both ends. Source www.maerklin.de VT 11.5, 601, 602 Many European railroads purchased powered rail cars for Trans-Europ-Express-service (TEE) that fulfilled the highest demands for comfort and that offered 1st class seating only. The DB decided on a powered rail car train based on the „Kruckenberg“-VT 137 155 and the successful V 200. The basic configuration consisted of two powered end cars as well as five intermediate cars. This train could be expanded to a ten-unit consist by adding additional intermediate cars. The drive gear came from the V 200: Each powered end car was equipped with a 1,100 horsepower motor that transmitted propulsion to the wheel sets in the power truck by means of a hydraulic transmission and universal joint shafts. A 296 horsepower auxiliary diesel motor with a generator connected directly to it ensured electrical power exclusively for the galley and the air conditioning. More and more TEE trains were converted to locomotive-hauled trains with the increase in electrification. The last of the TEE trains to be converted was the „Mediolanum“ on August 20, 1972. From 1971 on the TEE sets, designated as the class 601/901 from 1968 on, found new activity in the lntercity network. Between 1971 and 1973 four powered end cars were equipped with gas turbine propulsion to increase performance and were then given the road numbers 602 001-004. With the introduction of 2nd class seating in IC service the class 601 powered rail car trains were again without work during the summer schedule of 1979. Most of these units were now used in tourist service starting in the summer of 1980. These beautifully shaped units ran as the „Alpen-See-Express“ from Hamburg and Dortmund to different South German and Austrian vacation areas, sometimes coupled together in pairs on some parts of the routes. April 9, 1988 was the date of the last use of the former TEE powered rail car trains as the „Alpen-See-Express“.

Description

VT 11.5 TEE Diesel Powered Rail Car Train

German Federal Railroad (DB) class VT 11.5 Helvetia TEE diesel powered rail car train. Train route: Zürich – Basle – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Hamburg. 2 type Pw4ü powered end cars, 1 type A4ü compartment car, 1st class, 1 type WR4y intermediate car with galley / dining area. Classic crimson/beige TEE paint scheme. The train looks as it did around 1957.

The train is a 4-part set. It has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. Each powered end car has controlled high-efficiency propulsion. Each powered end car has a truck with both axles powered. Traction tires. The intermediate cars have factory built-in interior lighting. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. They and the interior lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The train has a power pickup feature whereby power is picked up from the pickup shoe in the powered end car at the front of the train. The train has special multiple conductor close couplings and tight closing diaphragms with guide mechanisms between the cars. The ends of the train has a reproduction of the covered Scharfenberg coupler (non-working) at both ends.

Source www.maerklin.de
VT 11.5, 601, 602 Many European railroads purchased powered rail cars for Trans-Europ-Express-service (TEE) that fulfilled the highest demands for comfort and that offered 1st class seating only. The DB decided on a powered rail car train based on the „Kruckenberg“-VT 137 155 and the successful V 200. The basic configuration consisted of two powered end cars as well as five intermediate cars. This train could be expanded to a ten-unit consist by adding additional intermediate cars. The drive gear came from the V 200: Each powered end car was equipped with a 1,100 horsepower motor that transmitted propulsion to the wheel sets in the power truck by means of a hydraulic transmission and universal joint shafts. A 296 horsepower auxiliary diesel motor with a generator connected directly to it ensured electrical power exclusively for the galley and the air conditioning. More and more TEE trains were converted to locomotive-hauled trains with the increase in electrification. The last of the TEE trains to be converted was the „Mediolanum“ on August 20, 1972. From 1971 on the TEE sets, designated as the class 601/901 from 1968 on, found new activity in the lntercity network. Between 1971 and 1973 four powered end cars were equipped with gas turbine propulsion to increase performance and were then given the road numbers 602 001-004. With the introduction of 2nd class seating in IC service the class 601 powered rail car trains were again without work during the summer schedule of 1979. Most of these units were now used in tourist service starting in the summer of 1980. These beautifully shaped units ran as the „Alpen-See-Express“ from Hamburg and Dortmund to different South German and Austrian vacation areas, sometimes coupled together in pairs on some parts of the routes. April 9, 1988 was the date of the last use of the former TEE powered rail car trains as the „Alpen-See-Express“.

MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 37604 Diesel powered express rail car train set - TEE - VT11.5

AN EXTRACT FROM MODEL RAIL WORKSHOP - H0 MÄRKLIN DATABASE Feel free to copy and use.....

AN EXTRACT FROM MODEL RAIL WORKSHOP - H0 MÄRKLIN DATABASE

Feel free to copy and use.....