Prototype: 3 different design German Federal Railroad (DB) IC express train passenger cars. 2 type Bm 235 compartment cars, 2nd class, 1 type Bpmz 291.2 open seating car, 2nd class. Ocean Blue / ivory paint scheme. Folding steps, rounded and steep roof ends, and prototypical trucks appropriate to compartment and open seating cars included. For the theme InterCity 690 "Hohenstaufen" for the route Munich – Stuttgart – Heidelberg - Mannheim - Frankfurt/M - Hannover - Hamburg/Altona. The cars look as they did in 1983.

Model: The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". The cars have underbodies and skirting specific to the car types. The compartment cars have single-part door windows. The cars have MD heavy 366 trucks with disk brakes, magnetic rail brakes, and lateral motion shock absorbers. The type Bpmz car has MD 52 trucks. The 7319 current-conducting couplings or the 72020/72021 current-conducting couplers, the 73400/73401 lighting kits (2 each per car), the 73406 pickup shoe, and the 73407 marker light kit can be installed in the cars. The cars have imprinted train route signs and position numbers. Total length over the buffers approximately 85 cm / 33-1/2". DC wheel set per car E700580.

Highlights

• Single-part door windows on the compartment cars.
• Rounded and steep roof ends.
• Train route IC 690 "Hohenstaufen" from Munich to Hamburg/Altona.