Märklin H0 - 37054 - Steam locomotive with tender BR 59 van de DRG, with smoke generator. With wood and glass display case. Company number: 59 004 Lokversuchsamt Gottingen. ERA II. "Carl-Bellingrodt - Edition 3". Representative collector’s display case made for each model from this Edition. Controlled high efficiency propulsion with flywheel. Light features: Front signal headlights. Sound features: Steam locomotive sounds of 3 cylinders, whistle, brakes, compressed-air, steam, coal ... Superb detailing. Certificate. Once-off issue in a limited series (Model 3 of 5 made). BR 59: With digital decoder, controlled drive, and sound generator. High-efficiency motor with bell anchor mounted in the boiler. The drivetrain runs very well through the curves by means of axles that have lateral movement. Powered via 6 axles. With traction tyres. Adjustable close coupling between the locomotive and tender. Detailed cabin, the figures of train driver and fireman are included. Free-standing lighting with integrated LED’s. Equipped for later installation of smoke generator 7226. The headlights and the smoke generator are conventional in operation and can be controlled digitally. Brake hoses and prototype couplers can be installed on the buffer beam. The length between the buffers is: 23.5 cm. Representative collector’s display cabinet made of wood and glass,with a background picturing the original as photographed by the master. Born on the 7th April 1897 in Cologne, Carl Bellingrodt undoubtedly belongs to the ranks of the most famous German railway photographers. Already before the First World War he started photographing various subjects, but he soon specialised in landscape- and especially railway photography. Although he practised photography as a hobby in the course of his work as a civil servant, there are more than 30 000 photographic recordings, many of which are today regarded as classical masterpieces. Other than the systematic recordings of complete Series the recording of railway scenes in the landscapes and those of the atmospheric recording of stations and their buildings and surrounds received an almost cult status. Thus Carl Bellingrodt was an inspiration for many railway photographers that still use the “Bellingrodt-perspective” to record scenes in modern times in the classic methods of the old master. In memory of the railway photography pioneer who died on the 24th September, 1971 in Wuppertal, but is not forgotten, Märklin created this 5 piece special series of selected H0 models. Each year a locomotive is produced in exquisite detail and technical detailing as a Premium-limited once-off series. Each of the models is provided with a decorative display case. On the back wall the appropriate Bellingrodt-photo of the locomotive is displayed. The lower part has a glass bottom, on which the model is attractively displayed. This makes the direct comparison between the Bellingrodt-photograph of the modelled machine and the exquisite imitation model possible. The glass front window provides an effective protection against dust for the locomotive. Tested and working. The photos are an integral part of the description of the lot.