46231 HO Hopper Car Set, IV.

HO Hopper Car Set, IV.

Prototype: Three Austrian Federal Railways type Fad (former DRB type OOtz 43) four-axle type hopper cars. Version with medium height upper superstructures and brakeman's platforms. Used to transport limestone. Standard design pressed sheet trucks, without lower beams welded in as reinforcement. The cars look as they did around 1971.

Model:

The hopper cars have detailed construction with different car numbers. All of the cars have brakeman's platforms and set wheels at the ends. The hopper cars have scale sized load inserts. All of the cars are individually packaged and have a master package. Length over the buffers per car 11.5 cm / 4-1/2".

DC wheel set E700580. Trix Express wheel set E258259.

The electric locomotive to go with these cars is the class 1189 and it can be found under item number 39089 and 39090 in the Märklin H0 assortment. A hopper car set with three additional car numbers can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 24121 along with information about the required AC wheel sets.

Highlights:

Reissue with new car numbers.

Ideal for unit trains.

Attractive load included.