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Dragon Rail Cars - Weight Capacities?
Brummbar65
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 07:50 AM UTC
I would like to know the real like weight capacities for the following Dragon Railcar kits:

Trumpeter 00221 - Heavy Flat Car (Schwere Plattformwagen Type SSyms80)
Trumpeter 01517 and 18 - Gondolas (High and Low)

Thank in advance,

Jim
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 08:50 AM UTC

SSyms 80 could load 80 tons (metric which means 80 x 2240 pounds)

https://web.hs-merseburg.de/~nosske/EpocheII/fg/e2f_gwkb.html

I am not sure about the others. A german web-page claims that the high sided gondola isn't a German waggon, maybe of Italian or French origin.
The decals claim a load capacity of over 30 tons but I don't think I am convinced that this is correct.

A partial answer at least ....
/ Robin
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 09:12 AM UTC
Yes, Trumpeter, my mistake - sorry.

Thanks for the correction and the info. (Original post corrected)

Jim
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 03:04 AM UTC
Good morning,
Then there's this. You'll need to translate the German.
http://web.hs-merseburg.de/~nosske/EpocheII/fg/e2f_gwkb.html

Long-time lurker,
Alan
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