Märklin 088022 - Vomag rail truck

Märklin 088022 - Vomag rail truck

Model Details

“Goods belong on the rails.” This well-known advertising slogan of the German Federal Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn) was taken for granted before the Second World War. Nevertheless, industry had already developed efficient trucks capable of transporting heavy loads. The Reichsbahn (German State Railway) wanted to benefit from this cost-effective means of transport on the rails as well. Thus, they procured standard production trucks from various well-known manufacturers, which ran on rail wheels. These included numerous models from the catalog of Vogtländische Maschinenfabrik AG (VOMAG), which was one of the major truck manufacturers at the time. In addition to construction service tasks, the distinctive “long-nosed” trucks were also intended for light shunting duties. For this purpose, buffer beams and coupling devices were installed at the front and rear. Otherwise, there were hardly any modifications, and therefore these vehicles only had a reverse gear. This limited the turning radius, or a turntable had to be found to change direction. Several rail trucks were coupled together at their rear ends to allow for more flexible deployment. And some "VOMAGs" even made it into the fleet of the German Federal Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn). Painted in a smart red, they ran in the construction service of the Hamburg division until around 1960. On a model railway, such a vehicle is a real eye-catcher – especially when it's pulling a freight car.

Prototype: 5-ton Vomag (Vogtländische Maschinenfabrik AG) rail truck of the DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn) as it appeared in Era III.
Model: Completely new design. Body made of metal-filled plastic, tarpaulin made of cast bronze. Drive on both axles with a coreless motor. Headlights with warm white LEDs. Visually accurate reproduction of the wheels with dark nickel-plated rims. Reproduction of the sandboxes and sand pipes as well as buffer beams. Length over buffers approx. 50 mm.


Detailed scale model for adult collectors. Handle with care. Not suitable for children under 14 years. It contains small parts that may pose a choking hazard, and some components have functional sharp points. Only a toy transformer manufactured according to VDE 0570-2-7/DIN EN 61558-2-7 may be used as a power source to operate this product.

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	Märklin
Item number:	088022
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4001883880228
Product Type:	Diesel locomotives
track:	Z
scale:	1:220
Railway company:	DB
country:	DE
epoch:	III
Metal model:	partially made of metal
Age recommendation:	Ages 14 and up
WEEE No.:	DE30519521