ESU - 36000 - 36999 Freight and passenger cars
n-car, B4nb-59, 42725 Esn, 2nd class of the DB, era III
Model:
- Scale H0 models of the Silberling n cars
- Multi-colored interior
- Benches used separately
- Control car with separately switchable forehead, driver´s cab, luggage compartment and
Passenger compartment lighting. High beam on the Wittenberg control car
- Spring-loaded bellows
- Freestanding handle bars
- Steps at the ends of the car and at the entrances as perforated etched parts
- Replica of the wave gear disks with silver ones, replica of the smooth ones
Disk wheels on traffic red cars
- Multi-part bogies with a replica of the block or disc brake system
- Axle bearing plates and half-axles for friction-free eight-point power pick-up
- Easy retrofitting of the seating car with ESU interior lighting
- Bracket coupling in standard slot guided by a link
- Optional AC wheel set under item no. 41200 available
- Minimum drivable radius = 360 mm
- Length over the buffers = 303 mm
Prototype: Between 1959 and 1977, the DeutscheBundesbahn DB procured a total of more than 4,800 cars in three layouts for use in local transport but also to reinforce express trains: pure 2nd class, 1st and 2nd class and control cars with baggage and 2nd class cars. Class large spaces. The car family was assigned the generic letter n. A prototype car already had the unpainted outer skin with a brushed peacock eye pattern, which is responsible for the nickname Silberlinge. Dispensing with paintwork reduced the weight by around two tons. With a total weight between 27 and 30 t, for example, the second-class cars were at least 5 t lighter than the pre-war express train cars of the 1936 type.
The initially installed axle generator type D62 limited the top speed to 120 km / h. The technically permissible 140 km / h could be driven with a different type of axle generator or with the cars supplied electrically by the locomotive. In 1969, the DB procured a total of 180 Bnrzb724 units, which in the event of a disaster can easily be converted into hospital cars. A striking difference to the previously manufactured wagons is the almost vertical roof termination (steep roof). The first control cars had a transition option to the next car at the end of the driver´s cab, which is why the train driver sat in a drafty little room (rabbit box) to the right of the aisle. From 1972 the DB received control cars with a modern Karlsruhe head. In order to make local transport more attractive, the DB had several sets modernized inside from 1984 and painted pebble gray-orange on the outside and used them with the appropriate 218 under the product name City-Bahn. The success of the product prompted DB to modernize more cars from 1990 onwards with newly upholstered seats, modified luggage racks and a new exterior paintwork. A large number of different variants of the types referred to as re-design cars were created, which were initially painted in the then current mint turquoise light gray. From 1993, the DB received control cars with a reminiscent of the VT 628 railcar on the driver´s side, the Wittenberger Kopf. 2019, 60 years after the first silver coins were put into service, there are still cars in daily use.
Safety notice:
Recommended for modelers and collectors 15 years and older. Due to scale and prototypical
Due to scale and prototypical production, tips, edges and small parts are present.
Danger of swallowing. Not in the hands of children under 15 years!