Gauge: Z Era: V

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG): 2 type Res 687 four-axle flat cars and 1 type Rils 652 four-axle sliding tarp car.

Model: The cars have fine, prototypical paint schemes and lettering. The upper part of the car body and the end walls on the stake car are painted prototypically. All of the cars have metal floors. The models are not available separately. Total length 276 mm / 10-7/8".

Over 4,300 units of the type Res 687 were built from 1979 to 1985. The Y 25 trucks installed on these cards were a striking feature. 500 of these flat cars were converted from 1989 on to sliding tarp cars with cloth tarp covers (type Rils 652).

 

 

 

Released in: New items brochure 2012