City Bahn Passenger Car Set

Prototype

A set of three German Federal Railroad passenger cars of different types: Two type Bnrzb 778.1 cars, 2nd class, and one type ABnrzb 772.2 car, 1st/2nd class, with a cafeteria compartment. Train route: Cologne-Gummersbach. Pure orange/light gray basic paint scheme. The cars look as they did starting in 1986.

Highlights

• Factory-installed LED interior lighting with buffer capacitors.
• Current-conducting close couplers, can be uncoupled.
• Separately applied grab irons at the car ends.
• Imprinted car route signs.

Model

The underbody details are specific to these car types. The trucks have disc brakes. There are separately applied grab irons at the car ends. All cars include factory-installed LED interior lighting. Each car is fitted with a buffer capacitor to bridge short unpowered sections of track. The cars are equipped with current-conducting close couplers that can be uncoupled. The interior lighting works in conjunction with the cab control car, item 43833. The car has imprinted car route signs. Restroom downpipes and switchman’s steps are included as parts that can be applied separately. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16″. All cars are individually packaged inside a master package. Length over the buffers per car 28.2 cm / 11-1/8″.

The matching class 218 “City-Bahn” locomotive is available in the Märklin H0 range as item 39228. A matching cab control car and express maintenance car are also available in the Märklin H0 range as items 43833 and 42831. A DC version of this model is available in the Trix H0 range as item 23234.