207:
156:
421:
33:
412:
439:
466:
457:
448:
367:
376:
394:
385:
215:
475:
243:
430:
403:
149:
298:
Mobile
Station) are made in Trix versions with different colours and another logo; but otherwise identical and fully compatible with Märklin's. For a number of years Trix has made two-rail versions of many Märklin models with only minor differences, such as axles (electrically insulated) and for powered models (being of lighting and/or a motor) power pickup.
223:
English style. A TRIX subsidiary in
England had existed since the early 1930s and was initially responsible for sales of the metal construction kit. The English model range was further expanded after the German company founder Stephan Bing was driven out of Germany by the Nazis in 1938. In the beginning most of the models run with alternating current (AC).
261:"Postage Stamp" brand; later these items were sold under the American Tortoise, Model Power and Con-Cor brands. Trix sometimes utilized North American consultants to aid in the design of this portion of the product line. The "Hornby Minitrix' brand was used in the 1980s for a short lived range of British models using the earlier product tooling.
233:
The production of plastic models began in the late 1950s; the three-wire system was able to last there until 1967, when the international two-wire system was converted. The company then changed hands several times and at times also operated as Trix Trains and
British Trix. The legacy of TTR then went
222:
Under the name TTR (Trix Twin
Railway), the TRIX Express model railway was also available in England from the end of 1935. First of all, locomotives made in Germany were repainted in England. Since 1936, the locomotive bogies that were still supplied from Germany were equipped with housings in the
297:
Since around 2003 or 2004 Trix has made a two-rail version of the Märklin C-track, and the two are mostly identical except for the colour of the trackbed and the height of the rails (with Märklin being 2,3 mm high and Trix 2,1 mm). Also, some of Märklin's digital components (such as the
193:
After more than six decades of independence, the TRIX company got increasingly into economic difficulties in the 1990s and was completely taken over in 1997 by the Göppingen competitor Märklin, but continued as an independent brand. Since then there has been increasing overlap between the model
273:
purchased the assets in
January 1997. In part, this purchase was a reflection of Märklin's need for added production capacity; Trix had been manufacturing certain items for Märklin in previous years. The purchase was also in response to the earlier purchase of the
77:, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Knowledge.
306:
Besides the AC Trix
Express and Minitrix brands, the Trix company is also well known for its 1:87 scale DC brands, Trix International and Trix H0, dating back at least to the early 1970s and still being produced today.
197:
The causes for the economic crisis of the model railway manufacturers can be seen in a serious change in the market. To date, the companies have not been able to develop any long-term sustainable concepts for this.
226:
After second world war the production resumed in 1948 but began to lag behind the technology used by rivals. Trix switched from AC to DC (with its simple reversing function) later than rivals like
194:
ranges from TRIX and Märklin in size H0; New model developments differ only in the respective power systems (alternating current at Märklin, direct current at TRIX International).
87:
63:
257:
brand were made from the late 1960s mostly of
European trains (German and British primarily). North American trains were also manufactured and marketed under the
355:
Trix also produced highly detailed brass models of steam locomotives in limited quantities under the "Fine Art" label, predominantly in the late 1990s.
97:
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
315:
A particular Trix speciality is the reproduction of
Bavarian models from Epoch I and their equivalent Epoch II, DRG versions. Examples such as the
294:
three-rail AC locomotives have also been introduced in two-rail DC versions under the Trix logo and many models are shared between the two brands.
282:; Märklin were very keen to take over Trix market share in 2-rail H0 and especially Minitrix, until then Märklin had not marketed
593:
583:
230:, particularly the British Trix company. In 1956 Trix switched to DC and in 1967 to two-rail as used by most competitors.
82:
105:
567:
556:
118:
Content in this edit is translated from the existing German
Knowledge article at ]; see its history for attribution.
174:. In 1935 the company began producing the electrically powered model trains that it became famous for, under the
187:
234:
to the
British subsidiary of Liliput in the 1970s. Production of British Trix OO gauge trains ceased in 1973.
258:
167:
113:
17:
347:
have been produced in the steam locomotive line, along with numerous passenger and goods wagons.
588:
134:
269:
Trix's owner in the 1980s and 1990s was Mangold, which went bankrupt in the late 1990s and
170:. One of its co-founders was Stephan Bing, the son of the pioneer toy-maker industrialist
8:
183:
127:
155:
563:
552:
332:
109:
340:
336:
328:
206:
420:
275:
344:
324:
535:
411:
577:
438:
320:
316:
562:
T. Matthewman: The history of TRIX – H0/00 model railways in Britain. 1994,
465:
179:
175:
456:
447:
190:
loco models (e.g. 20/51, 20/52, 20/53, 20/54) running on bakelite rails.
366:
171:
116:
to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is
393:
375:
290:
models under the well established Minitrix brand. A number of Märklin
270:
279:
384:
495:
Ramsay's British Model Trains catalogue, 6th edition 2008 page 414.
291:
214:
287:
283:
250:
227:
45:
474:
74:
242:
511:
429:
402:
86:
to this template: there are already 1,904 articles in the
159:
Trix Express, AC-model BR 20/54 (1939) on bakelite rails
148:
527:
519:
536:
Enthusiast's site on early Minitrix in North America
70:
66:
a machine-translated version of the German article.
