In 1955, the CIWL received a series of new stainless steel
sleeping cars type P with twenty small single-bed compartments, 
24.05 m long. In the mid-1990s, the 40-year-old cars were
still in a good state, so CIWL Oostende modernized a number
of them for the ÖBB, NS and NMBS/SNCB with ten spacious three-bed
compartments. The windows on the compartment side were renewed
(two small windows per compartment). Even among much more recent
rolling stock in today's night trains, the type P still doesn't
appear outdated (except perhaps for its manual doors), just
different. This one is in the EN 464 ZÜRICHSEE from Graz to
Zürich. Graz Hbf, 2001-08-28.
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photo: <a href="mailto:tbk@uncia.de">tobias b köhler</a>