Trix HO 24178 Tank Car Fall 2026

Prototype: Tank car with two wheel sets, painted and lettered for BP Gasoline and Petroleum Oil, Inc., Hamburg, Germany, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB). Version with a riveted tank. With a brakeman’s platform, with a brakeman’s cab. Car number 581 619. The car looks as it did in 1957.

Highlights

• Detailed brake rigging, separately applied.

• Product description

  Model: The car has a detailed, partially open frame. The handbrake cranks, brake rigging, and emptying pipes are modeled in detail and separately applied. The work platform and ladder are separately applied. The car has a separately applied brakeman’s platform with a brakeman’s cab. The cars have close couplers with a guide mechanism.
  Length over the buffers approximately 10.1 cm / 4". AC wheel set E700150.

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