Due to the progressive commissioning of more and more specialized
cars, the demand for two-axle covered freight cars decreased.
Already in 1995 - and to a greater extent from 1997 - various flat
cars for swap bodies were created from the series Gb 5001-5100. The
specialized cars designated as Lb-v 7851-7886 can be found
throughout the entire RhB network from Landquart or Chur: with
troughs, conventional containers, postal containers, or
refrigerated containers for food transport, such as those for Coop
or Migros.
The food chain Volg has renewed its freight car fleet used for
servicing its branches in Graubünden in recent years: the six
sliding wall cars were converted into climate container cars
Sb/Sb-v alongside four additional sliding wall cars, and a new
design was introduced; the two containers Y 11601/11602 transported
on two-axle flat cars are still in service at the distribution
center in Landquart, but have lost their colorful advertising and
are now neutral white again.
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