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German Freight & Passenger Cars

These are several more German freight and passenger cars, all of an older type. They feature the buffers on the ends and the rounded roof type common throughout Europe. The models here were made by Berliner TT Bahnen. Current production of these models is by Tillig.

This is a "goods car", and sometimes is mistaken for a "cattle car." Grille windows provide ventilation. Goods...from Germany? That concept goes well here! Indeed, any experienced model railroader here or abroad likes German goods.

This is a refrigerated car. "Kuhlwagen" is German for "cool car." They are usually used for transporting food. German food....bratwurst, sauerbraten, weisswurst, those Bavarian pastries. Definitely good! Note the "porch" on the end of this car.

This is a coach of the DRG. No, not the Denver and Rio Grande, but the Deutsche Reichsbahn Geselleschaft. Note the color, similar to Pullman green, and diaphragms at car ends. There is a resemblance to an American Heavyweight. The DRG ran in the south of Germany. Cars like this also carried people to and from....Oktoberfest!

A similar car of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The color is slightly lighter green and the roof is gray rather than silver. These cars remained in use in both East and West Germany.

This is a baggage car of the post-1949 Deutsche Bundesbahn, the West German railway. It is a lighter green, but retains the silver roof. Note the caboose-like cupola on the roof.
Notable are both similarities and differences between German and North American rolling stock designed prior to 1940. Sliding doors on goods cars and baggage cars, for instance. Likewise, note how the kuhlwagen's doors are almost identical to their American counterparts. Differences include the use of 4-wheel freight cars in Germany prior to 1949, and the double-doors fore and aft on the passenger cars. Most conspicuous: a cupola in the baggage car. German railways did not use the caboose..

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This is a "goods car", and sometimes is mistaken for a "cattle car." Grille windows provide ventilation. Goods...from Germany? That concept goes well here! Indeed, any experienced model railroader here or abroad likes German goods.
This is a refrigerated car. "Kuhlwagen" is German for "cool car." They are usually used for transporting food. German food....bratwurst, sauerbraten, weisswurst, those Bavarian pastries. Definitely good! Note the "porch" on the end of this car.
This is a coach of the DRG. No, not the Denver and Rio Grande, but the Deutsche Reichsbahn Geselleschaft. Note the color, similar to Pullman green, and diaphragms at car ends. There is a resemblance to an American Heavyweight. The DRG ran in the south of Germany. Cars like this also carried people to and from....Oktoberfest!
A similar car of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The color is slightly lighter green and the roof is gray rather than silver. These cars remained in use in both East and West Germany.
This is a baggage car of the post-1949 Deutsche Bundesbahn, the West German railway. It is a lighter green, but retains the silver roof. Note the caboose-like cupola on the roof.	Notable are both similarities and differences between German and North American rolling stock designed prior to 1940. Sliding doors on goods cars and baggage cars, for instance. Likewise, note how the kuhlwagen's doors are almost identical to their American counterparts. Differences include the use of 4-wheel freight cars in Germany prior to 1949, and the double-doors fore and aft on the passenger cars. Most conspicuous: a cupola in the baggage car. German railways did not use the caboose..