Marklin 88148 GBadStsB CidT Steam Railcar I Z Gauge

GBadStsB CidT Steam Railcar I 1:220 scale model produced by Marklin. This model is ready-to-run straight out of the box and would make a excellent addition to any model railway collection. Features: Analogue DC Model Best suited to Epoch I Model Railways This model mainly operates in Germany This model is decorated in GBadStsB company markings The model frame is made of metal. Bell armature motor. Highly detailed. Headlights with warm-white LEDs. Model with system coupler at the rear. Accurate reproduction of front buffer beam. Many separately applied parts. Details In Austria–Hungary, steam railcars were an early experiment in combining locomotive power and passenger accommodation in a single vehicle. In 1880, Ringhoffer of Prague built a steam railcar for the Österreichische Lokaleisenbahngesellschaft with 32 seats and a maximum speed of 18 km/h, although it was withdrawn from service by 1900. In the early 20th century, the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways ordered railcars with Serpollet boilers from Esslingen, followed by additional units with boilers from Komarek of Vienna and car bodies from Ringhoffer. The Niederösterreichische Landesbahnen (Lower Austrian State Railway) also acquired steam railcars from Komarek and Rohrbacher. Most of these steam railcars were retired by the end of World War I, and those that remained were divided between the new Czechoslovak State Railways and the Austrian Federal Railways after the empire dissolved in 1918. All units had been withdrawn from regular service by the late 1950s. A rare example survives in operational condition at the Czech Railway Museum in Lužná today, offering a glimpse into this early era of self-propelled passenger rail vehicles. In Hungary, between 1901 and 1908, the Ganz Works of Budapest collaborated with de Dion-Bouton of Paris to build steam railcars for the Hungarian State Railways. These combined de Dion-Bouton boilers, Ganz steam motors and equipment, and carriages built by the Rába Hungarian Wagon and Machine Factory. In 1908, several narrow-gauge railways in Carpathian Ruthenia also acquired steam railcars from Ganz and other Hungarian builders. The success of these vehicles led Ganz to begin exporting steam motor railcars to countries including the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Japan, Russia and Bulgaria, spreading the concept internationally.