Brown Coal Dust Car (Märklin 1775)
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Arch Three , Area 32 Märklin Model Railways (display) |
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1930s |
A gauge 0 "Braunkohlenstaubwagen" (brown coal dust wagon) made by Märklin between 1933 and 1942, catalogue number 1775.
The wagon has a brown flatbed, black access ladders, brown brakeman's cabin, and two striking aluminium-finish taper-topped cylindrical containers, each prominently lettered "MÄRKLIN" in black.
1936 catalogue info:
1775 Platform Truck
with 2 reservoirs for transporting brown-coal dust. Truck finished in brown, reservoirs aluminium-coloured.
- 1775/0 Gauge 0: length 1 1/4 in.
- 1775/1 Gauge I: length 10 1/2 in.
References and links
- Christian Väterlein and Botho G. Wagner, Märklin Eisenbahnen (Battenberg Verlag Augsburg, 1996), p. 260, ISBN 389441233X
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