Type Erz Id Hopper Car Set

Prototype

Set of three German Federal Railroad (DB) type Erz Id OOtz 44 four-axle hopper cars. Version with a very low upper superstructure and a brakeman’s platform. Used to transport iron ore. Standard design pressed sheet metal trucks with welded underframes as reinforcement. Reddish brown basic paint scheme. The cars look as they did starting in 1952.

Highlights

• Loaded with real iron ore.

Model

The cars feature detailed construction with different car numbers. All cars have brakeman’s platforms and a control wheel on the end. The cars have load inserts with real iron ore in scale-sized grains. All cars are individually packaged inside a master package. Length over the buffers 34.5 cm / 13-37/64″.
DC wheel set E700580.

A matching class 80 steam locomotive, as well as additional freight cars dedicated to the theme of smelting ovens, are available in the Märklin H0 range as items 37066, 46014, 46047, 46146, and 48678. You will also find a matching building kit of smelting oven 2 at the Duisburg Meiderich ironworks as an anniversary model to celebrate 80 years of Faller in the Faller range. www.faller.de