Prototype: 3 different design express train passenger cars for the German Federal Railroad (DB) "Rheingold" F 10 long distance express train. 1 type AD4üm-62 vista dome car, 1st class, with a raised vista dome area and service areas beneath it. Version with rounded roof ends. Glass dome with 8 side windows. 2 type Av4üm-62 compartment cars, 1st class. Version with rounded roof ends. Cobalt blue / beige basic paint scheme. The cars look as they did in the summer of 1962.
Article No. | 43883 |
---|---|
Gauge / Design type | H0 / 1:87 |
Era | III |
Kind | Passenger Car Sets |
Model: The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". The roofs, side walls, underbodies, and skirting are specific to the car types. The trucks are Minden-Deutz designs with shoe brakes, magnet rail brakes, and separately applied generators. All of the cars have factory-installed LED interior lighting with warm white LEDs. One car has a factory-installed pickup shoe. The other cars can be supplied with power by means of special, current-conducting coupling drawbars. The 73407 marker light kit can be installed on all of the cars. The cars have imprinted train destination signs.
Total length over the buffers 84.8 cm / 33-3/8".
DC wheel set per car 4 x 700580.
The class E 10.12 "Rheingold" electric locomotive, available under item no. 37106, is the ideal motive power for the 43873 and 43883 "Rheingold" car sets.
Find more Märklin explanation videos on our YouTube Channel
Spare parts for our articles can be found here in our spare parts search.
One-time series.