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Offline Marco_4124

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Container wagon
« on: May 29, 2017, 08:49:25 »
I bought this container wagon for a real bargain. Although it is made from original Playmobil parts throughout, I don't believe that this was an original Playmobil item. Can somebody identify this (of part of this)?
I presume that the frame is from Playmobil gondola 5264, because that is the only original Playmobil wagon I know with a red frame.


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Re: Container wagon
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2017, 09:09:55 »
That container is from set 3817, Sunset Express, where it is carried on the back of a (road) truck. It fits perfectly on that rail truck, as I think such containers do in real life?
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Re: Container wagon
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2017, 09:26:47 »
That container is from set 3817, Sunset Express, where it is carried on the back of a (road) truck. It fits perfectly on that rail truck, as I think such containers do in real life?



I could not find a better answer, as the picture tells it all.



The idea is quite old, here a picture before WWII. The difference is that the old containers could not be stacked, unlike the modern ones in the picture above.