ESU 36641 - Platform car, Pullman IIm, ABD 4554 DFB, blue, Ep V/VI, prototype condition around 2000, with digital lighting

ESU 36641 - Platform car, Pullman IIm, ABD 4554 DFB, blue, Ep V/VI, prototype condition around 2000, with digital lighting

Model information

Before the Furka Base Tunnel was completed in 1982, all trains between Brig and Andermatt had to run over the Furka mountain line. Since avalanches regularly occurred in winter, the contact line masts were dismantled in sections on the route that was electrified from 1942 in late autumn and rebuilt after about seven months. In order to avoid the dismantling of the line after the base tunnel between Realp and Oberwald was put into operation, railway enthusiasts founded the Furka-Bergleitung association in 1983 and, in 1985, the Dampfbahn Furka-Bergzeile AG (DFB) as a sponsoring community. Some of the 2,000 club members worked voluntarily to build tracks on the mountain and in the tunnels, while many others made donations possible to continue the work. The route had to be extensively renovated before operations could be resumed in sections from 1992. It is operated using cogwheel steam locomotives, two of which were bought back from Vietnam and made operational. Other cogwheel steam locomotives survived in Switzerland. In addition to two-axle vehicles, the DFB also has several particularly elegant four-axle platform wagons available for operating steam locomotives. The three ESU models were originally purchased by the SBB for the Brünigbahn. After leaving operational service, the cars were sold to other railways or, after modifications, they were used as railway service vehicles. Through painstaking detail work and with the help of spare parts donors, the club managed to get the four-axle vehicles back into working order for museum operations on the cogwheel route. In elegant cobalt blue paint, the cars have since advertised a journey into the past on the Furka mountain route.

Model details

Finely detailed plastic housing with Rivet replicas
Innovative mixed construction with car bodies and roofs made of plastic and underbody made of brass
Lovingly furnished interiors
Coloured interior ceilings with different lamp bodies in 1st and 2nd class large rooms
Multi-part Bogies with metal wheels
Low-friction eight-point power pickup via axle bearings
Standard interior lighting
PowerPack energy storage for flicker-free lighting
Separately switchable platform lighting
Multi-colored benches and luggage racks
Coupling hooks on both sides
Minimum accessible radius 600 mm
Length over center buffer 650 mm

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	ESU
Item number:	36641
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4044645366417
Product Type:	Passenger cars
track:	G
scale:	1:22.5
model series:	ABD
Company number:	4554
Railway company:	DFB
country:	CH
epoch:	V-VI
Metal model:	partly made of metal
Electricity system:	DC
Length over buffer:	650mm
Minimum radius:	600mm
Interior design:	equipped with interior furnishings
Interior lighting:	digitally switchable
Weight:	7.7g
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE No.:	DE62103961
BattG registration number:	21002525