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I love crocodiles! We used to have one at home....

Yes, a miniature railway crocodile. (H0) Which makes me think, that your third image, might be from a miniature image series, since the line does not seem to be electrified also the wagons seem so random... But then which serious miniature set builder would make such a glaring mistake, so maybe it is a proper image....

by PeWi on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 07:45:53 PM EST
You can see the catenary above (to the left) the third and fourth cars, of the train, in the curve.

Yes, a miniature railway crocodile. (H0)

Which type? The German one? (The one on the third picture, RhB's narrow-gauge crocodile, is one of the most popular narrow-gauge models, e.g. for example in H0m.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 07:54:05 PM EST
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...but whichever model you had, I envy you :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 07:56:05 PM EST
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Well, it was my father who bought it, so it must have been in the late sixties or early 70ies, because it was always there as far back as I can remember. I recently saw the loco at my little brothers, and yes it was the German one in the third image.

We did not quite tread them with the necessary respect, however...

by PeWi on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 08:01:08 PM EST
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yes it was the German one in the third image.

Now I am really confused :-) The original third image (I inserted  another photo in the meantime) was the looks-like-a-model narrow-gauge Swiss crocodile; the standard German crocodile can be seen on the first and last images (but in the Austrian painting scheme on the last image).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 06:22:32 AM EST
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Sorry for the confusion, it was defentiely the loco in the "former" third image, and therefore it must have been a swiss. I haven't seen it in ages, but I can remember the short schnout and the two charge pickups (or what ever the terms might be....)

I just looked at the Maerklin website, they have some exciting stuff!!!

Once I am older and have children, i will get back into miniature railways. "digitally controlled delayed acceleraion" Yeah!

by PeWi on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 11:01:34 AM EST
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You mean pantographs. Two pantographs and a short snout aren't enough for distinguishing them from the German version - but colour is: the Germans could come in colors green, maybe silver, and maybe beige/blue; but only the RhB crocodile could have been brown (or red).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 11:14:06 AM EST
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Which other colour but green!
That was the colour it had.
by PeWi on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 01:06:07 PM EST
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but I am also fairly certain, the snout was narrower than the cabin part of the loco.

However I will ask my brother for his comment, I am sure he remembers better.

by PeWi on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 01:08:32 PM EST
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but I am also fairly certain, the snout was narrower than the cabin part of the loco.

Well, that almost settles it, though it could still have been a Seetal crocodile (see comment with images at bottom).

However I will ask my brother for his comment, I am sure he remembers better.

Oh, some good comes out of my pointless nitpicking - a family communication! :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 03:11:26 PM EST
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Well, he actually has more important things to do, since he became a father again on Saturday...
by PeWi on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 06:16:38 PM EST
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Congrats to him!

Now he has an easy excuse to buy model trains :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Mar 8th, 2006 at 06:33:22 AM EST
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Well, the new born is a girl, but the other one is a son, and he already showed me a new crocodile when I last visited...
by PeWi on Thu Mar 9th, 2006 at 10:24:44 AM EST
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:-)))

...and in the name of gender equality, why not give the girl one, too?

Especially considering that one of the preserved German crocodiles, 194 158, belongs to one Frau Barbara Pirch, who is also a locomotive driver!

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Mar 9th, 2006 at 10:37:21 AM EST
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Saving the 194 158 short story.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Mar 9th, 2006 at 10:38:37 AM EST
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true, true.... (-: with that father...
by PeWi on Fri Mar 10th, 2006 at 03:47:43 AM EST
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"You can see the catenary above"

o.k

by PeWi on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 08:02:33 PM EST
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