"City-Bahn" Add-On Car.
| Article No. | 23435 |
|---|---|
| Gauge | Trix H0 |
| Era | IV |
| Kind | Passenger Cars |
Product description
Model: Era IV. The car has underbody details specific to this design. The trucks have disk brakes. The car is ready for installation of 66719 lighting kit and the Märklin 73409 marker light kit. The minimum radius for operation is 356 mm / 14-3/16". The car has NEM coupler pockets and a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 282 mm / 11-1/8".
One-time series.
Publications
This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item no. 43818.
Publications
- New Items 2009 - Main Catalog 2009/2010Prototype information
City-Bahn. Branch lines have always been problem children for the German railroad. In 1984, the German Federal Railroad took a new approach to increase the attractiveness of service on little used routes. The project went under the name "City-Bahn" and initially one route for selected for this service: Cologne – Gummersbach. "Silberlinge" / "Silver Coins" commuter cars were used as rolling stock and were rebuilt to the latest standard at that time. A train café was set up in one of the cars and the exterior of these trains was borrowed from the paint scheme for the S-Bahn in the Rhine/Ruhr area. The paint scheme for the locomotives was adapted to that of the trains in order to achieve a high level of recognition for the "City-Bahn" product. Class 218 diesels were used on the route Cologne – Gummersbach. The railroad was able to register a clear increase in passengers thanks to the "City-Bahn", and this increase was the result of the dense service at regular intervals. Without a doubt the "City-Bahn" concept kept rail service alive on routes threatened with abandonment until it was replaced by its successor, the "Stadt-Express" or "City Express".