7 piece set: Diesel multiple unit class 601 "Alpen-See-Express" of
the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
The set contains one driven motor car, two open seating cars, one
dining car, two compartment cars, and one non-driven motor car.
■ Anniversary model - "60 years of Roco"
■ Operation conditions: 1980s
■ True to original livery and lettering
With the introduction of the series classification table of the DB
on January 1st, 1968, the powered end cars of the VT 11.5 were
renumbered to BR 601, and the middle wagons to BR 901. In 1971, the
Deutsche Bundesbahn set up the Intercity system as a city express
traffic system with 1st class vehicles and a two-hour interval. On
average, six units were in service every day. After a conversion in
1980, the locomotive operated in the special tourist traffic
(“Alpen-See-Express”). Departing from Hamburg and Dortmund, the
tourist trains ran to popular vacation areas in Southern Germany
and Austria.
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