| Branch Line Car Set 2
2 Royal Prussian Railroad Administration (KPEV) Langenschwalbach design branch line cars, from the 3rd production series starting in 1907. 1 type BC4iPr14 as BCCi passenger car, 2nd/3rd class. 1 type C4iPr15 as CCi passenger car, 3rd class. The cars look as they did around 1916
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Comfort on Sharp Curves - In 1889, the sophisticated resort of Langenschwalbach – today Bad Schwalbach – received a rail connection. The line to Wiesbaden had grades of around 3.3% as well as curve radii of a minimum of 200 meters / 656 feet. The Prussian State Railways has passenger cars of a new type built just for this curving right-of-way. Unlike the usual commuter service passenger car designs of that time with almost always two or three rigidly mounted axles, the Langenschwalbach cars were equipped with two-axle trucks. This design turned out so well that they were built from 1892 on for almost 35 years without changes.. |
