Model Train Guides
Bachmann 19713 MKT Stock Car: Animation and Layout Checks
Bachmann 19713 is the MKT 47056 animated stock car with horses in HO scale, representing a 40-foot livestock car. Its moving horse-head feature is mechanically powered as the car travels. Bachmann lists operation on DC and DCC model railroads.
Product reference
- Manufacturer reference: Bachmann 19713; store reference: BAC19713.
- Road name and number: MKT, 47056; animal version: horses.
- Scale: HO, 1:87.
- Listed equipment includes E-Z Mate Mark II couplers, metal wheels and opening sliding doors.
Understand the animated feature
The manufacturer describes four animal heads moving through the side windows as the car moves. This is a freight car pulled in a train. The animated feature does not make the car a self-powered locomotive or establish that a digital decoder is supplied.
Keep the horse version and MKT number together when comparing listings, since other road names in the series can carry different animals.
Check the existing train and layout
Compare the couplers with those on the intended locomotive and neighbouring cars. Check height, free movement and the route through curves and turnouts using the actual model and the manufacturer instructions.
Bachmann lists the model at approximately 6 by 1.5 by 2 inches. Use the model dimensions, rather than the full-size 40-foot description, when checking a storage case or close clearance.
Add the right equipment around it
Track, locomotive, controller and power equipment are separate from this car. Decide whether the stock car is joining an existing HO train or whether you still need an operating set. The guide does not assign an unverified minimum curve radius.
Shop the item and related supplies
Bachmann 19713 MKT #47056 HO Animated Stock Car
Sources and scope
Product identity and photographs were checked against the linked Muncle Mikes listing. Manufacturer references below support the stated specifications. Planning advice is not a report of hands-on testing. Source review: November 5, 2026.
