The colourful "Mozart" service, from D 39 to EC 64, using 1980s Märklin models.

[@The3rdRail]

A few things about this video: - Apologies for the sound quality in places, despite all my efforts, a bit of hiss/hum made it through. - Sleeping cars: sleeping cars were added to the train from time to time, usually over the summer season. Depending on the year, they would have been either: empty transfers or through coaches bookable on connecting routes to Spain (Port Bou). When what applied can be checked in the train composition information available on www.welt-der-modelleisenbahn.com (check the footnotes)

[@Wollenschrank]

Wonderful and stunning!

[@The3rdRail]

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[@CM-he8ni]

Gorgeous as ever all your videos are eagerly received . a joy

[@The3rdRail]

Thank you so much!

[@andreaskahr2583]

Thanks for this great video!

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you liked it!

[@ModelTrainFun]

Great video and thanks for the history lesson on the Mozart! It is a great way to also have fun with trains. Enjoy ;-) Bo

[@The3rdRail]

Many thanks!

[@lindaoffenbach]

Great way to unwind the day, and what a lovely background story of the real service. Your research is always so well good done. Märklin from the 1980s remains most fascinating isn't it. The pinnacle days of M perhaps from a certain perspective. They just offered so much metal stuff which just can never be beaten by the plastics today. Metal models just fill the best imagination of real trains. No matter how good plastics and finishes are today, we can always pick out the metal stock. Cheerio and thank you again for this lovely upload.

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks a lot Linda, Glad the collection helps others unwinding as much us it does for me. Thanks for the visit! Have a good evning.

[@ravfz9276]

Your's videos are best.Thanks your!

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you like them!

[@franksmodellbahn4171]

Hello my friend, Your video was very interesting. Thank you for sharing. The Mozart Express train is one of my favorate trains. French and german cars I have already. I am still searching the austrian wagons. Best regards from Germany Frank

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks a lot! I am glad you found this interesting. I wish you plenty of fun hunting for Austrian coaches, Thanks for you time today.

[@tomsmaerklintrainlayout6742]

An absolutely great video !!! I always enjoy the historical background and the interesting train consists. Since I have a bunch of international trains and was wondering what to do with my sleeping cars, I now have quite a bit of inspiration to put together some mixed trains using mostly Marklin cars...

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MMK96]

Very informative! 🙂 thanks on the hint to welt-der-modelleisenbahn! 👍still looking for something like that more specific to 1920's and 1930's train consists…

[@The3rdRail]

happy hunting! thanks for the visit!

[@michelcottier6370]

Very interesting topic and nice video. Many thanks!

[@The3rdRail]

Glad you enjoyed it and found it interesting. Have good evening!

[@roulernbleu4532]

Nice video 👍 I have only mustered one particular composition of Mozart in the French side, from summer 1990. Really interesting those sleeping cars in the composition. Obviously just empties being transferred, but still 👍 Nice touch to a day train.

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks for the visit, I must admit I had missed the footnote about the sleeping cars being empty. good thing I didn't install passengers in mine 😀 Thanks for pointing this out. Take care.

[@roulernbleu4532]

@@The3rdRail I don't think having passengers in an "empty" or not having passengers in a normal passenger car is too big a fault. Most people do not install passengers in any car I guess 😊 One trick is that if small detail like that bothers, run the train so fast that no one can see the detail 😉

[@jarelerou4996]

I love your video's

[@The3rdRail]

Thanks a lot! Glad you you like them.

[@jarelerou4996]

​@@The3rdRail can you do a nmbs video next ?

[@The3rdRail]

@@jarelerou4996 I don't know about next, but soon definitely I still have to present a 3133 I recently added to the collection.

[@jarelerou4996]

Oké

[@mountainmanpedro]

Thanks!

[@The3rdRail]

That's too kind, many thanks!

[@mountainmanpedro]

@The3rdRail full of great information and fun. Your back catalog was great company today as I get ready to set up my own retro M track layout.

[@hz7984]

👏 🙂

[@The3rdRail]

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[@russellbenton2987]

Thanks so much for this . Im learning so much about German train configurations from your site, and trains in general . The BR 103 is a particular favourite especially in red and cream . Such an iconic locomotive . One question . I note there is no “brake” or luggage coach . Where does the guard monitor the train from and did passengers just load suitcases with them in passenger cars ?

[@The3rdRail]

I had a a bit of a ah ha moment when reading one of your recent comments about train types, as some were included here. I don't know what happens today, but in the old days, the guard(s) usually sat in a dedicated service compartment located in a unique coach (i.e. luggage, restaurant coach) if there was no such space, some seating was reserved for service personel, usually a compartment on one end or in the centre of the train.