210:Trix Twin Railway, scale model Compound (AC), 1950
575:
286:models. In 2003, Märklin introduced its first
112:accompanying your translation by providing an
57:Click for important translation instructions.
44:expand this article with text translated from
549:Trix Express – Die Vorkriegszeit 1935–1940.
512:Trix Trains Official US website (Dead link)
551:(= Tischeisenbahnen. Band 2). 2005,
166:is a German company that originally made
241:
213:
205:
154:
147:
14:
576:
310:
182:the company produced a small range of
301:
201:
26:
528:Official website in the Netherlands
24:
25:
605:
502:
473:
464:
455:
446:
437:
428:
419:
410:
401:
392:
383:
374:
365:
31:
350:
218:TTR Catalog 1939/40, title page
594:Model manufacturers of Germany
489:
122:You may also add the template
13:
1:
541:
482:
584:Model railroad manufacturers
264:
168:Trix metal construction sets
7:
520:Official website in Germany
237:
94:will aid in categorization.
10:
610:
358:
69:Machine translation, like
46:the corresponding article
517:(in German and English)
278:by the Italian company
133:For more guidance, see
247:
219:
211:
160:
152:
124:{{Translated|de|Trix}}
245:
217:
209:
158:
151:
135:Knowledge:Translation
106:copyright attribution
311:Bavarian prototypes
276:Karl Arnold company
248:
246:Minitrix ICE model
220:
212:
161:
153:
114:interlanguage link
302:Other Trix brands
253:models under the
202:Trix Twin Railway
146:
145:
58:
54:
16:(Redirected from
601:
534:
526:
518:
510:
496:
493:
477:
468:
459:
450:
441:
432:
423:
414:
405:
396:
387:
378:
369:
333:Gt 2x4/4 (BR 96)
125:
119:
93:
92:|topic=
90:, and specifying
75:Google Translate
56:
52:
35:
34:
27:
21:
609:
608:
604:
603:
602:
600:
599:
598:
574:
573:
544:
532:
524:
516:
508:
505:
500:
499:
494:
490:
485:
478:
469:
460:
451:
442:
433:
424:
415:
406:
397:
388:
379:
370:
361:
353:
341:PtL 2/2 (BR 98)
337:P 3/5 H (BR 38)
329:G 3/4 H (BR 54)
313:
304:
267:
240:
204:
186:(14 V) powered
142:
141:
140:
123:
117:
91:
59:
36:
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
607:
597:
596:
591:
586:
572:
571:
560:
543:
540:
539:
538:
530:
522:
514:
504:
503:External links
501:
498:
497:
487:
486:
484:
481:
480:
479:
472:
470:
463:
461:
454:
452:
445:
443:
436:
434:
427:
425:
418:
416:
409:
407:
400:
398:
391:
389:
382:
380:
373:
371:
364:
360:
357:
352:
349:
312:
309:
303:
300:
266:
263:
239:
236:
203:
200:
178:label. Before
144:
143:
139:
138:
131:
120:
98:
95:
83:adding a topic
78:
67:
60:
41:
40:
39:
37:
30:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
606:
595:
592:
590:
589:German brands
587:
585:
582:
581:
579:
569:
568:0-904568-76-8
565:
561:
558:
557:3-933899-25-7
554:
550:
546:
545:
537:
531:
529:
523:
521:
515:
513:
507:
506:
492:
488:
476:
471:
467:
462:
458:
453:
449:
444:
440:
435:
431:
426:
422:
417:
413:
408:
404:
399:
395:
390:
386:
381:
377:
372:
368:
363:
362:
356:
348:
346:
345:S 3/6 (BR 18)
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
325:D XII (BR 73)
322:
318:
308:
299:
295:
293:
289:
285:
281:
277:
272:
262:
260:
256:
252:
244:
235:
231:
229:
224:
216:
208:
199:
195:
191:
189:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
157:
150:
136:
132:
129:
121:
115:
111:
107:
103:
99:
96:
89:
88:main category
85:
84:
79:
76:
72:
68:
65:
62:
61:
55:
49:
47:
42:You can help
38:
29:
28:
19:
548:
533:(in English)
509:(in English)
491:
354:
351:Brass models
321:D XI (BR 98)
317:B VI (BR 34)
314:
305:
296:
268:
254:
249:
232:
225:
221:
196:
192:
180:World War II
176:Trix Express
163:
162:
110:edit summary
101:
81:
53:(March 2009)
51:
43:
578:Categories
542:Literature
525:(in Dutch)
483:References
188:three rail
172:Ignaz Bing
547:P. Berg:
280:Rivarossi
265:Ownership
128:talk page
80:Consider
48:in German
292:H0 scale
255:Minitrix
238:Minitrix
104:provide
18:Minitrix
359:Gallery
288:N gauge
284:N gauge
271:Märklin
251:N gauge
228:Tri-ang
126:to the
108:in the
50:.
566:
555:
259:Aurora
71:DeepL
564:ISBN
553:ISBN
343:and
164:Trix
102:must
100:You
64:View
73:or
580::
339:,
335:,
331:,
327:,
323:,
319:,
184:AC
570:.
559:.
137:.
130:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.