Type C4ü Express Train Passenger Car for the “D 74”

Prototype

Type C4ü four-axle express train passenger car (standard design 1928-30), 3rd class, for the “D 74” express train. Train route: Hamburg Altona – Basel SBB, for the Frankfurt/Basel SBB section of the route. German Federal Railroad (DB). The car looks as it did around 1955.

Highlights

• The express train passenger car matches the class 01.10 steam loco with new tooling and a new boiler design.
• Express train D 74 with the train route: Hamburg Altona – Basel SBB, for the Frankfurt/Basel SBB section of the route.
• The express train can be extended with cars from items 42491 and 42533.
• With factory-installed LED interior lighting and a buffer capacitor.
• Current-conducting close coupler heads.

Model

The cars have detailed construction and are full-scale in length. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16″. With factory-installed interior lighting with warm white LEDs and a buffer capacitor. The interior lighting works using the factory-installed current-conducting close couplers in conjunction with the type ABC4ü, express train passenger car, 1st/2nd/3rd class, from item 42491, which is fitted with a pickup shoe for current pickup. The cars must be coupled in a defined sequence for this. A short replacement corridor connection is included. Imprinted car route board and running number. A concertina fold shows an illustration of the complete train and the prototypical arrangement of the individual cars in the train consist. Length over buffers 25 cm / 9-7/8″.

The express train passenger car goes with the class 01.10 express steam locomotive with new tooling and a new boiler design, which is available as item 39105, and can be extended with express train passenger cars from items 42533 and 42491 to create a prototypical D 74 express train.

A DC version of this express train passenger car is available in the Trix H0 range as item 23626.