Product Features and Details
1st/2nd class "Silberling" local passenger car, type ABnb 703, of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
Version with pastel orange 1st class stripes
Elaborate printing in the typical peacock eye pattern
With ocean blue longitudinal beams
Train route Karlsruhe - Offenburg - Freiburg
The n-cars of the Deutsche Bundesbahn were known for decades as "Silberlinge". With over 5,000 units built, this car family became the dominant design for DB local passenger cars from the 1960s onwards. It was not until the 1990s that they were gradually replaced by multiple units and double-decker carriages.
Typical features of the version from the 1970s to 1990s were the ocean blue longitudinal beams, the large class numbers and the pictograms. The prototypes were based in Freiburg im Breisgau. From there they were used on the Rhine Valley Railway between Basel and Karlsruhe, but also on the Höllental Railway and diesel-hauled to Breisach and Elzach.
