Euro Express Treincharter sleeping-car car 61 84 06-70 417-0 [P], seen from the corridor side. Built 1955 by Ansaldo as CIWL 4552 with 20 small compartments (type P) and operated in Italy, 1966 renumbered to 51 66 06-50 052-3, since 1971 operated by FS as 61 83 75-41 720-6, 1992 rebuilt by CIWL Oostende with 10 three-bed compartments as 71 84 70-70 017-7 and operated by NS, 1995 renumbered to 61 84 70-70 017-9 (end of TEN pool), 2002 renumbered to 61 84 70-70 417-1, it was rented to TTC in 2004, then sold to EETC and received today's "private" number in 2006. The NS logo plate was removed recently. (I researched the number history of all 20 cars of this type as I developed their H0 models for RailTop and L.S.Models ....)

Special train Utrecht - Wien - Ljubljana pulled by the 103 245-7.

2006-04-02

tobias b köhler