Passenger Coach Bnrzb724 DB

Info about the original

DB maintained a permanent inventory of passenger carriages that could bequickly converted to transport the wounded in the event of a disaster. Sincethe German armed forces had had to deal with this issue several years earlier,DB was able to draw on an existing design. However, alterations to the designwere essential as a higher load capacity was required for these carriages. Themost conspicuous change was the straight roof running to the end of thecarriage, which earned it the name "Steildach-Silberlinge" ("pitched-roof Silberlinge").At the AW Karlsruhe repair workshop a total of 180 carriages werebuilt for the DB in 1969 and 1970, all of which were equipped with disc brakesand did not feature steam heating.