48812 Godsvagnset ALAK DB INSIDER Modell

Gauge: H0     Era: III

Märklin 48812 Godsvagnset ALAK DB      

Prototype: 1 German Federal Railroad (DB) type Gl Dresden boxcar, with the designation DR/Brit-US-Zone, 1 German Federal Railroad (DB) type BTh Offenbach container car with a brakeman's platform, with the designation DR/Brit-US-Zone. Loaded with 3 Ekrt design type pa containers, in the German Federal Railroad (DB) rectangular shape, with the designation DR/Brit-US-Zone. 1 German Federal Railroad (DB) Kälble tractor with a 2-axle trailer, loaded with an additional Ekrt design type pa container. 1 Krupp Mustang truck with a 2-axle trailer painted and lettered for the company Spangenberg-Werke GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. The railroad cars and the vehicles look as they did at the beginning of the Fifties.

Model: The boxcar comes in the version without hand brakes and without end wall doors. Length over the buffers 13.9 cm / 5-1/2". The flat car for transporting containers comes with separately applied destination boards. Length over the buffers 11.4 cm / 4-1/2". The pa containers are removable and come with different container numbers. The truck models with trailers are made of a combination of metal and plastic.  DC wheel set for each freight car 2 x 700580. Highlights:

• Ekrt design type pa containers in a rectangular shape are new tooling.
• All of the containers have different container numbers.
• The ideal add-on for the H0 Insider Annual Car for 2010, item no. 48160.
• An interesting theme from postwar German history.

The 48812 freight car set is being produced in 2010 in a one-time series only for Insider members. A small, interesting chapter from the postwar German history of the Spangenberg Works in Hamburg can be achieved in model form by combining the 48160 Insider Annual Car for this year with the 48812 freight car set.