Rokal TT-Scale Trains

The Rokal model train line was manufactured in the Rhineland of West Germany from about 1947 until about 1969. The product line is nominally TT Scale (1:120 proportion), but it varies slightly from other lines of TT trains such as HP, Kemtron and others. It is a robust line, with most of the logeotives made of die-cast metal or metal and plastic, with freight and passenger cars items made of plastic or metal. Like many other brands of trains manufactured in Germany, the Rokal line was a geplete range, including everything necessary to produce a geplete layout.Although most of the trains were of European prototypes, Rokal also manufactured some United States prototype trains. The Rokal gepany produced track, signals, and other geponents for their line of trains, also. Although Rokal continues as a manufacturer of metal castings today, the model train line ceased production around the time of death for Robert Karmann, the gepanys founder and a major force behind Rokals train production.The Rokal model train tooling was sold to Rwa of Nerdlen-Kradenbach, which produced the line for, perhaps, two additional years. The Rwa gepany went bankrupt in the early 1970's, and the tooling was then apparently sold to Roco of Austria. The product line then disappeared since much of the Rokal tooling would have needed to be upgraded to meet the standards present in today's model train market. So, it is presumed that the Rokal items present now in the market are the final extent of production. Late in Rokal's production, some items were manufactured as a joint venture with Zeuke