A little gamble (a mistake maybe?), or when new isn't new...

[@lindaoffenbach]

Wow, yes, the Borsig BR 53. Märklin's most majestic loco. Never seen in real but we can enjoy it as a model. Such a pity, or rather sad online sellers doing these kind of things, claiming new while it isn't at all... Nonetheless, quite the project for this one with some great tips, especially about removing rust and what damage the styrofoam can do over time. Very didactic again. Thank you so much again. Cheerio.

[@The3rdRail]

Good thing it was never built... Also a good thing for the seller that I don't name and shame either 😀 Thanks for the visit, glad you found the video useful.

[@kearney3320]

I considered buying a USA GG-1, but it’s 28 cm! Instead I bought a Dutch class 1200 model (21 cm) because it reminded me of the USA EP-5.

[@The3rdRail]

The 1200 is a nice locomotive.You might find it on the channel in a few places 😉. Thanks for the Super, much appreciated 🙏!

[@alanwilson307]

Love watching these videos, brilliant locomotive as well, thank you for sharing.🚂

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@donaldanderson4937]

An impressive locomotive. Having seen the CC50 Mallet locomotives at Cibatu Indonesia in 1980, I couldn't resist buying my 3102 loco at Frankfurt Airport Duty Free shop in 1981! Another very useful video - thank you.

[@The3rdRail]

Many thanks! Glad you found the video useful.

[@johnjeanb]

Thank you for this great video. A pleasure, like always. I did not get this loco because it was never build, because it was era II (War) while my layout is era III and digital, so I got a Bavarian BR96 instead (also a Big Boy #4013 but never ran on the layout-(clearance problems) so the loco is still gorgeous but the wooden box while looking new developped a plastic insert decay (no elesticity anymore).

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Early plastic packaging isn;t very resilient to age indeed. Until next time...

[@2mes2mains]

Great work to refresh this wonderful model ! a pleasure to see it running as new then, Thank you for sharing !

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@olafjentzsch6759]

Thank you for an awesome video. You are very knowledgeable on Marklin trains. Always a pleasure watching your videos.🚂🚂

[@The3rdRail]

Thank you very much!

[@CM-he8ni]

Informative and pleasing as always. Never tire of long trains in action 😊

[@The3rdRail]

Many thanks!

[@patrickmurphy6775]

One of my favorite engines!

[@The3rdRail]

they are good fun

[@tinplatefan6303]

Vielen Dank, super erklärt, Grüsse aus Deutschland

[@The3rdRail]

many thanks!

[@Kapparie]

Another nice video I enjoyed watching. 🙂 Great cleaning, I do more or less use the same methods to clean. Though I would have never applied oil on body of the loco, not saying it is wrong. It worked out very nice. You have expanded your collection with another fine model.

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks a lot!

[@Romin.777]

Not everything in a collection has to be in showroom condition. That loco would be good enough for me. Heck in real life german steamlocos had chalk, coal deposits and rust on them. ;)

[@The3rdRail]

it is growing on me 😉

[@Romin.777]

@@The3rdRail :))

[@ducthman4737]

Maybe the average salary today is higher than it was in 79 but it buys a lot less. A train like this new today is less affordable than it was in 79.

[@The3rdRail]

I hear you but a train like this doesn't exist today, it was still made for a child's hand. Today you would be buying a highly detailed model packed with features made for 50+ year-old children 😉 This is by definition more expensive. They are not the same products and cannot be compared.

[@gordonholtshausen4383]

Great video as always thank you. I have 2 of these and will get them out for a run. A lovely loco, not one that I would call a mistake, a bit of TLC seems to have done the trick.

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you enjoyed it, you win some you lose some as they say...

[@pwissink1]

I own the 37021. Beautiful loco. As far as I know, Borsig was building two of them. One loco with boiler and one only the frame work. Both destroyed by a bombardement. For the paint on the boiler: maybe you can polish it up a bit. Tamiya has excellent polish for that. For the windplate, maybe a replacement can be used?

[@The3rdRail]

I heard the story too, all very confused imho as the sources are not very credible though not impossible, but what matters is that the class never made it out of the factory, one way or another. The wind deflector can be simply be stripped and re sprayed with some matt or satin black, that works well on these locos usually. I'll look into the polish if I decide to take thing further at some point, thanks very much for the advice, much appreciated. Take care.

[@roland3962]

Always enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming. I have the 3602 model, wonderful model, however have the same smoke unit problem as your 3102. I gave up debugging ;-) Greetings from South Africa.

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks for popping by today, much appreciated.

