Product Features and Details
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Snps 719.
Model: The car has finely detailed, fixed double stakes with tiedown levers. The load surface is picked out in a different color. Length over the buffers 23.9 cm / 9-3/8". DC wheel set 4 x 70 0580.
With the increase in speeds for freight trains the need arose at the end of the 1970s for modern cars for the transport of pipe, logs and lumber. The type Snps 719 has 16 fixed stakes with tiedown equipment, each of which can be operated by hand. Its load weight is 39 – 63 metric tons, depending on the route class, and its maximum speed is 90 – 100 km/h or 56 – 83 mph (120 km/h or 75 mph unloaded).
