The company TRIX (so the official designation) with seat in Nuremberg is priority a well-known, steeped in tradition manufacturer of play goods, model railways on a scale 1:87, H0 and on a scale 1:160, Spur N (Minitrix). Among the former product range ranked also metal component systems, Morseapparate and tape recorders.

Firm history

The pioneers from 1838 to 1932

The roots of the company Trix can be retraced up to the year 1838. Were produced at the beginning of tin figures and metal play goods. From the original company J. Haffner the united play goods factories Andreas and J.Haffner's Nachf became after a fusion 1925. Kg.

The label name Trix emerges 1931 with the first Trix metal component systems. The experts argue still, before the name come. The rumor keeps itself persistent that the name of the favourite cigars of the development engineer was decisive Siegfried punt

The developments from 1932 to 1941

In co-operation with the former Bing managing director Stephan Bing, Siegfried punt and other former coworkers of the company Bing was developed starting from 1932 the Trix express model railways and begun 1934 with production. It can as consistent advancement starting from 1922 of Bing produced "table railway" to be regarded; many Detaills betray the origin. In the year 1935 Trix express on the Leipziger spring fair, at that time still in the so-called trace 00, was introduced to the public. Trix express had from the outset the three-rail three-leader track and made possible first a two-course enterprise on a track. The Trix express locomotive 20/51 with full disk wheels from the year 1935 is today very in demand. could present the own trace 00-course only to the Leipziger autumn fair 1935.

In this epoch direct current motors were not yet usual with model courses. Either one drove with clockwork drive or with 14 to 20 V alternating current. Still in former times the light-current was fed by 220 or 110 V even directly - without transformer - into the toy railway; the operating voltage was reduced assistance by lamp resistances. For safety reasons this was soon given up. The Trix express locomotives was originally operated with 14 V alternating current. Said universal motors were used more exactly, with which a direction change is possible by additional mechanisms only. With the Trix express was realized the direction of travel change-over by a voltage drop, which headed for a Schaltwalze over a pawl and a ratchet wheel. converted this function later with a

For demand the new Trix Modellbahn was unexpectedly high. Until 1940 the sales boomte. Trix express could develop numerous innovations for the trace 00, so e.g. 1937 the direction of traveldependent light change in the motor coach 20/58 and in the same year the large express train locomotive 20/57 with the material wheel arrangement 2"´C1"´ (so far the locomotives with reduced oh number were simplified built). 1939 followed then the automatic standard clutch at all locomotives and car, the remote controlable uncoupling track 20/12 as well as the remote controlable Trix mechanism clutch at the express train locomotive 20/59. Hereby could be uncoupled in any place of the plant. 1939 was brought also electrical signals and switches with train control system on the market. As last new development before the kriegsbdingten obligation break 1940 the tender locomotive 20/56 with the supermechanism (at both ends remote controlable mechanism clutch) and a special transmission was brought out.

Stephan Bing and Siegfried punt were German Jews. By the race laws were forced it 1938 to sell their portion of the Trix work and emigrierten to England. There they were active with support of W.J. Basset Lowke considerably at the development of the English Trix Modelleisenbahn, the Trix twin Railways. It is astonishing that important spare parts can be exchanged further problem-free between the German Trix express railway and the English Trix twin Railways. The German enterprise was acquired 1938 by Ernst Voelk and carried the company name TRIX united play goods factories Andreas and J.Haffner's Nachf. By the assumption of the company by Ernst Voelk Trix possessed since 1938 (until 1962) also the steeped in tradition manufacturer of sheet metal toy Trix express also extensive accessories both by Trix themselves and by other companies was produced. Among the products of own house e.g. ranked the station "Trixstadt" as well as a suitable considered platform, a goods shed and a locomotive shed. All buildings were manufactured from wood and are today in demand with collecting tanks very (it is however assumed that the wood buildings were produced not by Trix themselves, but by suppliers - so far there are however no reference points, who the supplier was). Beyond that it gave Kibri, who let their sheet metal buildings (stations, platforms, bridges, signal towers) a close co-operation with the company with small changes in colour and organization drive out also by Trix.

Starting from 1940/41 the play goods industry came into Germany gradually to succumbing. Also the Trix manufacturing plants had to change over now to the manufacturing from armaments (e.g. Morseapparate, field telephones). With increasing escalation of the war actions the risk rose to become a goal from air raids to also for Nuremberg. Nuremberg was simultaneous thereby on the one hand as important industrial site and railway junction a preferential strategic goal and by the of realm Party Congresses and race laws a goal with high symbolic meaning for allied air forces. Due to the acute threat at the beginning of 1943 the misalignment of production took place into the rural environment of Nuremberg, after gap. There in the course of this measure also a part of the toy articles already finished (Trix express railways, metal component systems and accessories) were stored. The manufacturing plants in Nuremberg, Kobergerstrasse 15, received several hits in the spring 1945 from blowing up and phosphorus bombs. The inferno was in such a manner violent that the Handmuster including the construction plans and designs, stored in the safe deposits, glowed completely. The damage to the buildings, which could not be used after end of war no more, was just as serious.

Articles in category "Trix"

We found here 1 articles.