 Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 9,348 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
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I've collected these carriages for some time and unfortunately 6 carriages fully loaded with cars had been taken unlawfully from my garage some years ago. So I'm hunting down more carriages and hopefully will have a total of 20 and may be down the track it will increase to 30. I've changed the coupling so the carriages are closer together. You can see with the photo below, there are 2 original holes in the coupling, I've taken the axle assembly apart, drilled a bigger diameter in the first hole, inserted a bolt with a Benzing circlip (originally from 4663) Edited by user 27 June 2011 13:35:07(UTC)
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Looks very nice. What era are the cars, and what loco will be pulling them? |
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Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 9,348 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
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Oliver, The era of the Volkswagen and beyond, a BR 218 would be nice with a sound decoder, may be a BR 212 and they may also have been pulled by a steam loco ? Have to research a bit more into it. I've just read a quick history of these cars. 10 VW's or 8 other motorcars. It wasn't very economical to transport cars, the weight of the carriage weighing 23 t and the cars may be 8 tons. they've lasted until 1964 and than other versions had been constructed. These Car transport wagons always came in 2 permanent coupled carriages. John Edited by user 19 July 2011 07:49:49(UTC)
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Thank you for the information John. Always interesting to learn more about the item's prototypes.
Intersting also how the carriges were innefficient. I always thought (from looking at the model) that they had low capacity compared to size and length and it proved to be correct.
None the less I think that your consist looks great and it must look very cool on a layout. |
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Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 9,348 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
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Originally Posted by: Oliver SBB-CFF-FFS  Thank you for the information John. Always interesting to learn more about the item's prototypes.
Intersting also how the carriges were innefficient. I always thought (from looking at the model) that they had low capacity compared to size and length and it proved to be correct.
None the less I think that your consist looks great and it must look very cool on a layout. Although you may not have to worry about economics and never looked at it from this angle, I've always liked the parade of auto transportcars, the same goes for tanker cars. regards., John |
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Via your shared pics it clears that they are best Auto Transport services provider. I want to know that is that an insured company and what they charged for local services? Auto Transport - http://www.eztransportcorp.com
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