203 - Märklin gauge H0 high-speed railcar train ST 800, cream-red, metal construction, 1949–1950

Märklin gauge H0 high-speed railcar train ST 800, cream-red, metal construction, 1949–1950 High-speed railcar train ST 800, gauge H0, by Märklin in metal construction. Cream-red livery with a streamlined power car and two attached cars; the pantographs are missing. Played-with condition appropriate to age. The locomotive's function has been tested and is present. The absence of smaller, delicate add-on parts cannot be entirely ruled out. Märklin introduced the high-speed railcar train ST 800 in 1948, initially in red; from 1949 the two-tone versions in ivory-red, ivory-blue and ivory-green followed. The three-part train could be lengthened with a centre car. The present piece is the ivory-red version of 1949 to 1950 in the basic three-part form (Koll's Kompaktkatalog Märklin 00/H0, 1983, no. 3017, variant 2). The cream-red version is a sought-after collector's piece of the 800 series. Recorded in the consignor's collection index since 1982.