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Minitrix - 15549 - Passenger Car, DB, Epoch V - SBB CFF FFS

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N Scale - Minitrix - 15549 - Passenger Car, DB, Epoch V - SBB CFF FFS
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Stock Number15549
Original Retail Price44.99€
BrandMinitrix
ManufacturerMinitrix
Body StyleMinitrix Passenger Coach European Modern
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, DB, Epoch V (Details)
Road or Company NameSBB CFF FFS (Details)
Paint Color(s)White and Blue
Additional Markings/SloganCisalpino
Coupler TypeRapido Hook NEM Standard Pocket
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Release Date2015-01-01
Item CategoryPassenger Cars
Model TypeEuropean
Model SubtypeSBB
Model VarietyCisalpino
Prototype RegionEurope
Prototype EraEU Epoch V (1985 - 2000)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: “Cisalpino” Express Train Passenger Car.Prototype: 1 open seating car, 2nd class, painted and lettered for Cisalpino AG, used on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).Model: The car has a close coupler mechanism. A lighting kit can be installed in the car. Length over the buffers 165 mm / 6-1/2“.
Prototype History:
Co-operation of both German state railways and conversion into Deutsche Bahn AG. Introduction of the ICE network. Application-oriented colour concept for locomotives and wagons. Partial privatisation of European state railways leads to a wide variety of colours on Europe's rail tracks.
Road Name History:
Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF), Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere (FFS)) is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usually referred to by the initials of its German, French and Italian names, either concatenated as SBB CFF FFS, or used separately.

The company is headquartered in Bern.

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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Trix is a German company that originally made Trix metal construction sets.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 2019-05-26 16:07:16. Last edited by CNW400 on 2020-08-20 10:21:39

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