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The Roco 6200100 brings together three PKP type By compartment coaches in a single box, ready to join Era IV consists on an HO layout. Their Prussian origins Abteilwagen without a central corridor, each compartment accessed by its own exterior door and their subsequent service under the Polish State Railways give them a very distinctive visual identity: the characteristic dark olive green of the PKP, with UIC lettering and numbering from the seventies and eighties.
Three axles, one that knows how to move
The most notable technical feature of these coaches is their running gear. All three axles are rigid, but the centre one incorporates a lateral float system that allows it to shift sideways when negotiating a curve. This prevents derailments on typical layout radii and lets the set run smoothly from 358 mm radius upwards. The 435 mm total length over buffers around 145 mm per coach is put to good use without sacrificing smooth running through the track plan.
Interior, coupler and conversion options
The interior reproduces the wooden benches divided by partitions, visible through the windows. The NEM 362 coupler with KK kinematics allows the coaches to run close together on straight track and separate naturally on curves, without the buffers interfering with each other. For those who want to light the set, the official Roco 6469 kit fits directly. The set comes configured for DC analogue; conversion to three-rail systems is possible by replacing the wheelsets with Roco 6560.
In a consist, on a platform, on the layout
Three compartment coaches of the same type and operator already form a coherent and recognisable consist on their own. In a Polish Era IV station scene, the olive green tone and the multiple independent access doors give the train a very different visual character from corridor coaches. Adding a PKP locomotive from the same era completes the consist and gives the layout the atmosphere of an Eastern European railway from the seventies or eighties.