346 - Märklin H0 gauge 3100 locomotive set "750 Jahre Berlin", class 86, 03 and E 04 in grey, 1987

Märklin H0 gauge 3100 locomotive set "750 Jahre Berlin", class 86, 03 and E 04 in grey, 1987 Märklin H0 gauge, metal and plastic, locomotive set article number 3100 "750 Jahre Berlin", three locomotives of the major Berlin locomotive works in grey photographic livery: class 86 tank locomotive by Schwartzkopff, class 03 express locomotive with tender by Borsig and E 04 electric locomotive by AEG in blue-grey livery, box with storage wear, the absence of smaller, delicate add-on parts cannot be entirely ruled out, played-with models with signs of use commensurate with age, function not tested, two works plates missing, accompanying booklet present. Märklin issued the locomotive set 3100 in 1987 for the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin; it combines three models of locomotives built by the major Berlin manufacturers Schwartzkopff, Borsig and AEG, together with three works plates as metal replicas and an accompanying booklet. The grey photographic livery goes back to the practice of the locomotive works of painting new engines light grey for works photography, because dark colours showed hardly any detail on early photographic plates; the practice was common from the middle of the 19th century and declined in the 1920s.