#4549 Container Double Stack

A freight container wagon with an articulated lorry and a crane. The wagon is a long twin-bogie wagon that can carry 6 short containers or 2 short and 2 long containers. The lorry can take 2 short or one long container. The sturdy crane picks up the containers and transfers them between the lorry and the wagon.

The wagon is based on the same low-loader baseplate as the #4547 Euro Express Tourist Car and looks similar to real-life double stacked container wagons that I have seen in the US, although the real ones don't have short containers over the wheels.

The articulated lorry can haul off the containers and can be unloaded by the crane or by the forklift truck that comes with #4563 Euro Freight Line. It is a nice model but the wheelbase on the tractor is rather long and makes it difficult to steer.

The crane belongs to the <-O-> company as do the lorry and the wagon. It has a winch that raises and lowers the container grapple. This has rubber jaws that automatically grip the sides of a container when it is lifted. The arm on the crane can be extended and the angle can be adjusted.

Four containers are included, a short red/white <-O-> container, a short Octan container, a long blue container belonging to some worldwide shipping company and a long yellow LEGOŽ container (presumably containing hundreds of new LEGOŽ sets!)

Two figures are included, both railway workers, one with hair and one with a red baseball cap. Really, I think they should both be wearing hardhats with those big containers swinging about on the end of that crane.