H0 Expert Halberstadt Center-Entrance Coach #28000ff
14.08.2025 H0 Expert Halberstadt Center-Entrance Coach #28000ff
Regional transport in transition: The Halberstadt center-entrance coaches!
28024 Halberstadt center-entrance control car DB AG Era V, mint green €130.00
28025 ~ Halberstadt center-entrance control car DB AG Era V, mint green €170.00
28006 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DB AG Era V, mint green €69.99
28007 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 1st / 2nd class DB AG Era V, mint green €69.99
28004 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DR Era IV, beige-green €69.99
28005 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DR Era IV, beige-green, different coach number €69.99
Highlights of the PIKO model summarized in bullet points:
- New tooling 2025
- Different versions in prototypical paintwork and lettering, taking into account the structural features of the prototype vehicles
- Crystal-clear, flush-fitted windows
- Detailed interior
- Prepared for retrofitting interior lighting
- Control cars with triple headlight
- Control cars with digitally switchable cab lighting and destination display (depending on version)
- Matching accessory parts for display in a showcase are included with the model
» The model in the PIKO webshop
Some information about the prototype:
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) added a total of 1,279 Bmhe center-entrance coaches to its fleet, which were built at the namesake Raw Halberstadt works. With a length of 26.40 meters, these passenger coaches reached a maximum speed of 140 km/h. Contrary to the planned use in semi-fast and regional trains, they were mainly deployed as international express train coaches in their early years. Originally, the coaches were equipped only with 2nd class seating. After German reunification, in an effort to meet customer expectations, the DR converted part of the coaches’ medium-sized open compartments into 1st class sections and replaced the remaining furnishings with modern equipment. A prototype of the modernized coaches was completed as early as 1991 and received the class designation AByu, which gave rise to the term “y-coaches” for all such converted center-entrance cars. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, numerous coaches were also loaned to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. After DB AG last used the Halberstadt center-entrance coaches as passenger cars at the end of 2015, many were sold to Hungary and other Southeastern European countries.
Our prototypes: Bybdzf 482.1 80-35 521-9, By 439 21-43 352-1, Aby 407.1 31-43 137-4 Bmh 21-40 392-5, Bmh 21-40 189-5
Other versions in the PIKO H0 range
The following versions of the Halberstadt passenger and control coaches will be released in the current year in the PIKO H0 range:
28020 Halberstadt center-entrance control car DB AG Era V, red €130.00
28021 ~ Halberstadt center-entrance control car DB AG Era V, red €170.00
28022 Halberstadt center-entrance control car MRB Era VI €130.00
28023 ~ Halberstadt center-entrance control car MRB Era VI €170.00
28000 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DR Era IV, green with grey roof €69.99
28001 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DR Era IV, green with grey roof, different coach number €69.99
28002 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DR Era IV, green with brown roof €69.99
28003 Halberstadt center-entrance coach 2nd class DR Era IV, green with brown roof, different coach number €69.99
Matching additions in the PIKO H0 range:
Diesel locomotive BR 119 DR IV (#59942 / #59930) | Electric locomotive BR 112 / 143 DR V (#51724 / #51941)
Figures, data, facts
- Length over buffers: 303 mm
- Minimum radius: 358 mm