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 Posted - February 04 2009 : 3:00:25 PM
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Hi all,
today Marklin declared themselves bankrupt. It's the first day of the Nuremberg Toy Fair and one of the biggest manufacturers had to close his booth there.
Marklin is the oldest manufacturer of model trains in the world, celebrating their 150th anniversary in 2009. The future is uncertain, but I believe that the name of this traqditional brand will not vanish.
Martin
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Posted - February 04 2009 : 3:41:49 PM
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| wow even in this uncertain climate that is a SHOCK,ken
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Posted - February 05 2009 : 01:17:20 AM
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Here are some links:
http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=a&id=3027
http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=a&id=3025
Martin
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 10:13:50 AM
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Isn't this Marklin's second bankrupcy in past few years?
I seem to remember that the company was sold by the Marklin family because the family members bled the company almost dry.
I hope the name will still continue,and that the quality will not be lost.
Carl T.
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 10:21:15 AM
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my personel view is the money will turn up from one bank or another,or one of the other big companies will come to the aid of the name or the company,marklin is to model trains as rolls royce is to the car world,only my belief ken
ps dont forget walthers is now usa distributer
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:02:23 PM
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Sad news to be sure.... Never owned a Marklin but seen them and liked what I saw!
-Gareth
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:04:58 PM
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| they are the bees knees but far from cheap,last forever
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:14:18 PM
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Thats what I understood. Do you have a Markilin Alco PA Ken?
-Gareth
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:21:21 PM
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not at moment but looking for trix up pa1/pb1,all i have is a trix f7a/b sante fe (sorry stock photo) and a trix nyc mikado at moment ,trix are 2 rail marklins are the 3 rail version ken
Edited by - catfordken on February 07 2009 06:50:56 AM
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Posted - August 10 2011 : 8:20:51 PM
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It May Be Late, But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Marklin Makes Fantastic Z Scale Steam Engines! I Am A Z Scaler Aswell.
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