Need help with identifying Marklin Train Set

[Anonymous]

I have what I believe is a older marklin train set. It was given to my father in the early to late 70s. Here is what I can tell you about it. Well 1st off I have no idea about any of this stuff so Im looking for some professional help on the subject. It says on the box made in west germany, and that it is a marklin 5220 spur 1 or I not real sure. It includes enough track to make it around my christmas tree, like a oval. It has three cars : all made of plastic, all in great condition, and on the locomotive it has the # 25 on it. It seems to be a pretty big scale maybe 1:32 or I think its called O gauge. I have the transformer and a box of 10 straight tracks with the # 5900, and two switcher tracks ?? with the # 5966. Thats about all I can really tell you, if you need to see pics to help just let me know.
Now what im looking for is the approx. year , and the value of this product, Ive checked ebay and alot of search engines and came up blank. So any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You- James Blackwell

[lionelsoni]

The gauge is Maerklin number 1 ("spur 1"), 1 3/4 inches or 45 mm, the smallest of the original Maerklin gauges. ("O", or zero, came later.) The scale of 1:32 is correct for standard gauge (4'8.5" or 1435 mm) prototypes (not to be confused with Lionel's "standard" gauge toy trains, which were intended to be Maerklin number 2 but came out 1/8 inch too wide).

I'm afraid I can't help you with the questions of age and value.

[Anonymous]

Thank You for the reply thatt helps me know at least what size it is, but is there anyone else out there that knows any info on this set. Thank You