Märklin 18044 H0 Crocodile CCS700 ground
Edition of the first crocodile prototype produced in the house of Maerklin for the track width H0 from the year 1936 as fair locomotive 2025 in the house colors of the series fair locomotives. Chassis and structure made of zinc die cast. Both bogies are driven with blind shafts and coupling rods. Factory built-in mfx decoder, so the locomotive can also be used on today's systems. Due to the reproduction of the historical pattern, an adequate clearance profile must be ensured. Light change, analogue operation. Spring pantograph without electrical function.Length over buffer 21 cm.Originally, the model of the crocodile was planned in H0 in 1936, should enter the market under the article number CCS 700 and then also at trade fairs, such as the Leipzig Spring Fair, But it remained - not least due to the circumstances of the time - with a prototype.This Erlkoenig group was now selected to enrich the series of the Maerklin exhibition locomotives in the corresponding black and red color and keep the feeling alive for playing model trains long ago.The locomotive bridges the days between HER, so that it can also be understood as an award for the model railway trade fairs of the time and is proof of how long the hobby model railway has already existed.This text is machine translated.