- Rokal
ROKAL is an
acronym for RObert KAhrmann Lobberich, a manufacturer of metal castings that produced a line ofmodel railway equipment inTT scale from1947 -1969 , based inLobberich 80 km north ofCologne ,Germany at the Dutch border. The Rokal product line was then sold toWilly Ade ofRöwa . Röwa issued at least one catalog that included items from the Rokal product line, but apparently only sold existing inventory from the Rokal purchase rather than manufacturing these items. Ade later sold his company toRoco of Salzburg, Austria and the Rokal TT line was not issued again.The Rokal product line was of slightly different proportions from other TT scale lines. In later years of production, Rokal worked in joint venture with firms located in the former country of East Germany. The products of these companies were offered by Rokal with the Rokal style coupler and offered in their own product line with their proprietary coupler. These companies apparently used the same set of manufacturing tooling, marketing these items under names such as
Zeuke , Zeuke & Wegworth,Berliner Bahn and possibly others.External links
* [http://www.rokal-tt.lobberich.de/ webpage] by Rokal Friends Lobberich, in
German language
* A [http://guidetozscale.com/general/Rokal_TT/rokal_tt.html ROKAL enthusiast's] website
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