Märklin 37052 Steam locomotive BR 05, ep II, DRG

Prototype: Class 05 express locomotive of the German State Railways (DRG). Version with full 
streamlining. Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder and sound generator. It also has a 
high-efficiency propulsion box motor with a flywheel and a bell-shaped armature in the locomotive's 
boiler. 3 axles driven. Pull tires. The locomotive has closed side streamlining without added 
cutouts. Minimum radius of operation 360 mm / 14-3/16". The headlights and other lighting are 
maintenance-free, warm white LEDs. The headlights will operate in conventional operation and can be 
controlled digitally. A 7226 smoke generator can be installed in the locomotive is constructed of 
metal. There is a permanent tight coupling between the locomotive and the tender. 
In honor of the old Master. Carl Bellingrodt, born on April 7, 1897 in Cologne, was undoubtedly one 
of the most famous German railway photographers. He began photographing various subjects even before 
World War I, but quickly specialized in landscapes and above all railway photography. Although he 
was a civil servant and pursued photography as a hobby, he collected more than 30,000 images during 
his activity, many of which are among the classic masterpieces. In addition to his systematically 
generated groups of images of entire classes of locomotives, his images of the railway in a 
landscape as well as his extremely close-up photographs of stations with their typical environment 
almost cult status. In this way, Carl Bellingrodt set the tone for many other railway photographers, 
many of whom still make pilgrimages to the beloved "Bellingrodt photo locations" to photograph 
modern trains in the old master's classic perspective. Märklin has implemented plans for a special 
five-part series of sought-after H0 models in memory of this railway photography pioneer, who died 
on September 24, 1971 in Wuppertal, and who will certainly live on in the memory of many people for 
a long time. One locomotive per year has been produced as a limited series in exquisite detail and 
with first-class technical features. Each of these models comes with a decorated display case with 
the Bellingrodt photograph of the locomotive in question mounted on the rear wall of the case. In 
front of this in the lower part of the cabinet is a glass display floor on which the model can be 
presented beautifully. This allows a direct comparison between the Bellingrodt photograph of the 
prototype locomotive and the exquisite reproduction as a model. 
The glass front wall provides effective protection against dust.