Set of 2 Car Transport Trolley DDm915 DB, Ep.IV fernblouch

Car trains have a long tradition in Germany – in 1956, the Deutsche Bundesbahn started with the first car train from Hamburg to Chiasso. In 1988, the car train service of the Deutsche Bundesbahn already included 2929 car trains, as well as 484 express trains with car transport. In 2017, ÖBB took over the car train service from Deutsche Bahn AG and integrated it into its night train division Nightjet. In the 1970s, four-axle DDm915 car transport wagons were used. The cars were initially manufactured by Waggonbau Graff and later by the Waggonfabrik Uerdingen. In 1971, the Austrian Federal Railways procured ten DDm98-80 cars from the Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, which are very similar to the DDm915 of the DB. In the years 1982 to 1990, eighty further developed DDm98-70 cars were built at the Jenbacher Werke. Hobbytrain is producing both the DDm915 and the DDm98-70 with all the design differences as detailed models for N gauge.