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New 2024
Passenger Coach BC4 SBB
Road no.: 4951
Item no: 45713
Delivery date: Q1/2025
Model details
- Tip bearing wheelsets
- Extra wheel bearing and suspension system
- True-to-scale side frames
- Extra gas tank
- Completely lacquered wagon body, housing and roof with soot marks
- Handles and steps in lower-density material
Info about the original
Although the SBB had taken over large numbers of the American four-axle coaches and the coaches had proven their worth in service, when ordering new vehicles it was decided to use a three-axle design. After some time, the long coach body showed a high level of warping and deformation. The reason for this was the very poor running properties of the primitive bogies without secondary suspension. Nevertheless, some remained in service until 1941 and trains formed solely with four-axle coaches of the same class still travelled between Winterthur and Wil in 1930.