Set with 3 F-Zug Passenger Cars for the "Merkur".
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) "Merkur" long distance express train (F-Zug). 2 type AB4üe-35/54 coaches, usable for 1st or 2nd class, and 1 type WR4ü(e)-35 dining car.
Most Important Facts
| Article No. | 23420 |
|---|---|
| Gauge / Design type | Trix H0 / |
| Era | III |
| Kind | Passenger Cars |
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Highlights
- Deluxe early Era III train.
- Scale models with a high level of detailing.
- Factory-installed interior lights.
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Product description
Model: Era IIIa. The coaches have Görlitz III light design trucks and the dining car has Görlitz III heavy design trucks. The cars have built-in lighting. There are extended diaphragms between the cars and retracted diaphragms on the car ends making up the ends of the train. The cars have NEM coupler pockets with a guide mechanism and close couplers. The cars have separately applied grab irons. Total length over the buffers 772 mm / 30-3/8".
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Publications
- Main Catalog 2007/2008 - New items 2007 - Main Catalog 2008/2009 - Main Catalog 2009/2010
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Prototype information
When the Merkur Was Blue... Merkur (in English, Mercury), the Roman god of trade, education and travel, was the namesake for one of the new long distance express trains introduced by the German Federal Railroad in 1953. These blue long distance express trains linked the centers of the Federal Republic of Germany in the beginning of the Economic Miracle period. The F3 / F4 "Merkur" ran between Hamburg-Altona and Frankfurt am Main and/or Stuttgart. Coaches from the German State Railroad Group 35 were equipped with quality and distinction and were used as 1st class or 2nd class as demand dictated. The dining car from the same design group belongs to the period of the long distance trains fielded by the German Sleeping Car and Dining Car Company or DSG. Naturally, these flagship trains were pulled by the stars of the express train steam locomotives such as the class 05.
