Fleischmann 881908 - 4-piece set: UIC wagons

Fleischmann 881908 - 4-piece set: UIC wagons

Model details

4-piece set "Pop-colored DC train" of the German Federal Railway.

UIC-X carriages: New design 2020!

All carriages with separately attached plug-in parts and prototypical buffer height

UIC-X carriages are the name given to more than 6,145 express train carriages of the DB, which were put into service from 1952 and some of which ran for half a century in express trains and intercity traffic. These carriages had a level of comfort previously unknown in Europe. The development of express train carriages in the new standard length of 26.4 m was initiated in 1950. The Westwaggon wagon factory in Cologne-Deutz was in charge here according to the specifications of the wagon construction and purchasing department of the Federal Railway Central Office in Minden. All cars were fitted with Minden-Deutz type bogies.

Prototype: At the end of the 1960s, the DB considered how it could give its fleet a modern and friendly look. From 1970 to 1974, they experimented with new, lighter colors, with the basic color of the car bodies of all vehicles being pebble gray. The roofs were painted in umber gray. Most passenger cars had a decorative stripe in pebble gray and a decorative stripe in the color of the respective window band above the frame. The striking vehicles were popularly known as "pop cars." Six different window colors, including decorative stripes, were used on almost all types of DB express train cars.

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	Fleischmann
Item number:	881908
number of pieces:	set of 4 passenger cars
EAN:	4005575194471
Product Type:	Passenger cars
track:	N
scale:	1:160
Railway company:	DB
country:	DE
epoch:	DC Analog
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC Analog
Length over buffer:	660mm
Minimum radius:	192mm
coupling:	NEM 355 shaft with KK kinematics
Interior design:	equipped with interior furnishings
Interior lighting:	retrofittable
Age recommendation:	from 14 years
WEEE No.:	DE 67942834