Märklin have announced a Class 13 Steam Locomotive and CIWL Edelweiss Pullman Express Coaches.
Class 13 Steam Locomotive
The mighty class 241 A steam locomotive appeared on France's rails at the start of the Thirties. In the "golden" era of travel before World War II, it pulled heavy express trains between Paris and the Atlantic harbors of Cherbourg and Le Havre as well as between Paris and Basle. The latter assignment also included the famous Arlberg Orient Express. After the end of the war, it ran until 1965 mainly between Paris and Strasbourg as well as Paris and Basle.
The class 241 A 1 remains preserved at the Mulhouse Railroad Museum as well as in Switzerland as road number 241 A 65, the largest operational steam locomotive in Europe. This locomotive is modelled here as French East Railroad Class 13 in a basic black paint scheme with a black frame. This livery was seen on the locomotive when pulling the "EDELWEISS" express train as it did around 1931.
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