Product Features and Details
Prototype: 3 German State Railroad Company (DRG) freight cars of different types. Type R(r) Stuttgart two-axle stake car, interchange design, with wood stakes, without a hand brake. One of the cars could be re-gauged for Russian wide gauge track, 1 car could not be re-gauged. 1 type Gltr Dresden high volume boxcar, interchange design, with a low end wall door at one end of the car, could be re-gauged for Russian wide gauge track. The cars look as they did around 1932.
Model: All of the cars have truss rods and the boxcar also has separately applied step boards. Both of the stake cars come loaded with a stack of real wood. Stakes that can be installed on the cars are included. One of the stake cars and the boxcar has grayish white buffer cladding, an indication that these cars could be re-gauged for Russian wide gauge track. Total length over the buffers 41.9 cm / 16-1/2". DC wheel set for each car 2 x 700580.
Highlights:
- New tooling for the type R(r) Stuttgart stake car.
- Some of the cars with grayish white buffer cladding for Russian wide gauge track.
