Märklin 81221 Z Train packing 175 years Geislinger Steigen of DB

On the Geislinger Steigen
Who does not know you, the powerful freight locomotives of the series 194? Built in 1940, they were considered for a long time to be ideal towing horses in the heavy goods train service. The last specimens were approved at the DB only in May 1988. Before that, the heavy six-axle drivers with their distinctive front end did, among other things, countless sliding services on the ramps of the central mountains, such as the Geislinger Steike, which in 2025 can look back on 175 years of rail traffic. In addition to the sliding operation there, which ended in 1987, the circulation plan for the 194 also provided for more comfortable tasks, in local transport. The athletes suddenly had to pull n-cars, better known than silverlings, because the car bodies were made of brushed stainless steel and had a conspicuous, silvery shining peacock-eye pattern. Between 1958 and 1980 a good 5000 copies were produced. Later they received the current color scheme from DB Regio. Today they are no longer in use. The better it is, if on the layout a 194 with two or three silverlings can turn their rounds at the hook. Just like then on the Geislinger Steike.

Modelled after:Electric locomotive series 194 and local passenger carriage BnB 720 of German Federal Railways in the state of the epoch IVc on the Geislinger Steike.
Model: Locomotive with bell-armature motor. Electrical overhead operation. LED head end signal with warm white LED, changes with the direction of travel. Both projections made of metal. Both bogies can be driven Carriage with in-built interior fittings. Fine and prototypical color and labeling in both vehicles. Length over buffer 207 mm. Included in the delivery is a booklet about the history of the Geislinger Steigen.

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