Opinions on Trix

[Grotto]

I am looking for a diesel to go with my circa 50's 60's layout and I saw one that looks great and has a great price of $75.00 Canadian or $66.95 U.S :thumb: It is by a German-Austrian firm called TRIX that people here seem to respect for their HO models, but no one seems to know anything about their N scale. :cry: I don't want to buy something that they offloaded to some unindustrialized country and they just stamped their name on, as I've had this way before by a reputable instrument maker.

Maybe your the one that knows about their small N scale offering. Please share the wealth. announce1

 

[shaygetz]

My circa early 70s Trix 0-6-0 switcher creeps tie-to-tie at just over 30 seconds and pulls 8 cars up a train set trestle. Not bad for a 30+ year old gal.

 

[Grotto]

Is that an N scale? I saw on a web site a Trix HO that look similar to that.
30 Years eh. Fine Bavarian engineering for sure.

 

[LoudMusic]

My circa early 70s Trix 0-6-0 switcher creeps tie-to-tie at just over 30 seconds and pulls 8 cars up a train set trestle. Not bad for a 30+ year old gal.

Wow, that's pretty impressive. Do you keep it in some kind of air-tight argon filled container when you're not running it, or something?

I know you know this, but don't ever let go of that treasure.

 

[shaygetz]

Is that an N scale? I saw on a web site a Trix HO that look similar to that.
30 Years eh. Fine Bavarian engineering for sure.

Yes, it is N scale, one of the first ones you could get when N was in its infancy. Pretty state of the art for its day too with separate handrails, a working headlight and marker lights on the tender. This one was barely used when I got it.

 

[eightyeightfan1]

When I was into N scale, I had a Trix SW1500. The thing ran like a champ, not bad detail for the times(Late 80's, early 90's). The only thing I didn't like was that the weight was in the cab, which meant that there was no interior detail.

 

[woopud]

Trix = MiniTrix and is the best in modeltrains like Marklin, Fleischmann and LGB which are all made in Germany/Austria.

Bert

 

[engineshop]

As far as I know, Minitrix still is produced in Germany. It is not outsourced to a second and third world country like the US models. But I could be wrong since I have not checked their website lately.