The Netherlands has many special features. And that also applies to the railways in our neighboring country. At an early stage, they put a lot of emphasis on their own vehicle creations, which often made unusual designs not only speak of themselves in their home country. When the Dutch National Railways NS wanted to modernize their intercity traffic in the 1970s, they developed, together with the German wagon factory Talbot, a completely unusual train set with panorama driver's cabs over the wagon transitions. This gave the ICM, as the NS called its new fittings, a really massive appearance. And since one could reach the next unit at the ends of the head, the modern but original vehicles were called "Koploper". The "Koploper" built in 144 soon marked modern intercity traffic in the Netherl...
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Model: Set comprising of a heavy high-speed steam engine with tender of the series 498.1 and four different passenger cars of the UIC-Y-design. Design as a museum locomotive 498,104 of the Železnice Slovenskej Republic (ŽSR). Passenger cars in museum...
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