Class 101 W:O:A® Electric Locomotive

One-time series.

Prototype: Class 101 express locomotive with a design advertising the Wacken Open Air (W:O:A®) music festival. The loco looks as it did in 2026.

Model: The model has a digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has a controlled high-performance motor. Four axles are powered. Traction tires are fitted. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change end with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. Long-distance headlights are separately controllable. The cab lighting is digitally controllable. The headlights at no. 1 and no. 2 ends can be turned off separately in digital operation. When the headlights are off at both ends, the double “A” light function is on at both ends. Maintenance-free, warm-white, and red LEDs are used for the lighting. A buffer capacitor to bridge short unpowered sections of track is fitted. The model has couplers with a guide mechanism. Length over the buffers 21.9 cm / 8-5/8".

Highlights

• Attractive advertising design for the Wacken Open Air (W:O:A®).
• A buffer capacitor to bridge short unpowered sections of track is fitted.
• Centrally mounted motor, all 4 axles driven.
• Cab lighting.
• The model has couplers with a guide mechanism.
• DCC, mfx- and RailCom-enabled.

*There is a manufacturer's warranty on the part of the guarantor Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH, Stuttgarter Str. 55-57, 73033 Göppingen. The corresponding warranty conditions can be found here.