Kls 443 | Gauge Trix H0 - Article No. 24201

Set with 16 Freight Cars in the Display "Vehicles for the Postal System".

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Kls 443 low side cars. Used to transport new service vehicles for the German Federal Postal System (DBP): VW Golf I, VW Transporter II, VW Bus II, and Mercedes-Benz L 309. The railroad cars and postal system vehicles look as they did around 1974.

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Set with 16 Freight Cars in the Display "Vehicles for the Postal System".
Set with 16 Freight Cars in the Display "Vehicles for the Postal System".

Most Important Facts

Article No. 24201
Gauge / Design type Trix H0 /
Era IV
Kind Freight Car Sets
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Highlights

  • Original Wiking automobiles/trucks in a special edition.
  • 16 diffferent automobile/truck numbers.
  • Product description

    Model:
    The car floors have separately applied truss rods. The cars have close couplers and guide mechanisms. Length over the buffers for each car 157 mm / 6-3/16".

    The cars come loaded with one of 4 different automobile/truck models in a special edition (Wiking).
    All 16 cars have different car numbers. Each car along with its load is individually packaged and identified in the attractive display.

    24201-1, 24201-2, 24201-3, 24201-4
    VW Bus, DBP radio locator vehicle, gray.

    24201-5, 24201-6, 24201-7, 24201-8
    VW Transporter, DBP lineman"s panel truck, yellow.

    24201-9, 24201-10, 24201-11, 24201-12
    Mercedes L 309, DBP lineman"s panel truck, gray.

    24201-13, 24201-14, 24201-15, 24201-16
    VW Golf, DBP general service vehicle, yellow.

    Each loaded railroad car from the display is available separately. (Märklin) 70 01 50 AC wheel set.

    The class 290 is the right locomotive for pulling these cars through industrial areas and switch yards. Item no. 22206.

    Spare parts for our articles can be found here in our spare parts search.

    One-time series. Available as long as supplies last.

  • Publications

    - Fall New Items 2006
  • Prototype information

    New Vehicles for the Postal System! In the period when the German Federal Postal System was a state-run enterprise, the Postal System's pool of vehicles was strictly regimented. A few mass-produced types were purchased as basic vehicles, which were then equipped appropriately for their planned use - VW Beetles, later the VW Golf, VW Transporter and Bus, Mercedes 309 / 406 / 508 and others. An exception was the VW Small Transporter, which was specially developed for the Postal System. The vehicles for the "Yellow Mail" for mail and package service were always painted in the German mailbox yellow color. The "Gray Mail" for the lineman's service had both gray and yellow vehicles. Many vehicles were shifted during their service life from one area of the business to the other, but their paint scheme did not change. The Postal System's vehicles went initially from the assembly plans of the auto industry to special firms, which carried out the required installation and conversion work in a standardized fashion. When these vehicles were delivered to their assignments in the Postal System, different types of vehicles from different automobile brands could be seen in a train.

Warning

ATTENTION: not for children under 3 years