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Carriage 83 751 belongs to the ‘Thunder box’
family, with open gangways. Most of these
coaches fell out of use in the mid-1960s. The
last scheduled passenger-carrying trip with
‘Thunder boxes’ on Deutsche Bundesbahn was in
September 1976 behind a Class V 60 diesel loco
through the Bavarian Forest. Our 83 751 was
taken out of service in the 1960s and rebuilt as
a living- and workshop accommodation. When
finally retired in 1991 it was to be scrapped
but instead found itself in Eisenbahn-Tradition’s
fleet. Restoration started in Winter 1995. As
the Teuto-Express is very popular with families,
prams and pushchairs have to be carried. Thus
we decided to construct a bulky-goods
compartment in the coach. Fortunately, we had a
1937 drawing from the Reichsbahn works in
Eberwalde and this gave us the pattern.
In the smoking section, seating is only arranged
around the end- and side walls. In the middle is
an open area for bulky goods; in former times
this was used for farmers to take goods to
market in the next town. Arising from air-raid
precautions in the Second World War, the sides
of the coach received a white stripe, enabling
them to be better identified on the darkened
station platforms. This identification was
retained by Deutsche Bundesbahn. In our train
the carriage sought-out by young families who
enjoy travelling back in time while dealing with
their modern necessities.
Type: ................................ |
Citr-28/37 |
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Manufacturer:
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Gebrüder Schöndorff |
Year:
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1929 |
Conversion:
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1937 |
Lenght over
buffers: ..... |
13.920 mm |
Total weight:
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20,8 t |
Seats:
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3rd-class: 44 |
Maximum speed:
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90 km/h |

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