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D-DB 51 80 17-92 030-8 Aüe032 ex 11701, built 1937 by Wegmann as SalPresse4ü 10251 Bln with Görlitz III bogies, originally including offices, sleeping compartments and a small kitchen. From 1945 used for United States Army Transportation Corps. 1953 rebuilt to first class coach A4üe 11701 and painted blue. After rebuilding this coach had one three-seat compartment, two six-seat compartments and four seven-seat compartments (with a seventh rotating seat in the middle). Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt installed a small kitchen in the former 3-seat compartment. Koblenz-Lützel, 2020-10-03. tobias b köhler

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D-DB 51 80 17-92 030-8 Aüe032 ex 11701. From 1954 to 1959 this one was used in one of the most prestigious trains of the era, the F 55/56 "Blauer Enzian". As DB didn't have new series coaches yet, they composed the train of pre-war coaches. The 11701 was used together with refurbished first-class coaches, a restaurant car rebuilt from a 1928 Rheingold coach and the observation car 11700. Koblenz-Lützel, 2020-10-03. tobias b köhler

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D-DB 51 80 17-92 030-8 Aüe032 ex 11701. The RIC raster includes a lot of countries, but electric heating only works with 1000 V voltage. Note also that after installing MD36 bogies it is able to go up to 200 km/h. Koblenz-Lützel, 2020-10-03. tobias b köhler

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D-DB 51 80 17-92 030-8 Aüe032 ex 11701. It is painted steel blue as it was for the Blauer Enzian but carries the inscription "SalPresse4ü" from the time before 1953. Technically it is in the state of the 1970s with new bogies and rubber gangways. Koblenz-Lützel, 2020-10-03. tobias b köhler

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D-DB 51 80 17-92 030-8 Aüe032 ex 11701. Koblenz-Lützel, 2020-10-03. tobias b köhler

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12 February 1998, station: Karlsruhe Hbf, Germany Historical saloon car "Sal Presse 4ü 10 251 Bln" of Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt, modern immatriculation 51 80 03-92 001-5 [P] AUE032, here seen with a shunting locomotive 12. Februar 1998, Bf. Karlsruhe Hbf, Deutschland Historischer Salonwagen "Sal Presse 4ü 10 251 Bln" der Historischen Eisenbahn Frankfurt, moderne Registrierung 51 80 03-92 001-5 [P] AUE032, mit einer Rangierlok Photo by Sven Manias (sven.manias@gmx.de)