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SBB Einheitswagen II - Vanilla Fix

Yesterday, at a railway festival, I was able to take a closer look at one of the last two EW IIs with comfort strips. This gave me the spontaneous idea to turn the vanilla car into a fully-fledged SBB car to bridge the time until I can take care of a complete Einheitswagen II set.

Background:

Even before the more than 1000 Einheitswagen I were all delivered, the SBB already decided to procure a follow-up series of an improved type. Various improvements were to be adopted, which had already been introduced in the EW I for the Swiss private railways and the Austrian Schlieren coaches.

The new EW II looked very similar to their predecessors, but stood out due to their rubber bead transitions. However, the new coaches also had a 10cm lower coach floor and double-glazed windows.

The new carriages were used mainly in express train services and could be spotted all over the country.

In the 1980s, SBB decided to replace the original leatherette seats with fabric upholstery in the overhauls of the EW IIs and to freshen up the interior. Some of the luggage racks mounted above the seats were also replaced by modern longitudinal luggage racks.

To make this increase in comfort recognisable, the cars were given a pewter-coloured longitudinal stripe.

With the arrival of more and more modern rolling stock, the EW IIs were pushed further and further into subordinate services. Most recently, they could be seen in the last remaining unfrequented trains, such as the Bötzberg and Gotthard InterRegios, the SOB Gipfeliexpress or Dispopendel.

Since the EW IIs, unlike the younger EW Is, were not converted for conductorless operation, they were already discarded in 2014.


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• Corrected pictograms

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