232 - Märklin gauge H0 double railcar DT 800, cream-red, two-part, 1950s

Märklin gauge H0 double railcar DT 800, cream-red, two-part, 1950s Two-part double railcar DT 800, gauge H0, by Märklin in metal construction. Cream-red livery with an encircling red decorative band, a cab at both ends, two pantographs in the centre. Played-with condition, partially restored, the locomotive's function has been tested and is present. The track section shown serves only for presentation. The absence of smaller, delicate add-on parts cannot be entirely ruled out. The DT 800 entered the Märklin range from 1950 and reproduces a two-part railcar of the post-war period. Koll's Kompaktkatalog Märklin 00/H0, 1983, lists the first version of 1950 to 1953 in ivory and red with three two-axle bogies and three lamps at each end; in 1954 the model received traction tyres. The present piece corresponds to this first version (variant 1). A sought-after collector's model of the early H0 era. Recorded in the consignor's collection index since 1982.