Roco 6200052 H0 3-piece set 2: D 377 Hispania-Express of DB 2 Class Büm 234 1/2 Class ABum 225 dining car WRümz 135
The Hispania Express had been operating between Copenhagen since 1963, and between Hamburg and Port Bou from 1969. From this point in time in Germany it was operated as an accelerated express train with a maximum speed of 160 km/h, as otherwise only TEE and F or IC trains.The train is being replicated for the timetable year 1976/77, because Hispania this year particularly many cars of the 1./2. Klasse (ABum), the typical course wagon of the German Federal Railways. To reach the 160 km/h, the cars needed to be equipped to a large extent, including the first ones mixed in ocean blue/beige, with magnetic rail brakes.This text is machine translated.