passenger coach Bicycle car WS 3914 RhB

Brand
Bemo
gauge
HOm gauge	12mm
product type
passenger coach
technical & model details
running number	WS 3914
interior details	yes
couplers	Bemo bracket coupling
scale	1:87
power supply	Direct current DC
Age notice	not suitable under 14 years.
country
Switzerland	RhB
era (continental)
era VI

Model: HOm gauge DC. RhB bicycle car WS 3914 in the current version in red color with thin decorative line without brake corners. In recent years, three of these wagons have been used to form the Bergün-Preda toboggan train in the high winter season. One of the two Arosa baggage cars D 4231/4232 is currently in a train with a NEVA-Retica control car or a Ge 4/4 II.

Prototype: The commissioning of the EW III standard wagons helped the "Bernina Express" make its final breakthrough in 1983: not only in terms of comfort, but also through the visually highlighted color scheme of the entire red/dark brown train unit. In 1992/93, eleven additional express train cars arrived on the Graubünden meter-gauge network with the EW IV standard cars: the A 1273-1275, B 2491-2497 and the BD 2475. These were slightly shortened compared to the main network cars that were purchased at the same time and were painted completely red. The EW IV stand out due to a higher car body, air conditioning units and doors that are flush on the outside. In 1995, thanks to the second train composition, the Heidiland Bernina Express from Landquart via Davos and Filisur to Tirano was added to the program. In the Pontresina transition station, a track that could be switched over in terms of running voltage was specially installed so that the locomotive could be easily changed from the alternating current mains locomotive to the double traction of two direct current vehicles on the Bernina Railway. In the summer season the composition usually consisted of seven cars.

After the second series of panoramic cars were put into service in 2006/2007, the EW III and IV were finally completely displaced from the high-quality express train service and instead used to increase the comfort of regional trains. The cars were painted plain red and modernized between 2013 and 2016 as part of a refit program. Today EW I, III and IV share regional train traffic on the Bernina line.