Skirted dining coach type WRüge of the German Federal Railway.

■ Era IV design with ocean blue/beige livery

Starting in 1936, the German State Railway Company (DRG) put streamlined express train coaches into service. The windows and doors were installed completely flush in the exterior walls of the wagon; the side walls ran down over the actual end of the coach and between the bogies. The “skirted wagon” thus achieved substantial reductions in wind resistance. In 1974, eight skirted dining coaches were painted ocean blue and beige.

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