Rivarossi HR4391 - CIWL, 3-piece train set "Edelweiss Pullman Express", Set 2/2 (DD3, VPC Flèche d'Or + VP Étoile du Nord), Ep. II

Rivarossi HR4391 - CIWL, 3-piece train set "Edelweiss Pullman Express", Set 2/2 (DD3, VPC Flèche d'Or + VP Étoile du Nord), Ep. II

 

Prototype information

The "Edelweiss" ran from 1928 to 1979 as a pair of trains between Switzerland and the Netherlands via Alsace and Luxembourg, with a war-related interruption. Until 1939, the train ran as a luxury train operated by the International Sleeping Car Company CIWL from Amsterdam to Basel and, for a time, Lucerne. After the Second World War, initially operated as a normal express train, the Edelweiss became one of the first pairs of trains in the new Trans-Europ-Express system (TEE) from 1957. It was discontinued in 1979.
It is little known that the Edelweiss Pullman Express of the CIWL was a direct competitor of the Rheingold at the time. Until the outbreak of war, the train also ran south of Basel together with the Rheingold through coaches.
Until 1939, the CIWL used only the Pullman coaches it had acquired in 1925 as vehicles in the "Edelweiss". Since these were equipped with a kitchen and seat service, there was usually no separate dining car and only baggage cars. As a day train, the Edelweiss did not have any sleeping cars. The "Edelweiss" usually consisted of at least four Pullman coaches and two baggage cars.

 

 

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	Rivarossi
Item number:	HR4391
number of pieces:	Set of 3 passenger cars
EAN:	5063129026318
Product Type:	Passenger cars
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Edelweiss Pullman Express
Railway company:	CIWL
country:	EU
epoch:	II
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC Analog
Length over buffer:	773mm
Minimum radius:	358mm
coupling:	Shaft NEM 362 with KK kinematics
digital coupling:	No
Interior design:	equipped with interior furnishings
Interior lighting:	digitally switchable
Spring buffer:	available
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE No.:	DE47027570