2nd class commuter coach "Silberling", of the Deutsche
Bundesbahn.
The set contains a 1st/2nd class coach, type ABnb 703 and a 2nd
class coach, type Bnb 719.
■ Elaborately implemented with authentic and true-to-life
advertising
■ Elaborate printing in the typical peacock eye pattern
■ Train route Karlsruhe - Offenburg - Freiburg
For decades, the n-coaches of the Deutsche Bundesbahn were known as
Silberlinge. With over 5,000 units, this family of carriages became
the dominant type of DB commuter coaches from the 1960s onwards.
Multiple units and double-deck coaches gradually replaced them, but
this did not happen until the 1990s.
From the mid-seventies, individual Silberlinge were provided with
advertising on their side walls. As with the S-Bahn vehicles in the
metropolitan areas, the DB Design Centre had already approved
so-called "advertising spaces" for commercial advertising, which
could be used accordingly.
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