Hobbytrain H22200 - 4 pcs. TOUROPA Set 1 DB Ep.IIIb 2xBcm53/2xBcm53-60

Hobbytrain H22200 - 4 pcs. TOUROPA Set 1 DB Ep.IIIb 2xBcm53/2xBcm53-60

Art. H22200
Hobbytrain Touropa Set 1 4-piece. DB, Ep.IIIb - new shape

2x Bcm 53 with apron
2x Bcm 53/60 with preferred compartment and apron
Increasing competition from airplanes and road traffic forced long-established travel companies such as Touropa and Scharnow at the end of the 1950s to improve their offerings. The DB, as the owner of the couchette cars, took the first step at Touropa's insistence and installed four priority compartments in couchette cars delivered in 1953 and 1954. In 1963 the first UIC-X couchette cars of the type Bc4üm-62 (later Bcm 243) came onto the rails. The new couchette cars only had 10 compartments and a page compartment.
From 1967 onwards, new 27.5 m long cars with special compartments (Bctm 256) were added and for the last time the company names of the major tour operators were emblazoned on these cars. After various travel companies merged to form TUI (Touristik Union International) in 1969, the lettering disappeared at the beginning of the 1970s. Some holiday trains continued to run well into the 1980s with partially modernized Bcm 246 and Bctm 257 cars.

Model type railway model
Sets Set combination
Gauge N gauge
Coupling standard shaft NEM
Car type passenger car
Interior lighting integrated
Brand / manufacturer Hobbytrain
Railway company DB/DBAG (Germany)
New No

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