50 Tons Large Freight Car (Märklin 1855/0)
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Arch Three , Area 32 Märklin Model Railways (display) |
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1930s |
A gauge 0 red-brown 50 Ton Side-Discharging Coal Wagon made by Märklin between ~1933 and 1942, 1855/0.
The wagon has double bogies and a pair of shuttered coal chute covers on each side, and was made in both gauge 0 and gauge 1 versions.
While the 1936 catalogue image appears to show a set of steps at one end leading to a small safety-railed platform with two operating levers, one for the shutters on each side, our example seems to have a single lever.
1936 Catalogue listing:
1855 Side-discharging Wagon for the transport of coal, tips to either side of the track, reddish brown.
- 1855/0 Gauge 0: Length 9 3/4 in.
- 1855/1 Gauge I: length 13 1/4 in.
References and links
- Christian Väterlein and Botho G. Wagner, Märklin Eisenbahnen (Battenberg Verlag Augsburg, 1996), p. 261, ISBN 389441233X
- Märklin Großgüterwagen mit Entladevorrichtung 1855/0, 4-achsig, alte Spur 0, rotbraun, 50 Tons / Tonnen (alte-spur-0.de)
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