Product Features and Details
2nd class control cab coach, type BDnf 784, of the German Federal Railways.
Version in "City-Bahn" design
Cologne – Gummersbach train route
With function decoder for light changes (white/red) for both analogue and digital operation
With switchable train destination display lighting in digital mode
The interior design corresponds to the previously known versions
Alternating current version
At the beginning of the 1980s, the German Federal Railways continued to shut down many lines in order to save costs. However, a breath of fresh air came in 1983 with a new Board of Directors: After correcting fundamental errors in the calculations, the DB Board of Directors decided on a pilot project to improve short-distance traffic outside the suburban railway network in the major cities. Initially planned for the southern Black Forest, the Cologne – Gummersbach route was chosen, a route with many bends and a parallel motor-way. The timetable was changed to an hourly interval with 218 hauled push-pull trains, the route was improved at certain points and the carriages were redesigned by the DB Design Centre. Externally, the colour scheme was very similar to the S-Bahn trains. To attract attention, the first set was even equipped with a kiosk in 1984.The Cologne – Gummersbach City-Bahn project was a great success: many other lines followed, and with wagons in the mint green product colours. In 1991, the interval timetable was also introduced nationwide in short-distance traffic and the wave of closures of DB light railways for passenger traffic was halted.
