Prototype: an express train passenger car set comprising the following three cars of different types for the "D 74" express train. 1 type aBC4uwe four-axle skirted passenger car, 1st/2nd/3rd class. 1 DSG type WR4u(e) four-axle dining car (standard design 1928-30). 1 type C4u four-axle seating car, 3rd class (standard design 1928-30). Train route: D 74 Hamburg altona - Basel SBB, for the Frankfurt/Basel SBB section of the route. German Federal Railroad (DB) and German Sleeper and Dining Car Company (DSG). The cars look as they did around 1955.
Highlights
Model: The cars have detailed construction and are full-scale in length. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". all cars have factory-installed interior lighting with warm white LEDs and buffer capacitors. The interior lighting works using the factory-installed current-conducting close couplers in conjunction with the type aBC4u, express train passenger car, 1st/2nd/3rd class, from item 42491, which is fitted with a pickup shoe for current pickup. The cars must be coupled in a defined sequence for this. all cars are equipped with current-conducting close coupler heads. Replacement normal close coupler heads and short corridor connections are included for the train end. There are imprinted train route signs and running numbers. a concertina fold shows an illustration of the complete train and the prototypical arrangement of the individual cars in the train consist. Total length over buffers approximately 77 cm / 30-1/4".
