Article No. | 58402 |
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Gauge | 1 |
Era | II |
Kind | Freight Car Sets |
Model: The frames and bodies on all of these cars are finely constructed with many separately formed and applied details. Numerous other details are separately applied. Each car is safely packaged separately. 58401.1 The boxcar has sliding doors that can be opened. Length over the buffers 31.0 cm / 12-3/16". 58402.2 The wine barrel car has barrels made of real wood, a machinery cab and a walkway with a ladder. Length over the buffers 26.0 cm / 10-1/14". 58402.3 The gondola has side doors that can be opened. Length over the buffers 31.0 cm / 12-3/16". Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16".
One-time series.
These old-timer freight cars make up a typical train for the brown "Crocodile", item no. 55562.
The classic SBB 2-axle freight cars were built from the turn of the last century to the Fifties using similar designs. Improvements in load capacity, the running gear, or the brakes were introduced as the level of railroad technology progressed. Long freight trains made up of short cars left their stamp on Swiss railroad freight service over the decades - naturally, also on the Gotthard line, pulled by the famous "Crocodile".