Swiss Ex. Pass. Car Set E. IV
Swiss Express Passenger Car Set
Prototype: Four Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) standard design passenger cars type Mark III. A type AD half baggage car, 1st class, a type WR dining car, and two type B open seating cars, 2nd class. Pebble gray / blood orange basic paint scheme for the Swiss Express. Train route: Geneva-Lausanne-Bern-Zurich Main Station. Car assignment numbers 1, 13, and 14. Dining car without an assignment number. The cars look as they did starting in 1975.
Model: The Mark III car family is completely new tooling. The interiors are done in multiple colors. All the cars have factory-installed LED interior lighting. A buffer capacitor is installed in each car to bridge over short areas without current. The dining car has lighted table lamps. One open seating car has factory-installed marker lights. The cars are equipped with operating, current-conducting close couplers. The interior lighting works in conjunction with the marker light car and the assigned car order must be followed for this function. There are trucks specific to the types of cars, roof shapes, side walls, and underbodies with many separately applied details. The buffer height on the cars conforms to the NEM. There are separately applied vents, grab irons, control lines, and steps on the trucks. There are imprinted car route signs and car assignment numbers. Two crossover end doors are included with each car. These doors were installed on the prototype for crossovers. An imitation of an automatic coupler is included with the marker light car. All the cars are individually packaged in an additional master package. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16. Length over the buffers approximately 113.2 cm / 44-1/2.
An add-on car set can be found in the Marklin H0 assortment under item number 42191. An electric locomotive to go with these cars can be found in the Marklin H0 assortment under item number 38420. The switching coupling car Sputnik to go with these cars can also be found as new tooling under item number 46850.This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 23690.
