Marklin HO 'CCS 800 Crocodile' Operations

The vintage 1950's Marklin CCS 800 Swiss Crocodile Heavy Freight Locomotive. Watch its operations, under the 'hood' and full inspection.

Short track run.

This locomotive was in operations from the 1920's through the 1970's on the Swiss Railroad. While it was a electric locomotive, it had those destinctive connecting rods, counter tuned to eachother, to help it gain traction along the grade of the St. Gotthard line through the Swiss Alps.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Marklin
• Crocodile
• CCS 800
• Krocodile
• 3015
• HO
• model train
• model railroad
• electric locomotive
• Swiss Railroad

[Humungus16000]

Hallo ich habe in meinem Krokodil einen MM/DCC Deocder drin damit läuft es richtig gut

[Trapster99]

@Humungus16000 Grüße, Ich beabsichtige, das Krokodil in seinem ursprünglichen Zustand zu halten. Das konnte den Kollektorwert aufrechterhalten.

[Trapster99]

How do I fix the 'Goat Jump'?? On the CCS 800 the reversing gear seems to be a circular drum.

[Matthyen]

When reversing , you should really take care of the so called "goat-jump"..

It´s an easy fix.

[Trapster99]

@Matthyen How do I got about fixing the Goat Jump? I've tried lubricating the reverse mechaisms, the springs and sliding portions and such. The reverser of the CCS 800 is a copper drum. Do I take it out and clean off the oxidation?

[MrMarklino]

Anyway,the croc will run as long you give the reverse comando, due to the lack of breaker switch. So, you have to make it as short as possible. If adjustment of the drum wont help, it will better to get a Old Marklin Super transformer (if you only got one small from a starter set).This make the reverse peake by pressing the knob down, making it easyer to give just a short peak. Greetings from Norway ! and the famous SK 800 club, Oslo,norway, Ohio, Usa.!

[MrMarklino]

Very nice Croc ! I got one SK 800 with the same Goat jump problem. It has the same drum reverse unit as your CCS. One of the problem is that this older type dont have a breaker swich some of the drum reverse units have.The breaker switch cuts off the voltage simultaniusly when you are giving the reverse comando with the knob. if you got a veak transformer your Croc will even drain the power due to the BIG motor . You can adjust the drum to make the longest possible travel before contact.

[Matthyen]

I will try to find a how-to-manual for this that I have somewhere.. Very selfexplanatory. (cartoon style drawn and not published by Märklin)...

Wonderful CCS800 you have there :)