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