Prototype: Type Sggrss 80 6-axle double container transport car with articulation, for combined freight service. Gray basic paint scheme. Privately owned car for Ermewa, registered in the Czech Republic. Loaded with two 40-foot box containers. The car looks as it currently does in real life.
Model: The car has prototypically partially open flat car floors constructed of metal with striking fish belly side sills. It also has type Y 25 trucks. Both flat car halves are mounted on the center truck and can pivot. The underside of the flat car floors has separately applied brake lines and air tanks. There are folding walkover plates on the upper side of the flat car floors above the center truck in the area of articulation. The grab irons on the ends of the car and switching hooks are separately applied. The car is loaded with two 40-foot box containers that can be removed. Length over the buffers 30.7 cm / 12-1/16. AC wheelset E700150.
Modern electric freight locomotives in the classes 152, 185, 187, or 193 to go with this car can be found in the Trix H0 assortment.
More double container transport cars to form unit trains can be found in the MŠrklin H0 assortment, along with information about the required DC wheelsets.
