Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG), DB Track Laying Group general-purpose electric locomotive, road number 143 352-3, as it looked in era VI.

Highlights
* White/red LED headlights change over with the direction of travel.
* Equipped with a bell-shaped armature coreless can motor.
* Prototypical rectangular buffers.
* Functional catenary overhead option (switch is inside the model)

Model: The loco is powered by a bell armature motor. All axles on both trucks are powered. The overhead pickup switch is relocated inside the model. The headlights use maintenance-free white/red LEDs that change over with the direction of travel. The loco has rectangular buffers. Length over the buffers 76 mm / 3"

Information on the Marklin Handler Initiative: The MHI program is a limited set of releases that can only be purchased new through Marklin-authorized MHI dealers. z.scale.hobo is one such active MHI dealer. MHI releases can feature special paint schemes, unique corporate liveries, possibly historical retro packaging, or specific prototype detail not found in the standard catalog. The program also extends a whopping five year (5!) warranty to any MHI item sourced brand new through the authorized MHI dealer.

This DB track-laying electric locomotive goes perfectly with the matching DB track-laying dump car set 82429.

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 Q4 2026 Release