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58048 DB “Rheingold 1” Express Train Passenger Car Set.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express train passenger cars painted and lettered for the TEE. 1 type Avüm 111 compartment car with a rounded roof, 1 type Avüm 111 compartment car with a perpendicular roof, 1 type ADüm vista dome car with 8 dome windows.

Model: These TEE "Rheingold" cars look as they did around 1967. The roof shapes, side walls, underbodies, and skirting are specific to the type of car. The trucks are Minden-Deutz designs with brake shoes, magnetic rail brakes, and separately applied generators. The vista dome car (type ADüm) has 8 roof windows. The car roofs can be removed from the cars. These four-axle express train passenger cars are not available separately. All of the cars have detailed interiors and built-in interior lighting. The cars have guide mechanisms for the couplers in order to provide close-coupled car spacing. The cars are ready for installation of reproduction prototype couplers. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Total length over the buffers 225.0 cm / 88-9/16".

Highlights:

Highly detailed construction.

Prototypical train composition.

Class E 03 locomotive, item no. 55104, goes well with these cars.

Item no. 58049 can be used to extend this car set.