Product Features and Details
Also after the Second World War, the Deutsche Bundesbahn could not dispense with the numerous Prussian compartment coaches at first. After the DRG had put a large number of steel fast train coaches into service, the four-axle compartment coaches had already been on their way out since the 1930s. Many of them had been converted into heavy hand luggage cars from 1933 onwards by joining two compartments together to form one large compartment. One of the last improvements before the Second World War was the introduction of the Ruhr-Schnell-Verkehr (RSV) at the RBD Essen. The coaches selected for this were given a special red-beige livery which was similar to that of the railcars. The window area of the upholstered class was blue-green. As the connections of the RSV were very popular, the trains often had to be supplemented with coaches which had not been repainted.
Also after the Second World War, the DB could not dispense with the compartment coaches and the RSV services also had to be reorganised in order to cope with transporting the workers for the booming economy - but the special livery was not used this time because the imminent end was foreseeable. Many coaches had already been in service for fifty years and were correspondingly worn. Nevertheless, last modernisation measures were carried out as part of regular maintenance work, such as the installation of electric light. The final blow came in 1962, when the use of passenger coaches with wooden bodies was prohibited by law.
Delivery date: 2nd Quarter 2009
Model: new with brakeman's platform
