In 1955, ISR bought several diesel trainsets from the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (MFE) in Germany, strongly resembling DB’s VT08 sets. The sets lasted for only a short time before they proved too expensive to maintain. The weak motors were taken out and sold to the Israeli navy, and, after another decade as ordinary coaches, all the sets were finally rounded up and sent to rot in Haifa-Kishon. A pity! Photo and scan by Alon Siton