Trix 15391 - Side Dump Car Freight Car Set

Prototype: 5 German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type Fcs 092 side dump cars. Use: For freight not sensitive to moisture.
 

Model: The cars have different car numbers and different design features. They also have close coupler mechanisms and ballast freight loads. Total length over the buffers 300 mm / 11-13/16".
 

One-time series.
 

Bulk freight not sensitive to weather has always been important freight for the railroad. For that reason a total of 16,200 units of the type Otmm 70/Ed 90/Fc 090 were built. They are thereby the side dump car on the German Railroad, Inc. built in the largest quantities. With a wheel base of 6 meters / 19 feet 8-1/4 inches and a length over the buffers of 9.64 meters / 31 feet 7-9/16" these cars offer a load volume of 40.0 cubic meters / 1,412 cubic feet. The car weight empty is 11.6 metric tons. During the unloading procedure the freight slides to the openings in the center of the car. These openings are closed with slide bars thus allowing measured unloading. The freight load is conveyed by means of slide extensions from the exit openings to the side of the car.
 

These models are not available separately.