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Minitrix - 15415 - Tank Car, No Dome, Zags Pressurized - Various - 4-Pack

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N Scale - Minitrix - 15415 - Tank Car, No Dome, Zags Pressurized - Various - 4-Pack
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Stock Number15415
Original Retail Price149.99€
BrandMinitrix
ManufacturerMinitrix
Body StyleMinitrix Tank Car Pressurized
Prototype VehicleTank Car, No Dome, Zags Pressurized (Details)
Road or Company NameVarious (Details)
Road or Reporting Number4-Pack
Coupler TypeRapido Hook NEM Standard Pocket
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Release Date2015-01-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeTank Car
Model SubtypeNo Dome
Model VarietyPressurized
Prototype RegionEurope
Prototype EraEU Epoch III (1945 - 1970)
Scale1/160
EAN/JAN/GTIN13 Number4028106154157



Specific Item Information: 4 four-axle pressurized gas tank cars of different designs with and without heat shields. Privately owned cars painted and lettered for the firms Eva Railroad Transport, Inc., Düsseldorf, Germany, VTG, Inc., Hamburg, Germany, and Ruhr Nitrogen, Inc., Bochum, Germany. All of the cars used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). The cars look as they did around 1962.

All of the cars have finely detailed, partially open frames. The side sills are open "U" shapes that face outwards. The trucks are based on a Minden-Dorstfeld design. The cars come with and without heat shields. They have separately applied brakeman's platforms. The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 320 mm / 12-5/8".
Prototype History:
4 four-axle pressurized gas tank cars were built in the post war period. They came in different designs both with and without heat shields. Many of these cars were privately owned and painted and lettered for the firms such as Eva Railroad Transport, Inc., Düsseldorf, Germany, VTG, Inc., Hamburg, Germany, and Ruhr Nitrogen, Inc., Bochum, Germany. These cars were a common sight in 1962 Germany.

UIC type: Zags (Zagks, Zagkks, Zagns)
Z = Tank
a = 4 wheelsets
g =For sealed or liquified gases or gas dissolved under pressure
k = Maximum load on class C route: m < 40 t
kk = Maximum load on class C route: 40 t ≤ m < 50 t
n = Maximum load on class C route: m > 60 t
s = Permitted in trains up to 100 km/h
Road Name History:
This set of items is comprised of more than one name. Please look at the component items for details on the specific roadnames and/or manufacturers.
Brand/Importer Information:
Trix is a German company that originally made Trix metal construction sets. one of its co-founders was Stephan Bing, the son of the pioneer toy-maker industrialist Ignaz Bing. In 1935 the company began producing the electrically powered model trains that it became famous for, under the Trix Express label. Prior to the outbreak of World War II the Trix company produced a small range of fairly unrealistic AC powered three rail models running at 14 volts.

N gauge models under the Minitrix brand were made from the late 1960s mostly of European prototypes (German and British primarily). North American prototypes were also manufactured and marketed under the Aurora "Postage Stamp" brand; later these items were sold under the American Tortoise, Model Power and Con-Cor brands. Trix sometimes utilized North American consultants to aid in the design of this portion of the product line. The "Hornby Minitrix' brand was used in the 1980s for a short lived range of British outline models using the earlier product tooling.

Trix's owner in the 1980s and 1990s was Mangold, which went bankrupt in the late 1990s and Märklin purchased the assets in January 1997. In part, this purchase was a reflection of Märklin's need for added production capacity; Trix had been manufacturing certain items for Märklin in previous years. The purchase was also in response to the earlier purchase of the Karl Arnold company by the Italian company Rivarossi; Märklin were very keen to take over Trix market share in 2-rail H0 and especially Minitrix, until then Märklin had not marketed N gauge models. In 2003, Märklin introduced its first N gauge models under the well established Minitrix brand. A number Märklin H0 scale three-rail AC locomotives have also been introduced in two-rail DC versions under the Trix logo and many models are shared between the two brands.

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Item created by: gdm on 2019-05-20 17:19:54

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