Märklin 58715 Track 1 multifunction-Container carrying wagons of DB
Only recently did the container begin its success story: In 1966, the first container load in Bremerhaven in Europe was deleted. Since then, this form of transport has shown steady growth figures. In 1969, when worldwide container handling amounted to just 700,000 TEU (TEU = Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit = a cargo unit of 20 feet in length and 8 feet in width, determined the number of standardized containers that can be loaded), it was already 17 million TEU in 1982, 236 million TEU as of the turn of the millennium and around 720 million TEU in 2017. Container traffic in the maritime freight sector worldwide has reached a share of around 75 percent â and this trend continues to rise. However, uniform dimensions had to be found in as many countries as possible in order to be able to operate as universally as possible on all means of transport â sea and inland waterway, rail and truck. After lengthy negotiations in 1968, the first ISO container was developed as a standard 20-foot container with a length of 20 feet (6.1 m). Other standard sizes with standard lengths of 40 feet (12.2 m), 45 feet (13.7 m), 48 feet (14.6 m) and 53 feet (16.2 m) followed.Modelled after Sgjs 716 of the German Federal Railways (DB) in the state of the Epoche IV loaded with 3 pc. 20 ft. Containers, of which 2 x Hapag-Lloyd and 1 x Freightliner.Car number 31 80 443 7 572-9.Vehicle in the condition of EP. IV.Model: Four-axle flat wagon with rotating flat cars at the longitudinal sides. Loaded with three 20 ft. Containers. All containers are removable. Doors on one front side of the container open in prototype. Chassis frame is made of metal for the most part. Movable overpass bridges. Disc wheels. Accessible Minimum radius 1.020 mm. Length over buffers 65.5 cm.This text is machine translated.