BR 10 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) with bi-level passenger coaches

A BR 10 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), the last heavy steam passenger engine built and one of only two, pulls a rake that includes early bi-level coaches. In 1950, the (DB) had a small batch of bi-level coaches built. The first were 22.5 meters long. A second batch that was made in 1951 were 26.4 meters long, the new UIC (International Union of Railways) standard coach length. Bi-level coaches were not something that was new in Germany with the first having been developed by the Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn (LBE) in the 1920s. These were used with tank engines outfitted for push-pull operation.

These new coaches were used to test the new high-speed Minden-Deutz bogies and rubber car end seals, with the second also being used to test new openable window constructions.

While bi-level coaches never took off with the DB, the DR in East Germany embraced them at about the same time, something which may have contributed to the non-adoption of the design in the West. Before and with reunification of the German railways in 1989, the DB began to purchase large numbers of modern bi-level coaches from the East, using them in local and regional service.

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[papphausen2]

I know, but it's my railroad. :-) I've been enjoying some of your videos too.

[Frabas02081912]

@papphausen2 You are very right, offcourse and thank you as well. The internetsite and your YT channel look marvelous. Kind regards from NL

[02081912Frabas]

I am afraid it never drove in this combination. With a BR 03.10, BR 03, V100, V160, V200, but not with a BR10. I like to invite you to visit the forum which mentioned in some of my videos. well I thin you will like them anyway. Kind regards from NL

[templedread]

Excellent!