Trix 15415 - Pressurized Gas Tank Car Set
Prototype: 4 four-axle pressurized gas tank cars of different designs with and without heat shields. Privately owned cars painted and lettered for the firms Eva Railroad Transport, Inc., Düsseldorf, Germany, VTG, Inc., Hamburg, Germany, and Ruhr Nitrogen, Inc., Bochum, Germany. All of the cars used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). The cars look as they did around 1962.
Model: All of the cars have finely detailed, partially open frames. The side sills are open "U" shapes that face outwards. The trucks are based on a Minden-Dorstfeld design. The cars come with and without heat shields. They have separately applied brakeman's platforms. The cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total length over the buffers 320 mm / 12-5/8".
Highlights: New tooling. Type differences.
One-time series.
Features:
- Era III
- With NEM coupler pocket and mechanism for close couplers
- For adults only
Released in:- New items brochure 2015