Marklin Older Style Catenary

We have received a collection of the older style catenary for Marklin HO. It consists of 123 7009 masts, power masts, bridge masts, tower masts, various lengths of catenary wires (about 200 pieces) and some spans. We hadn't had any 7009 masts in over 3 years and we've had numerous customers looking for these parts so we were glad to find them.

Marklin Announcements

Märklin has announced two new limited edition H0 models that can be ordered while supplies last.

M37390 Märklin H0 Digital DB AG “Hertha BSC Berlin” Electric Locomotive (L)

This locomotive has been running on the Deutsche Bundesbahn since summer 2009 and Märklin is please to present this model with mfx decoder and horn sound. Anticipated Delivery: December/January 2010



M94352 Märklin H0 Christmas Market Car (L)

Märklin is producing this car for a holiday open house/Christmas market at the factory. Anticipated Delivery: December/January 2010



Märklin has also announced a price adjustment that will take effect February 1, 2010. Prices have been held stable since October 1, 2008 despite rising costs of raw materials. At this time we have not been informed of the percentage of the increase. We are giving you advance notice so you will have the opportunity to place orders prior to the February 1st date. We don't revise pricing on backordered items, so you can still pay the "pre-price increase" even if the item isn't delivered until after February 1st.

Marklin 150th Anniversary Triple Crocodile Set

We have just received our last Marklin 150th Anniversary Triple Crocodile Set. The set includes three crocodiles with road numbers 1859 signifying the first year of Marklin. Both the green crocodile and the white New York Central crocodile were manufactured in the early "OO" scale as was used in manufacturing the CCS800 and 3015 models with all six axles powered. The brown crocodile is similar to the later 3056/3356/3352 HO versions. All three locomotives have metal bodies, mfx decoders and the brown version adds sound! They come with a prestigious case and certificate of authenticity. The item number is M31860.



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Marklin Sale Page

We discovered an error in our sale page html and have now corrected it. Over 360 items on sale have now reappeared! Visit the sale page at http://www.modellbahnott.com/marklinhomepage/msale.html

2009/2010 Marklin and Trix Catalogs have arrived!

We have now received all of the new 2009/2010 Marklin and Trix Catalogs. Insider catalogs will sent out shortly. All of the latest product announcements now appear in these latest catalogs to bring you up to date.

Our Slot Car Tracks Are Ready To Go!

We finished braiding our tri-oval slot car track last Friday night so both tracks are now ready to race on! Rental equipment as well as new equipment are here for everyone. Come on in and give it a try! Now we'll start working on that next project.....

Marklin Trains New Fall Items and Christmas Cars

Today we received the announcements for the limited number of new Fall Items and the two Annual Christmas Cars. We have been told to expect the Christmas Cars to be in limited supply so please orders yours SOON!

M37274 2009Q4 Digital SNCB Class 59 Diesel Locomotive - Limited Fall Item $398.70


M07485 2009Q4 150 Years of Marklin Anniversary Book (German Text) - Limited Fall Item $36.90


M48409 2009Q4 Annual HO Christmas Car - Limited Fall Item $35.10


M80619 2009Q4 Annual Z Christmas Car - Limited Fall Item $40.50

Marklin Trains Exclusiv Announcement 3/09

These new items were announced by Marklin as the 3rd Exclusiv releases for 2009. The brochures for these items are not being delivered to the USA since they will not be producing an English language version. The images on our website will be improved if a better source presents itself.

M26543 2009Q4 Digital DB Class 23 Steam Loco Train w/3 Silberling Cars Excl 3/09 666.90
M36423 2009Q4 Digital DB AG CL 234 Ludmilla Diesel Locomotive Excl 3/09 213.30
M39302 2009Q4 Digital ML 2200 CC Large Diesel Locomotive Excl 3/09 533.70
M47016 2009Q4 DB AG Flatcar with Load Excl 3/09 50.40
M48718 2009Q4 THW 2 Flatcar Set with Vehicle Load Excl 3/09 106.20
M88131 2009Q4 DB AG Class 234 Ludmilla Diesel Locomotive Excl 3/09 253.80
T15272 2009Q4 Minitrix DHL 5 Flatcar with Containers Set Excl 3/09 125.10
T24425 2009Q4 Trix Winner Spedition 3 Flatcars with Containers Set Excl 3/09 175.50

We are OPEN in the new store!

We have opened in our new store and we're about 90% set up. It just takes a lot longer to get items out of the boxes then into the boxes! Every day we make more progress and keep tweeking the store layout where needed. We sincerely appreciate the patience our customers have taken with our relocation. We're very pleased with this new and much better location and look forward to serving your hobby needs. We resumed outgoing and incoming shipments this week so many new items from Marklin will arrive here tomorrow and will be headed your way very soon.

We're Moving The Store!

The deal was verbally finalized today! After beginning Modellbahn Ott Hobbies in 1983, we moved out our first store location in Boyertown in about 1987 and into the Gilbertsville Shopping Center. We stayed there about 2 years and moved into our present location, 1/2 mile away, in about 1989. We've been in our current location for just about 20 years and our building grew from 2000 sq. ft. into 4200 sq. ft. in 1993. In addition to the showroom, we had an 1800 sq. ft. room on our lower level where we had slot car tracks, storage and eventually war gaming with miniatures. The 2000 sq. ft. basement under the original store was used for storage. About 8200 sq.ft. total in both levels. We are moving 2 miles into what used to be the Tru-Glo (and formerly K-Milk) businesses next to a Final Results Fitness Center just off of Rt. 100 at Grosser Rd., one mile south of the Rt. 100/Rt. 73 interchange. We will occupy a space of roughly 11,000 sq. ft. It will allow us to have a 6000 sq. ft. showroom, a 2200 sq. ft. room for Indoor RC racing, an outdoor RC track, a large pond for RC boats plus more showroom and storage. There will also be the possibility to set up an RC Flying Field on the property. We're very excited about the changes we see in store for 2009 and beyond. We'll keep you updated.