Product Features and Details
Prototype: The luxury trains of the early 1900's CIWL (Orient Express) consisted usually of one baggage car in the front and one in the back, a dining car and two sleeper cars. The Ostende Orient Express (Belgium)-Vienna (Austria) Express started operation on June 1st of 1894. There was a daily train between Ostende and Vienna via Brussels, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Passau, Linz, and Vienna. The idea behind this train was to give mostly British travelers a direct connection to South Europe. Even the train was called Ostende-Vienna Express it ended actually in Budapest. This Express consisted of an extensive fleet of 23 sleepers, 7 diners, and 15 baggage cars. In 1895 they added a special car going to Karlsbad and 2 cars going to Triest and Constanta.
The cars were cladded with teak wood on the outside and the sleeping and dining cars had extremely luxurious interiors. There was no other train in the world which showed this kind of luxury. The Simplon Orient Express used the same coaches and traveled from Paris to Istanbul. Models on the Orient Express cars are always a challenge in design and production. Hobbytrain chose cars that have never been realized as a production model before. These cars are a must for every collection and we are sure that you will enjoy these beautiful teak-wood carriages. The set is very limited and numbered.
These models are manufactured to the highest standards in license and with the approval of the Wagons-Lits Diffusion France.
Model Features: - Filigree etched CIWL logos and train signs - multicolored detailed interior fittings - Brass table lamps - Elaborate printing and painting - detailed chassis and roof structures - Interior lighting for sleeping cars for both the aisle and compartment side and for the dining car which are already installed at the factory (3-axle car with power intake prepared for interior lighting) - Interior lighting with buffer memory and soldering interface for decoder - Min. Radius 250 mm. - NEM coupling with KKK for minimum buffer clearance when using a close coupler - LüP: 3-axle car 143 mm / 4-axle car 233 mm - 1:87 / H0 scale
Model Highlights:
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Filigree etched CIWL logos and train signs
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multi-colored detailed interior fittings
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Table lamps made of brass
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Expensive printing and varnishing
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detailed chassis and roof structures
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Interior lighting for sleeping cars both for the gangway and compartment side as well as for the restaurant car.
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Indoor lighting with buffer memory and soldering interface for decoders
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NEM coupling with KKK for minimum buffer spacing when using a short coupling.
