Prototype: Flat car painted and lettered for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT & SF).
Article No. | 54943 |
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Gauge / Design type | 1 / |
Era | III |
Kind | Freight Cars |
Model: Four-axle flat car, loaded with 2 pickup trucks. A bracket with a brake wheel is at both ends of the car. Magnetic restraints for holding the trucks in place on the flat car. Trucks can be removed from the flat car. Minimum radius for operation is 600 mm / 23 5/8". Length 40.5 cm / 15-15/16".
The pickup trucks may vary in color from the models shown here.
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When asked about the automobile model built in the largest numbers per year, many Europeans would give a particular type of lower middle class car as their choice. From a global point of view the trucks with a cargo surface designated as a "pickup" in America lead the production statistics. This type of vehicle from the 1950s became familiar in Europe from a television series with a collie.