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ÖBB car 61 81 70-700 10-7 in Feldkirch, 06-07-2006. © Eddy Konijnendijk.

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ÖBB 61 81 70-70 006-5 Zürich HB, 01-08-2006. © Eddy Konijnendijk.

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ÖBB WLAB 61 81 70-70 007-3 in EN 464 ZÜRICHSEE at Graz Hauptbahnhof. 2005-07-30 Photo: Georg Hofer

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OeBB sleeping car Zuerich - Graz attached to EN 465 (Zuerich - Graz) at Zuerich HB. 2006-03-24 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at Note by your railfaneurope co-admin and model designer: RailTop model in H0 scale out now, get yours before it's sold out!

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OeBB sleeping car Praha - Zürich in train D 207 at Praha hlavni nadrazi. 2006-10-13 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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ÖBB sleeping car to Graz at Zürich HB. 25.10.2008 Martin P.

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Train 206 Salzburg - Praha with through cars from Zürich at Ceske Budejovice. 17.10.2010 Martin P.

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ÖBB WLABmz P abgestellt in Wien West Photo v. Michael Katai

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ÖBB Bahnhof Wien West mehrere abgestellte Nachtwaggons Photo v. Michael Katai

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4528 ÖBB 61 81 70-70 006-5 WLAB [160|RIC]. Type P sleeping-car, built in the 1950s, modernized in the 1990s. Graz Hbf, 2002-04-19. tbk

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Interior of the sleeping-car A-CWL 61 71 70-70 004-0 (4553). EN Zürichsee (Zürich - Graz), 2008-04-14. tobias b köhler

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Interior of the sleeping-car A-CWL 61 71 70-70 004-0 (4553). EN Zürichsee (Zürich - Graz), 2008-04-14. tobias b köhler

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Interior of the sleeping-car A-CWL 61 71 70-70 004-0 (4553). EN Zürichsee (Zürich - Graz), 2008-04-14. tobias b köhler

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Interior of the sleeping-car A-CWL 61 71 70-70 004-0 (4553). EN Zürichsee (Zürich - Graz), 2008-04-14. tobias b köhler

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Interior of the sleeping-car A-CWL 61 71 70-70 004-0 (4553). EN Zürichsee (Zürich - Graz), 2008-04-14. tobias b köhler

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Interior of the sleeping-car A-CWL 61 71 70-70 004-0 (4553). EN Zürichsee (Zürich - Graz), 2008-04-14. tobias b köhler

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Wagons-Lits sleeping-car A-CWL 61 81 70-70 003-2, Graz Hbf, 2008-01-18. tobias b köhler

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ÖBB WLAB 61 81 70-70 003-2 (4557) in Wien Westbahnhof. 2004-07-26. tobias b köhler

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ÖBB 61 81 70-70 003-5 WLABz 4544, corridor side. EN 464 ZÜRICHSEE. Graz Hbf, 2003-08-26. tobias benjamin köhler

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ÖBB sleeping-car 61 81 70-70 005-7 (4539), regular sleeping-car of the EN 464 ZÜRICHSEE, together with the SBB CFF FFS sleeping-car 61 85 71-70 917-8 WLABmh175, an exceptional addition (probably there were more than 30 sleeping passengers the night before, and the car returns to Zürich tonight). Graz Hbf, 2003-05-01 Photo: tobias b köhler

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ÖBB sleeping-car 61 81 70-70 005-7 (4539), regular sleeping-car of the EN 464 ZÜRICHSEE. Graz Hbf, 2003-05-01 Photo: tobias b köhler

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OeBB Sleeping Car. Sleeping car 61817070005-7 in siding at Venice S Lucia on Thursday May 16th, 2002.  Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@michaeltaylor.ca) Website www.MichaelTaylor.ca

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Sleeping car A-CWL 61 81 70-70 007-3 with new ÖBB logo in EN 464 Zürichsee (from Graz) after arrival in Zürich HB, 2011-09-29. tobias b köhler

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Sleeping car A-CWL 61 81 70-70 007-3 with new ÖBB logo in EN 464 Zürichsee (from Graz) after arrival in Zürich HB, 2011-09-29. tobias b köhler

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ÖBB sleeping-car WLABmz 61 81 70-70 009-9 (CIWL 4544) stored on a siding in Graz Hbf in the evening of 2005-06-07. A H0 model of this coach will come out around september 2005 from L.S.Models. tobias b köhler (photographer and model designer)

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ÖBB sleeping-car 61 81 70-70 010-7 WLAB (4538) in 1:1 and 1:87. Graz Hbf, 2006-06-03 tobias b köhler

