Model: The cars are new tooling. All of the cars have close coupler mechanisms and built-in LED interior lighting. The cab control car has triple headlights at the cab end, which change over 3 x white and 2 x red and cab lighting. This lighting is controlled using a function decoder. The headlights / marker lights will also work in analog operation. Replaceable, scale skirting for the car ends is included for all the cars for operation on large radius curves. Total length over the buffers 825 mm / 32-1/2".

Prototype: Four German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG), business area Metropolitan Express Train, Inc. / DB Travel & Tourism (currently DB Long-Distance Service) express train passenger cars types Apmz 116.0 (Car 1), Apmz 116.2 (Car 2), Apmkz 116.6 (Car 3), Apmz 116.4 (Car 4), and a type Apmbzf 116.8 cab control car (Car 7). The cars look as they did around 1999 for the Metropolitan Express Train.

Combining this car set with the 15161 car set and the 16085 locomotive will give you a prototypical METROPOLITAN from 1999.