HO passenger coach Silberling B4nb-59 2.Kl. DB

Brand
ESU
gauge
HO gauge	16,5mm
power supply
DC
product type
passenger coach
technical & model details
running number	42727 Esn
interior lighting	can be retrofitted
interior details	ja
couplers	NEM 362 coupler pocket, short coupling mechanism, bracket couplings
scale	1:87
Age notice	not suitable under 14 years
country
Germany	DB
era (continental)
era III (1949-1970)

Model: HO gauge DC. Scale HO model of the n-car silver, multi-colored interior, separately used benches, sprung bellows, freestanding handle bars, treads at the car ends and at the entrances as openwork etching, replica of the Wellenradscheiben in silver, replica of the smooth disc wheels in traffic red car, multi-part Bogies with replica of the block or disc brake system, axle bearing plates and half-axles for friction-free eight-point current collection, bow coupling in slot-guided standard shaft, negotiable minimum radius = 360 mm, length over buffer = 303 mm.

Prototype:
Between 1959 and 1977, the DeutscheBundesbahn DB procured a total of more than 4,800 wagons in three layouts for use in local traffic as well as for the reinforcement of express trains: Pure 2nd class, 1st and 2nd class and control car with luggage and 2nd class metropolitan areas. The car family has been assigned the generic letter "n". A prototype car already had the nickname "Silberlinge" responsible, unpainted outer skin with brushed peacock eye pattern. The lack of a coating reduced the weight by about two tons. With a total weight between 27 and 30 t, for example, the second-class cars were at least 5t lighter than the pre-war express train cars type 1936. The initially installed axle generator type D62 limited the maximum speed to 120 km / h. The permissible 140 km / h allowed to run with another type of axle generator or by the electrically powered by the locomotive car. The DB procured in 1969 a total of 180 copies of the type Bnrzb724, which can be easily converted into hospital vehicles in the event of a disaster. A striking difference to the previously manufactured cars is the almost vertical roof termination ("pitched roof"). The first control car had at the driver's end a transition opportunity to the next car, which is why the driver sat on the right side of the aisle in a draughty little Räumchen ("rabbit box"). From 1972, the DB tax car received a modern "Karlsruhe head". In order to make the public transport more attractive, the DB had from 1984 modernize several trimmings inside and painted outside in pebble-gray-orange and put them with matching 218 under the product name City-Bahn. The success of the product prompted the DB, from 1990 to modernize other cars with newly-upholstered seats, modified luggage racks and a new exterior paint. The result was a variety of different variants of the designated as a re-design car types, which were first painted in the then current Mint Turquoise light gray. From 1993 received the DB control car with the railcar VT 628 remember the cab, the "Wittenberger head". In 2019, ie 60 years after commissioning of the first pieces of silver, there are still wagons in daily use.