Marklin 45658 - North American Freight Car Set
Prototype: 5 different freight cars from several North American railroads. 1 type R-40-14 refrigerator car painted and lettered for Canadian National Railroad, 1 each type S-40-12 livestock car painted and lettered for Great Northern and Chicago & North Western RR, 1 40 foot hopper car painted and lettered for Minneapolis & St. Louis, and 1 type A-50-19 double-door boxcar painted and lettered for Union Pacific RR.
Model: The frame or floors are constructed of metal. The cars have detailed trucks with special wheel sets. The sliding doors can be opened. The roof walks, ladders, brake layout, and other details are separately applied. The couplers can be replaced with other makes. All of the cars are individually packaged. Length of the car set over the couplers approximately 78 cm / 30-11/16".
DC wheel sets per car 4 x 320552 (NEM), 4 x 320389 (RP25).
One-time series.
Products bearing Chicago and North Western Railway are made under trademark license from the Union Pacific Railroad Company.