Marklin 43953 - Type BDms 273 Half Baggage Car
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type BDms 273 express half baggage car, 2nd class. Ocean blue / ivory basic paint scheme. The car looks as it did around 1980.
Highlights
- Separately applied axle generator.
- Type Minden-Deutz heavy (type 361) trucks.
- Entry doors with one-piece door windows.
- Entries include fixed steps.
- Prototypical with two different car ends.
Product description
Model: The car entrance doors have one-piece door windows. The entries have fixed steps. The underbody is specific to the car type. The trucks are type Minden-Deutz heavy (type 361) with disk brakes and without magnetic rail brakes. The car has a separately applied generator on one truck. The car has two different ends like the prototype.
7319 current-conducting couplings or 72022 current-conducting couplers, the 73406 pickup shoe, the 73410/73411 interior lighting, and the 73407 marker lights can be installed on the car.
The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Length over the buffers 28.2 cm / 11-1/8". DC wheelset E700580.
Charlie's Tips
Additional add-on express passenger cars to go with this car can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment at Ajckids.com under item numbers 43914, 43925, and 43934.An electric locomotive to go with this car can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment at Ajckids.com under item number 39125.