Marklin 58065 - Esso Tank Car

Gauge: 1 Era: III

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express train passenger cars painted and lettered for the TEE. 2 German Federal Railroad (DB) type Avüm 111 compartment cars, 1st class. Special design for long distance express service, version with a rounded roof. 1 German Federal Railroad (DB) type ADüm vista dome car. 2 small compartments, 1st class, a large, raised panorama compartment, service areas beneath it. Special design for long distance express service, version with a rounded roof. Glass dome with 8 side windows. Paint scheme for the "Rheingold" of 1962.

Model: These express train passenger cars look as they did around 1962. The roof shapes, side walls, underbodies, and skirting are specific to the type of car. The trucks are Minden-Deutz designs with brake shoes and magnet rail brakes and separately applied generators. The car roofs can be removed from the cars. These four-axle express train passenger cars are not available separately. All of the cars have detailed interiors and built-in interior lighting. The cars have guide mechanisms for the couplers in order to provide close-coupled car spacing. Reproduction prototype couplers can be installed on the cars.

The minimum radius for operation is 1,020 mm / 40-3/16".

Total length over the buffers 225.0 cm / 88-9/16".

One-time series.

Charliep's Tip: The class E 10.12 electric locomotive, item no. Marklin55010, is precisely the right motive power for these "Rheingold" cars. Three other "Rheingold" can be found under item no. Marklin 58059.