Product Features and Details
Model details
- Exactly to a scale of 1:160
- True-to-scale length over buffers
- Constructed from high-quality, impact-resistant plastic
- Metal base plate
- Printed window frames
- Perfectly fitted windows
- Illuminated train destination displays, switchable in digital operation
- Lighting with warm white LEDs
- High beam (only available in digital mode)
- Scale detailing
- Three-dimensional front faithfully reproduced
- finely engraved details
- Fine printing and varnishing
- Driver's cab illuminated
- Complete interior fittings, including driver's cab
- NEM short coupling mount
- Red/white light change, alternating in the direction of travel
- For upgrade to digital operation, a function decoder is required for each individual car - intermediate car: order no. 0019695.01; control car: order no. 0019695.02 (Operating the cars without a decoder in digital operation can lead to damage to the electronics)
TWINDEXX VARIO® is a registered trademark.
Information about the model
"IC 2" is the name given to the TWINDEXX-Vario® trains that have been in service with DB Fernverkehr (DB Long-Distance) since the timetable change on December 13, 2015. Bombardier Transportation received its first order in 2010 for 27 five-car double-decker trains, coupled with Class 146.5 locomotives, as part of a previously concluded framework agreement with DB AG for a total of 800 double-decker carriages. A further 17 trains were ordered in March 2015. The TWINDEXX-Vario® is a further development of the proven double-decker platform from Görlitz. The trains have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. In DB Fernverkehr's long-distance transport concept, the IC 2 trains will gradually replace all previous IC trains. The first routes to be operated after the timetable change were Leipzig – Norddeich Mole, Dresden – Cologne, and Koblenz – Norddeich Mole.
