Product Features and Details
Prototype: Royal Prussian Railroad Administration (KPEV) Langenschwalbach design branch line cars. 3rd production run starting in 1907. Type C4itr Pr14 passenger car, 4th class with a baggage compartment. Type PwPost4iPr14 baggage car, with a mail compartment.
Model: The day coach has open end platforms, and the baggage car has enclosed vestibules. The trucks are specific to these cars. The grab irons and walkover plates are separately applied. Total length over the buffers 29.0 cm / 11-7/16".
Highlights:
* Classic Prussian paint scheme.
* Older design buffers.
* Representation of the gas lighting with tanks and vents.
One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.
Comfort on Sharp Curves - In 1889, a rail line was built to the elegant spa of Langenschwalbach, now known as Bad Schwalbach. The line ran to Wiesbaden and had grades of about 3.3% as well as curves with a minimum radius of 200 meters / 656 feet 2 inches. The Prussian State Railroad had a new type of passenger car built especially for the many curves on this right-of-way. Although commuter cars at that time almost always had two or three rigid axles, the Langenschwalbach cars were equipped with 2-axle trucks. This design became known as the Langenschwalbach car, and it proved so effective that it was built for almost 35 years from 1892 on with no changes.
DC wheel set 4 x 70 05 80. Interior lighting for the set: 2 x 73400, 2 x 73405.
The 43048 and 43049 car sets together with the 37141 tank locomotive form a special yet typical Era I branch line train.
