QUOTE (dwb @ 31 May 2007, 19:42)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I was wondering if any of the Swiss outline modellers (or anyone else) on the Forum could advise me on whether the flat wagons used by BLS / SBB for lorry trains are the same as the Fleischmann rolling road models 5270 through 5279 (apart from the DB designation)? No-one else appears to be making these at present or maybe I missed something when I checked HAG, Roco, Bemo and Trix.
David
Hello David,
If you mean the 'rollende landstrasse' or ROLA trains then Fleischmann do the wagons in at least DB and SBB liveries, and probably ÖBB and FS too. They also do all four varieties in N scale too. (Trix are doing them for the ÖBB in H0 this year, and I think the FS too (green).) The thing is Fleischmann only sell the non-DB ones as export-models directly to the corresponding country i.e. only Swiss shops can get the SBB/HUPAC ones, and the item codes you want are:
5270 CH - SBB Hupac Niederflurwagen grau Endwagen
5271 CH - SBB Hupac Niederflurwagen grau Mittelwagen
They only do the DB ones with trucks (the Trix ÖBB/ÖKOMBI ones have trucks though). As in N scale you only need one endwagon and can use the second buffer on the mittelwagen at the other end of the rake, I am pretty sure. You probably want a HUPAC sleeper/rest car for the drivers, I think Liliput did one but I'm sure Fleischmann or someone else will. Hope this helps.
I'm not sure if anyone but Trix and Fleischmann do them...it would be silly to have three companies having a go. I don't know how the design differs between the Swiss and Austrian versions of the ROLA wagons so I don't know if Trix did or will do the SBB in H0, and vice-versa Fleischmann the ÖBB...
I'm not normally this well informed but I have just successfully sourced some of the ÖBB/ÖKOMBI ones in N scale from an obscure shop in Austria...
Goedel