Minitrix - 66326 - Structure, Railroad, Locomotive Shed - Railroad Structures

Specific Item Information: "Rottweil" Locomotive Shed. This is a 3-stall locomotive shed, which can be built on next to it and behind it as desired. Four (4) of this kit are required to build the "Rottweil" locomotive shed to scale (2 kits next to each other and 2 kits for the extension). The workshop is included (prototypical facility with 5 locomotive stalls and a built-on workshop) for a prototypical structure. As an option, a 6-stall structure without a workshop is also possible. The stall doors can be opened and are ready for installation of servomotors (not included with this kit). The center-to-center track spacing will work with the 66540 transfer table.

This kit consists of laser-cut, colored architectural hard cardstock. It has the finest laser-engraved details. Extensive instructions for building the kit are included. Dimensions (L x W x H) for a 3-stall locomotive shed: 168 x 102 x 67 mm / 6-5/8" x 4" x 2-5/8". Dimensions (L x W x H) for a prototype 5-stall locomotive shed with a workshop attachment (4 kits): 276 x 188 x 67 mm / 10-7/8" x 7-3/8" x 2-5/8".

Road Name History: Railroad structures include but are not limited to stations, depots, yard offices, interlocking towers and tanks. A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.

It generally consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building (depot) providing such ancillary services as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single-track line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements. The smallest stations are most often referred to as "stops" or, in some parts of the world, as "halts" (flag stops). Stations may be at ground level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams or other rapid transit systems.

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Brand/Importer Information: Trix is a German company that originally made Trix metal construction sets.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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