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Minitrix - 15644 - Mixed Freight Consist, Europe, Epoch III & IV - SBB CFF FFS - Swiss Federal Railways 24-Car Freight Set

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Stock Number15644
BrandMinitrix
ManufacturerMinitrix
Body StyleMinitrix Train Set Europe
PrototypeMixed Freight Consist, Europe, Epoch III & IV
Road or Company NameSBB CFF FFS (Details)
Reporting MarksSBB Cargo
Road or Reporting NumberSwiss Federal Railways 24-Car Freight Set
Coupler TypeRapido Hook NEM Standard Pocket
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
MultipackYes
Multipack Count24
Multipack ID Number15644
Release Date2005-01-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeFreight
Model SubtypeTank, Stake, Boxcar, Reefer
Model Variety24-Unit set
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: 6 freight cars based on each of the following prototypes: Privately owned refrigerator car, used on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Privately owned tank car, used on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) type M6 stake car, loaded with wooden crates Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) type Gs boxcar (UIC type).
Road Name History:
Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF), Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere (FFS)) is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usually referred to by the initials of its German, French and Italian names, either concatenated as SBB CFF FFS, or used separately.

The company is headquartered in Bern.

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Brand/Importer Information:
Trix is a German company that originally made Trix metal construction sets. one of its co-founders was Stephan Bing, the son of the pioneer toy-maker industrialist Ignaz Bing. In 1935 the company began producing the electrically powered model trains that it became famous for, under the Trix Express label. Prior to the outbreak of World War II the Trix company produced a small range of fairly unrealistic AC powered three rail models running at 14 volts.

N gauge models under the Minitrix brand were made from the late 1960s mostly of European prototypes (German and British primarily). North American prototypes were also manufactured and marketed under the Aurora "Postage Stamp" brand; later these items were sold under the American Tortoise, Model Power and Con-Cor brands. Trix sometimes utilized North American consultants to aid in the design of this portion of the product line. The "Hornby Minitrix' brand was used in the 1980s for a short lived range of British outline models using the earlier product tooling.

Trix's owner in the 1980s and 1990s was Mangold, which went bankrupt in the late 1990s and Märklin purchased the assets in January 1997. In part, this purchase was a reflection of Märklin's need for added production capacity; Trix had been manufacturing certain items for Märklin in previous years. The purchase was also in response to the earlier purchase of the Karl Arnold company by the Italian company Rivarossi; Märklin were very keen to take over Trix market share in 2-rail H0 and especially Minitrix, until then Märklin had not marketed N gauge models. In 2003, Märklin introduced its first N gauge models under the well established Minitrix brand. A number Märklin H0 scale three-rail AC locomotives have also been introduced in two-rail DC versions under the Trix logo and many models are shared between the two brands.

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Item created by: CNW400 on 2022-06-02 11:32:37

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