Lackerli Huus Tinplate Swiss Croc Loco Document?

ANYONE else here own the Lackerli Huus "tinplate" Crocodile?

As always, THANK YOU in advance! 

TA, are the "technical specs" on the cookies or on the prototype loco or what ?  Can you easily scan a copy of the German specs and post it [ as an image ] here on the forum ?

Best, SZ

If they are specs on the cookies it probably just says things like:

- CAUTION:  Hide cookie tin where other household members can't steal them.

- To ensure maximum satisfaction when eating, ensure no other personnel are nearby.  Cookies always taste best when they are snitched.

and stuff like that.....

SZ:

First, THANK YOU for your reply! 

It is definitely the history and technical specifications of the Swiss Croc with one side in a form of German, and the other in French.

There is also an engineering drawing with many dimensions, and a list of specs below that.

Art

Why not post an image of the sheet in both French and German? There are lots of French and German speakers on this forum, probably somebody would sit down and at least give you a summary. I speak both, or used to, but frankly I am so rusty and out of practice that I would probably give you something like "The pen of my aunt is on the table of the crocodile" for a translation. 

Thanks Lafondue - that really is a different language from ordinary German. One question - what/where is the Sputnik? Is that a brake van, or what would you call it in Switzerland?

Sputnik are basically a caboose..(Dienstbegleitwagen/ wagon bureau)..a fairly small cab (outfitted with wooden benches, small folding table, bathroom and a gas heater) on a 2 axles frame with a large observation platform at the end, the other side was just not accessible (open frame).

The cab was built using cut old passenger car. Since they were short, barely 30 ft with a short wheelbase and light ( about 10 tons) at higher speed it was really a bumpy ride back there. They came into service in the mid 50's and retired in the early 90's.

Sincerely,

Thanks Lafondue. That's a neat looking little car, and I'll bet the ride was pretty bumpy. The Feds banned four-wheel cabooses from mainline service somewhere around 1900 because they were unstable and dangerous to the crews. In the U.S. we call that a "bobber," after the "bobbing up and down" (i.e. bouncing) motion. Here's a picture of an 0 scale model of one. After they were banned from main lines, they remained in use on logging roads, where speeds were much slower, for many years. 

Maybe MTH or ETS should make a model of that. I've seen something similar in Z gauge, but a bit larger and more elaborate. 

Here's another "bobber."