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ÖBB Sleeping Car. This updated ex-CIWL stainless steel fluted car arrived at Venice S Lucia station on Tuesday, September 18th, 2001 as part of train #EN237 22:28 from Wien Sud arriving in Venice at 08:45. It has been pulled out of the station and on to the causeway so it can be shunted to the carriage sidings. Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@michaeltaylor.ca) Website www.MichaelTaylor.ca

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WLAB30 ex P type in the Wien- Venezia (temporary train) at Venezia SL. S SASSI <gisesassi@wanadoo.fr>

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WLAB30 ex P type in the Wien- Venezia (temporary train) at Venezia SL. S SASSI <gisesassi@wanadoo.fr>

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ÖBB WLAB 70-70 im EN 237 "San Marco" (Wien - Venedig) in Wien Südbf (Ost) Photo v. Michael Katai, 5.12.2005

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ÖBB WLAB 70-70 im R 206 (Salzburg - Summerau - Praha) in Horní Dvorište als einer von zwei Kurswagen aus Zürich. Photo v. Michael Katai, 18.12.2005

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ÖBB - Allegro "Aida" 1135. 2007-07-21, Cesenatico. Photo by M. Rinaldi (mackx@libero.it).

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Breakfast served in an ÖBB WLAB 70-70 sleeping-car (serviced by Wagons-Lits Austria). Included in the fare are four components for breakfast (which can be freely chosen), anything more costs extra. In this case: Coffee with milk and sugar, two rolls, blueberry jam and cheese. EN 491 "Hans Albers", on the way to Wien, 2005-06-17 tobias b köhler

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ÖBB sleeping car type P in Graz Hbf, detail view showing the bogie and entrance. The doors open to the inside, with a mechanically coupled footplate. This is the corridor side with original, partly opening windows. December 2001. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Two ÖBB sleeping-cars 61 81 70-70 (type P/AB30). EN 324 "Donauwalzer" Wien - Brussels. München Hbf, 2003-11-24 tobias b köhler

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Sleeping-car (WLABm-30, ex-P) of ÖBB, seen in the consist of EN 465 "Zürichsee" (Zürich HB ---> Graz, with through-cars to Zagreb and Beograd). Zürich HB. 22nd December 2008. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Sleeping-car (WLABm-30, ex-P) of ÖBB, seen in the consist of EN 465 "Zürichsee" (Zürich HB ---> Graz, with through-cars to Zagreb and Beograd). Zürich HB. 22nd December 2008. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Sleeping-car (WLABm-30, ex-P) of ÖBB, seen in the consist of EN 465 "Zürichsee" (Zürich HB ---> Graz, with through-cars to Zagreb and Beograd). Zürich HB. 22nd December 2008. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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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. Photo: tobias b köhler

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ÖBB sleeping-car type P at the end of a night train in Linz. Built in 1955 for CIWL with a new stainless steel carbody. Originally equipped with small "upper" and "lower" single-bed compartments, these cars were rebuilt in the 90s and now have 10 three-bed compartments. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Silver meets silver: Two interesting ÖBB cars on the sidings of Wien Westbahnhof. Left, a CIWL type P sleeping-car, built around 1955 and modernized around 1995. Right, the unique "Club Rail Waggon 2000", built 1987 as an experimental prototype and still used for excursions. 2002-04-07. tbk

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Austrian type P sleeping-car in a DBNachtZug in summer 2004 Winfried Hauer

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ÖBB sleeping-car 4528 61 81 70-70 006-5 (type P, 160 km/h, RIC, air-conditioned) in Graz Hbf, 2002-09-15. Photo: tobias b köhler

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ÖBB sleeping-car 4528 61 81 70-70 006-5 (type P, 160 km/h, RIC, air-conditioned) in Graz Hbf, 2002-09-15. The little "keyhole" next to the door allows to attach yellow flags to mark sleeping-cars with passengers when they are parked at sidings. Photo: tobias b köhler

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4555 ÖBB 61 81 70-70 001-6 [160|RIC] in Graz Hbf. EuroNight Zürichsee. 2002-05-01. tbk

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Sleeping car type 70-70 at Wien Westbf. 10/10/2003 Photo: Ulf Thousands of full size pictures from the austrian railway pictureteam at www.eisenbahn-bilder.com

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More than four decades are between these two coaches in the EN 324 "Donauwalzer" Wien - Brussels: Left is a couchette car 73 81 59-91, built 2001 by Siemens SGP and Bombardier Dunakeszi, airtight and with pneumatic suspension, right is a sleeping car 61 81 70-70, built 1955 by Ansaldo and Carel-Fouché as CIWL type P and completely refurbished 1992 by Wagons-Lits Oostende. The stainless steel carbody after a Budd patent was unusual and expensive in its time, but you see the advantage - it lasts forever .... Note also the similar but not quite identical liveries (different shades of blue). München Hbf, 2003-11-24 tobias b köhler