248 - Märklin H0 streamlined steam locomotive SK 800 and coaches in the box of train set 3207, 1950s

Märklin H0 streamlined steam locomotive SK 800 and coaches in the box of train set 3207, 1950s Model railway, gauge H0. Original box of the train set Märklin 3207 with the streamlined tender steam locomotive SK 800 (wheel arrangement 2-C-2, zinc die-cast), a green passenger coach 346/1, a sleeping car 346/3J and a dining car 346/2J in the blue version of the international sleeping car company as well as a green luggage van 346/4. In addition track material, a light signal 5113, a switch 476/4 and two distribution plates 470. Played-with condition, signs of ageing; the box with storage marks. The locomotive's function has been tested and is present. The absence of smaller, delicate add-on parts cannot be entirely ruled out. The SK 800 is one of the best-known H0 models by Märklin. The blue sleeping and dining cars reproduce coaches of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. According to the collection index the locomotive dates from 1959 (Koll's Kompaktkatalog Märklin 00/H0, 1983, no. 3007, variant 14), the dining car 346/2 J from 1954 to 1957, the 2nd class coach (346/1 BS) from 1954 to 1955 and the luggage van 346/4 from 1951 to 1953. The box bears the Märklin label '3207'. Locomotive, dining car, passenger coach and luggage van have been recorded in the consignor's collection index since 1982.