Description: New Items announcement for 2026
*Announced Release Date: Q3 2026 (as per Jan 07, 2025 announcement)

Prototype: Type Kruckenberg propeller-powered rail car.

Model: This is a technically revised model equipped with a bell armature motor. The body is made of real, hand-cast bronze. Dual LED headlights are fitted at the front. The rail car has dark wheel treads, the front axle is powered, as is the propeller. The model is presented in an elegant wooden box with a certificate of authenticity. Length over the buffers 117 mm / 4-5/8".

Highlights
* Propeller spins as throttle is applied
* Model from the Marklin Z Investment Casting Edition.
* One-time production of the model with a locomotive body finely cast in bronze.
* Motor with a bell-shaped armature.
* Front LED lighting.
* High-quality, elegant wooden packaging.
* Certificate of authenticity.

More details: The Rail Zeppelin, designed and built in 1929 by Franz Friedrich Kruckenberg, set a speed record of over 230.2 km/h / 143 mph on June 21, 1931, between Hamburg and Berlin. This record stood for 24 years. The wooden propeller on the back of the car was powered by a 600 hp BMW 12-cylinder, lightweight airplane motor. The total weight of the Rail Zeppelin was only 18.6 metric tons / 20-1/2 short tons, which surely contributed considerably to this record.The two-axle car was 25.85 meters / 85' long and had a wheelbase of 19.6 meters / 64'. Unfortunately, the vehicle was stored after being equipped with a new motor in 1934 and being used for a time for test runs. It was later scrapped due to the poor condition it was in after being stored.

Pre-order status - your pre-order hold funds will be applied to the final price of the item. The pre-order hold is NON-refundable except ONLY in the case where Marklin cancels the item.

STATUS: Slated for Q3 2026 Release