Marklin 43857 - Rheinpfeil Express Train Passenger Car Set
Prototype: Type Av4üm-62 compartment car, 1st class, type WR4üm-62 "Humped Back" dining car, and type AD4üm-62 vista dome car, 1st class, in the original "Rheinpfeil" paint scheme of blue/beige. Type Avüm 111 compartment car, 1st class, and type Apüm 121 open seating car, 1st class, in the new TEE paint scheme of red/beige. The cars look as they did around 1967.
Model: The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". The cars have underbodies and skirting specific to their designs. The trucks are Minden-Deutz heavy designs with brake shoes and separately applied generators. 7319 current-conducting couplings or 72020/72021 current-conducting couplers, the 73406 pickup shoe, and the 73400/73401 interior lighting (2 each per car), and the 73407 marker light kit can be installed on all of the cars.
Total length over the buffers 141 cm / 55-1/2".
DC wheel set per car 4 x 700580.
One-time series.
Charlie's Tip: The class E 10.12 electric locomotive available under item number Marklin 37014 is the ideal motive power for the 43857 "Rheinpfeil" car set.