Unboxing IC2 Bi-Level TWINDEXX with BR 146.5 DB AG IC 2045 Cologne-Dresden (Märklin 37499/43486-90)

This video takes a look at the Märklin German Railroad (Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr) InterCity 2 (IC2) with BR 146.5 modelled as IC 2045 from Cologne to Dresden in 2020 (Era VI). This is a great modern passenger train that looks awesome on the layout. It is a full consist with one locomotive and 5 cars - where one is the cab control car. The locomotive comes with sound and the consist has full lighting controlled from the cab control can. A wonderful consist that is 165 cm (5.4 ft) long and needs some space. The consist runs on R1 - although I did have the occasional derailment.

The train is consist 2873:
• Locomotive: DBAG 146 572-3 (BR 146.5) Bombardier TRAXX 2 F160 AC2
• 1st class: DApza 672.2 171-5
• 2nd class: DBpza 682.2 468-3/469-1/402-2
• Cab: DBpbzfa 668.2 873-1

Interested in hearing your opinion and experiences with the latest Märklin IC2 consist.

Enjoy and have fun with model trains :-)

Interesting model links (sequence as in prototype):
- Märklin 37449: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/d...
- Märklin 43486: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/d...
- Märklin 43487: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/d...
- Märklin 43489: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/d...
- Märklin 43490: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/d...
- Märklin 43488: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/d...
- Märklin Era Overview: https://www.maerklin.de/en/products/p...

Interesting locomotive links:
- Bombardier Traxx 2 platform (elektrolokarchiv): https://www.elektrolokarchiv.de/index...
- Bombardier Traxx 2 F160 AC2 (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstom_...
- DB Fernverkehr Traxx F160 AC2 (elektrolokarchiv): https://www.elektrolokarchiv.de/index...
- DB 146 572-3 (elektrolokarchiv): https://www.elektrolokarchiv.de/index...

Interesting passenger car links:
- Bombardier Double-deck Coach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombard...
- German railway wagon classes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...

Interesting links of the consist:
- Intercity 2 (Wikipedia) :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interci...

Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:37 Photo's
03:47 Prototype history: IC2 & Locomotive
07:39 Prototype history: Cars
09:39 Day Closeup drive-by
10:18 Night Closeup drive-by
10:50 Locomotive Sound & Light
12:21 Locomotive all functions
12:28 Cab Light
12:51 Cab all functions
12:59 Around the layout (running session)
16:34 Summary