I have a Roco version of the “Metropolitan” locomotive which I picked up over 20 years ago thinking how good it will look with it’s coaches and never seeing a “metropolitan” coach until this year and then nearly having a heart attack when I found out how much they were going to cost. 😭😭😭
The TRIX HABBINS sliding wall wagon I have in Swiss postal colours has a feature that the wheel bogies each have 3 positions on the wagon chassis. This enables its use on tight turns (short wheel base) or very large turns (long wheel base) or something in between. But beware the end throw of the couplings at short wheelbases. It is to be noted that ICE trains sets tend to have 7 coaches + loco (RailJet, NightJet, Swiss ICN, DB ICE 2) or double trains (DB ICE 1, TGV,) though more modern sets like Swiss IC2020 have sets of 10 duplex coach trains and add up to four normal coaches and driving coaches. (+2 loco, top and tail, dependent on route)
For the Metropolitan train, most people won't have to space to run that consist. It's already 210 cm for the coaches alone. The exact same coaches in DC are done by Piko for the same price, as this is a cooperative project between Piko and Märklin
Wow.
Those prices are huge. 🤔
I have a Roco version of the “Metropolitan” locomotive which I picked up over 20 years ago thinking how good it will look with it’s coaches and never seeing a “metropolitan” coach until this year and then nearly having a heart attack when I found out how much they were going to cost. 😭😭😭
The TRIX HABBINS sliding wall wagon I have in Swiss postal colours has a feature that the wheel bogies each have 3 positions on the wagon chassis. This enables its use on tight turns (short wheel base) or very large turns (long wheel base) or something in between. But beware the end throw of the couplings at short wheelbases.
It is to be noted that ICE trains sets tend to have 7 coaches + loco (RailJet, NightJet, Swiss ICN, DB ICE 2) or double trains (DB ICE 1, TGV,) though more modern sets like Swiss IC2020 have sets of 10 duplex coach trains and add up to four normal coaches and driving coaches. (+2 loco, top and tail, dependent on route)
Thanks for the info 👍🏼
For the Metropolitan train, most people won't have to space to run that consist. It's already 210 cm for the coaches alone.
The exact same coaches in DC are done by Piko for the same price, as this is a cooperative project between Piko and Märklin
I wonder who they are aiming at with that set…. Club layouts maybe?
Maybe you should mention rossrailwaydesigns who 3D prints Scottish pre grouping designs
Thanks for the tip I’ll look into it 👍🏼
@ they just announced some highland railway coaches
Ridiculously overpriced locos have become, i can't afford them, i get things off eBay after they are a couple of years old 👍.