I was sure I had one of them myself but could not check while we were travelling, I've now confirmed my one which is "2 ST 304A" (2 Stück/Pieces - 304 Aral Tanker)





Unfortunately the previous owner or store wrote over the label and the inside box is not the correct one for the lid, it's slightly smaller

They are an interesting item all the same

Cheers

The stückgut schnellverkehr always ran in coupled pairs , it is logical to sell them in pairs!

Henrik Schütz Stockholm

Hi Henrick, that might be true but I think for those particular wagons it's coincidental, the twinpacks do seem to be more for economy than anything else.

It's a pity they don't still do it, two small wagons, simply wrapped in a simple box would be economical, especially in the starter/hobby range

Cheers

Two questions, one simple, one esoteric.

Presuming from the boxes, these sets were in the 1950s.

Were they offered/catalogued over the whole decade or just a few years?



I had not heard of this, but had wondered at times about (#)/1 and (#)/2 designations on some items. (I thought maybe they were earlier versions of the same item with subtile differences or Momma M re-using the same number for a different car (finite limit to 3-digit item numbers...) )

Would this have been because it was economical for the retailer (even in the 1950s) to sell them individually? Or might it be that (same as myself sometimes) the customer shies away from multiple sets/packs because of the price, or even needs, space, or focus?

Is that 3 questions?

Jimmy

Markus,



Jimmy

Yes passenger wagons 327 were sold in the double boxes. Both versions green and brown.
Roger