Prototype

German Federal Railroad (DB) type Gbkl 238 boxcar of the earlier Gl "Dresden" Interchange Design. Short version, without a hand brake, brakeman's platform, and brakeman's cab. Version without end wall doors. The car looks as it did around 1972.

Product description

Model: The car does not have indicated end wall doors. It does have truss rods and additional step boards. The model has SABA promotional lettering.

Length over the buffers 13.9 cm / 5-1/2".

DC wheelset E700580. Trix Express wheelset E258259.

One-time series.

Charlie's Tip

SABA (Schwarzwälder Apparate-Bau-Anstalt) is a German electronics company founded in 1923 at Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), present-day Baden-Württemberg. SABA started as a clock-making company, then became a radio manufacturer, and a few years later a record label. In 1968, SABA sold the majority of the company to GTE, an American telephone company. In 1980, the company was purchased by Thomson SA and integrated as a separate business unit.

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- New items brochure 2022

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