Marklin HO 43835 City Bahn Passenger Car Set I 2026 New Item

Prototype: A set of three German Federal Railroad passenger cars of different types: Two type Bnrzb 778.1 cars, 2nd class, and one type ABnrzb 772.2 car, 1st/2nd class, with a cafeteria compartment. Train route: Cologne-Gummersbach. Pure orange/light gray basic paint scheme. The cars look as they did starting in 1986.

Branch lines have been the problem children of the railroad from the very beginning. In 1984 the German Federal Railroad undertook a new approach on lesser used routes to gain attractiveness. The project ran under the name "City Bahn" and the first route selected for it was: Cologne – Gummersbach. Silverlinge coaches of the latest type were used as rolling stock. A train cafe was set up in one car, and the cars were painted externally in the color scheme of the S-Bahn Rhein/Ruhr. The locomotives were adapted in their paint scheme to the cars to achieve a high level of recognition for the "City Bahn". On the route Cologne – Gummersbach the motive power was class 218 diesel locomotives. Thanks to the "City Bahn" the railroad was able to register a clear growth in passengers, and this resulted from the dense, regular schedule. The "City Bahn" concept has undoubtedly spurred service on S-Bahn routes threatened with abandonment until it could be replaced by the successor, the City Express.