Car set comprising two “Reko-Donnerbüchsen” passenger carriages from the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Variant!

Consisting of a 2nd-class passenger carriage, Baai type, with enclosed entrance areas, and a 2nd-class passenger carriage, Baai type, with open end platforms.

■ Version with new side panels
■ Prototype-accurate windows and interior fittings

“Donnerbüchsen” were originally two-axle passenger carriages of older designs. The nickname came from the loud, rumbling sound made by the carriage bodies on the simple running gear. After the Second World War, the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR still had many old regional and standardised carriages in service. Due to a shortage of carriages and ageing stock, from the 1950s onwards they were not simply restored, but fundamentally modernised – at the DR this was known as ‘Rekonstruktion’, or ‘Reko’ for short.
‘Reko-Donnerbüchsen’ were fitted with completely new side walls featuring the large windows familiar from the Reko carriages, and were of course also modernised internally accordingly.