Product Features and Details
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) "Silberling" type Bnb 719. 2nd class.
Model: The car has adjustable buffers. The car is ready for installation of 7319 current-conducting couplings or 72020 current-conducting couplers. Length over the buffers 26.4 cm / 10-3/8". DC wheel set 4 x 70 0580.
The unpainted exterior skin of stainless steel with the peacocks eye pattern under the windows gave the German Federal Railroad commuter cars, which replaced older rolling stock starting in 1960, the name "Silberlinge" ("Silver Coins").In the prototype a large number of 2nd class cars were equipped with baggage and engineers compartments at one end, which were later expanded to a complete engineers cab with destination signs. Thanks to the engineers cab, these cars can be used in push/pull service with locomotives equipped for this type of operation. This saves the time required to turn locomotives at the end stations. On main lines and branch lines, trains of Silberlinge often run with class 111, 140, 141, 212 or 216 locomotives. The modern, three-phase class 120 locomotive also occasionally pulls a push/pull train. Recently, Silberlinge have been replaced on lightly traveled routes increasingly with the new class 628 powered rail cars. In urban areas, however, they are still often seen, even in S-Bahn traffic in the Rhine-Main area or in the greater Hamburg area, for example.
