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Historic passenger car 24 507 at Wien Sübahnhof on 30th Sept 2005. This picture was taken by Sybic - www.bahnnews-austria.at

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Bar coach 24 506 Köln. (Krefeld, Bahnbetriebswerk on 26th of June 2010.) Photo ©Arnim v. Herff

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Historic coach '20 508 Köln' by the famous luxury-train"Rheingold" into Bahnbetriebswerk Krefeld on 6th of March 2011. Photo ©Arnim v. Herff

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31 December 1998, station: München Hbf (Munich central station), Germany A car from the famous Rheingold train of the 1920s in the Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express 31. Dezember 1998, Bf. München Hbf, Deutschland Ein Rheingold-Wagen aus den Zwanzigern, eingereiht in den Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express Photo by Sven Manias (sven.manias@gmx.de)

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Passenger car 24508, originally a 2nd class RHEINGOLD car of the DRG from 1928. The interior is not original, it has been changed to compartments in the fifties. The original colours and inscriptions have been restored. This car is not in service, some windows are missing or broken. It is owned by the reisebüro mittelthurgau and stored south of the wagon hall in the freight station of Freiburg (Breisgau). April 1996. Photo: Tobias B. Köhler.

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Ein Tag vor Fahrplanwechsel hatten die Berliner und Besucher die Möglichkeit ihren neuen Bahnhof kennenzulernen. Und so konnte man an diesem Tag nicht nur die aktuelle Traktion erleben, sondern auch historische Fahrzeuge von Deutscher Reichsbahn und Bundesbahn bestaunen. Foto: Kai Michael Neuhold E-Mail: kmn-online@gmx.de Web: http://www.kmn-network.de

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Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express in Dresden Hbf. One of two ex-Rheingold cars from 1928, the SA4üBar No. 24506 (51 85 09-30 506-7). Externally it has been painted in (more or less) the colours of origin, but it is rebuilt with rubber gangways and has a non-historical, but very nice, interior with bar and piano. 2001-11-03. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express in Dresden Hbf. One of two ex-Rheingold cars from 1928, the SB4ük No. 24507 (51 85 09-30 040-7). Externally it has been painted in (more or less) the colours of origin, but it is rebuilt with rubber gangways. This was originally a 2nd class car (2+1 seating), today it has an interior similar to the old 1st class cars (1+1 seating). 2001-11-03. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Rheingold car of 1928 in the "Rheinisches Industriebahnmuseum" in Köln, where the FEK (Freundeskreis Eisenbahn Köln) is maintaining historic rolling stock. This one used to operate in the "Venice Simplon Orient Express" and received a special interior for that service, but is now out of service due to need of overhaul. 2001-06-04. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Interior of the 1928 Rheingold car serving as a café. This is not the original interior, it was rebuilt several times, here we see the interior that was installed for the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express. As the car is in need of overhaul, it is only in stationary use currently. Rheinisches Industriebahnmuseum Köln, 2001-06-04. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Interior of the 1928 Rheingold car serving as a café. This is not the original interior, it was rebuilt several times, here we see the interior that was installed for the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express. As the car is in need of overhaul, it is only in stationary use currently. Rheinisches Industriebahnmuseum Köln, 2001-06-04. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Another coach of the Rheingold of 1928. It has been rebuilt into a normal compartment car by the DB in the 1950s, now it is restored to its original livery externally, but still has compartments inside. Rheinisches Industriebahnmuseum Köln, 2001-06-04. Photo: tobias b köhler