Prototype: 12 four-axle standard design tank cars, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). Older design with pressed metal trucks and brakeman's platforms. Privately owned cars for VTG Vereinigte Tanklager und Transportmittel GmbH / United Tank Farm and Transport Service, Inc., Hamburg, Germany, the Eisenbahn-Verkehrsmittel-AG / Railroad Transportation Service, Inc., Düsseldorf (Eva), Germany, and the BP Benzin und Petroleum AG / BP Gasoline and Petroleum, Inc., Hamburg, Germany. The cars look as they did at the start of the Sixties.
Article No. | 00727 |
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Gauge / Design type | H0 / 1:87 |
Era | III |
Kind | Freight Car Sets |
Model: The cars have special smooth running trucks. They also have separately applied ladders and catwalks. Some of the cars have separately applied tank signs. All of the cars have different car numbers and are individually packaged and labelled. All of the cars have different weathering. Length over the buffers per car 14.2 cm / 5-5/8".
DC wheelset per car E32376004.
Trix Express car wheel set per car E33339010.
The class 44 heavy steam freight locomotive to go with these cars can also be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 39881.
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