N gauge models under the Minitrix brand were made from the late 1960s mostly of European prototypes (German and British primarily). North American prototypes were also manufactured and marketed under the Aurora "Postage Stamp" brand; later these items were sold under the American Tortoise, Model Power and Con-Cor brands. Trix sometimes utilized North American consultants to aid in the design of this portion of the product line. The "Hornby Minitrix' brand was used in the 1980s for a short lived range of British outline models using the earlier product tooling.
Trix's owner in the 1980s and 1990s was Mangold, which went bankrupt in the late 1990s and M盲rklin purchased the assets in January 1997. In part, this purchase was a reflection of M盲rklin's need for added production capacity; Trix had been manufacturing certain items for M盲rklin in previous years. The purchase was also in response to the earlier purchase of the Karl Arnold company by the Italian company Rivarossi; M盲rklin were very keen to take over Trix market share in 2-rail H0 and especially Minitrix, until then M盲rklin had not marketed N gauge models. In 2003, M盲rklin introduced its first N gauge models under the well established Minitrix brand. A number M盲rklin H0 scale three-rail AC locomotives have also been introduced in two-rail DC versions under the Trix logo and many models are shared between the two brands.
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