[@The3rdRail]

I just tried 2 identical (brand new) smoke generators and they both work simultaneously, my guess was correct in the video, the 2 units I used there had different power requirements. These work fine on their own in other locos. something similar might be happening with your loco.

[@roland3962]

Thank you for the feedback, it's most likely that my problem is similar. I installed some older smoking units which I had on hand, which also work fine on their own. I will order and install two brand new units, and who knows maybe the solution is as simple as that.

[@Trainsbigandsmall]

very nice locomotive I have the 37020 myself

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks!

[@fulviobabuder6099]

Molto bello il video 👍👍

[@The3rdRail]

🙏

[@chriswade7470]

I’ve just bought one of this class of Loco, A Digital version the 3701. I haven’t had the opportunity to test it yet.

[@The3rdRail]

Don't wait too long 😉 Thanks for the visit!

[@steamerjon]

I call it the "Märklin tax" applied by some eBay sellers. The claims of being brand new are usually accompanied by a 10 day auction with a starting price £200 above what it's worth, and a couple of paragraphs of AI generated claptrap about how Märklin are a top quality brand. This is how the Z gauge market feels anyway.

[@The3rdRail]

And after 50 lines telling how good the thing is, still put a disclaimer that the pictures form part of description 😀 The description for this one was simply a lie, but I had looked at the pictures and it wasn't too bad price wise, I'd say just about £10 to £15 too much for its condition. But I agree some sellers are simply delusional. But here the solution is simple: walk away... I rarely use ebay for that reason, too much hassle when something goes wrong...

[@steamerjon]

@@The3rdRail oh yes I similarly bought a Märklin mini club City Ban train set from eBay, described as immaculate and never removed from the box. This is why I foolishly bought it without seeing pictures of it out of the box. The set was in fact immaculate apart from the hidden side of the locomotive, which looked as though it had been dragged along the pavement and then given a few strokes with a hot soldiering iron. The seller offered me a £10 refund as the damage was "only cosmetic". Where do you recommend buying Märklin stuff as a UK resident?

[@The3rdRail]

I mostly use professional sellers in Europe, usually brick and mortar shops with a website (ie no eBay storefront). I don't have a particular reference to give as I don't like to get involved in recommendations unless it is for low value items. My expectations or tolerance level might not necessarily match someone else's and I would feel bad if I had contributed to a disaster...

[@jefferyfarrell]

Random question for the day but I noticed when you installed the smoke generators one had a green tip (front I think) and the back may have been darker (red). I just replaced the smoke generator in my 3047 as it worked but only flat out and it was a green tip. A new 7226 today (red tip) and it works fine. My suspicion is that the red tip is the seuthe #10 and the green tip is the seuthe #11 which is made to run at digital voltages. They are exactly the same size and the only thing that I have found may be the colour of the tip gives them away. I would be interested to know if you find similar?

[@The3rdRail]

The colors changed over time. The green one in the video is very old (i think 40 year old), the other one is a one year old 7226. Both work fine when installed alone in other locomotives. I since installed 2 brand new, identical, Seuthe 10 which both work, My guess would be that the older one I tried first needed more power than than the newer one, the latest short I published (here: kzbin.info11PNupTokq4?feature=share ) shows the loco running with the new generators. But what you mentioned about units made for digital is definitely something to be aware of, and check if need be.

[@jefferyfarrell]

@@The3rdRail it's been hard to track down the colours but from what little I can find on the seuthe website the new green ones are for digital. My 3048 was red which I brought 30 years ago which was why I wondered what was installed in my 3047. Since it works at full power I might just stuff it in a chimney of a house and attach it to the lighting circuit. 😂

[@The3rdRail]

Yes, the new Seuthe 10/10E I bought have a reddish base, but the one year old Märklin 7226 has a white base 😵‍💫 Seuthe manufactures both so you can only rely on colors for Seuthe branded units (which you cannot distinguish by simply looking at them 😄)... The only test you can do is to hook them up to a driving transformer with crocrodile clips and progressively increase the voltage, analogue compatible units should start generating smoke at around the 80 mark in that setting. All good fun...

[@jefferyfarrell]

@@The3rdRail yeah my green tip was around 150 - 200 even after a clean. Doesn't matter so much now as I have a new generator and I can find a use for the old one. I should really finish my track wiring rather than playing with generators anyway. But good things take time. 😂

[@raymondleggs5508]

interesting almost was locomotive, too bad no rich eisenbahn enthusiast has contemplated building a real one!

[@The3rdRail]

one day maybe...