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Two Bpmz 291 in the newest livery (light grey with traffic red "ICE stripe") in the IC 528 which just arrived in Dresden Hbf, track 5, 2001-04-15. Photo: tobias b köhler

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This coach, Bpmz 292.0 No. 61 80 20-94 022-6, is quite unique: it is one of the prototype cars from 1979 with pneumatic suspension, it still has the original interior in green, yellow and brown, and it has an experimental ICE-like livery with grey window band. A number of IC cars have been repainted in a similar way meanwhile, but without the grey window band. IC 873 "Max Liebermann" Hamburg - Dresden, Dresden Hbf, track 3, 2001-03-18, Photo: tobias b köhler

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IC 870 "Käthe Kollwitz" in Dresden Hbf, track 5. The second car behind the cab car is the Bpmz292.0 61 80 20-94 022-6, one of a small pre-series with air-sprung LD 76 bogies and the only car painted in ICE colours with a grey window band. The interior is still original (yellow/green/brown). 2001-07-07. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Bpmz292.0 61 80 20-94 022-6, detail view showing the LD 76 bogie. You can also see that this car has a handrail and footstep for a shunting worker next to the door. Dresden Hbf, 2001-07-07. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Bpmz292.0 61 80 20-94 022-6, detail view showing the LD 76 bogie. You can see the primary rubber suspension, the secondary pneumatic suspension and the anti-roll bar. Dresden Hbf, 2001-07-07. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Bpmz292.0 61 80 20-94 022-6, detail view showing the LD 76 bogie. You can see the primary rubber suspension, the secondary pneumatic suspension and the anti-roll bar. Dresden Hbf, 2001-07-07. Photo: tobias b köhler

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IC 870 "Käthe Kollwitz" in Dresden Hbf, track 5. The coach on the left is a Bpmbdzf 297 cab car in the series ICE livery; on the right you see a Bpmz 292, the only one in a preliminary version of the ICE livery with bright grey window band and a bright grey roof. Pneumatic suspension is rare among DBAG InterCity cars; here we see two examples with it: the Bpmbdzf 297 is equipped with new Fiat-SIG 725 bogies, the Bpmz 292 is one of a few prototypes built with LD 76 bogies in 1978. Despite the superior comfort of the pneumatic suspension, the series cars were ordered with the simpler steel-sprung MD 52 bogies. You can also compare two types of sliding doors: newer types of doors are operated with buttons. 2001-07-07. Photo: tobias b köhler