L.S. Models - LS96034 - Passenger Car, European, Coach - Alpen-Sylt-Express - 5-Car Set

Specific Item Information: With the Alpen-Sylt Express, you can travel overnight to the sea or the mountains without changing trains. Former couchette coaches of the type Bvcmz 248.5 and Bvcmbz 249.5 of the DB night train – now owned by BTE and RDC – are used for this purpose. The train is hauled by a class 193 Vectron electric locomotive rented from Railpool

Road Name History: The company offered trips to Sylt from Salzburg and Switzerland. Established in 2020 as a subsidiary of the US Railroad Development Corporation. Discontinued services on July 29, 2022.

Brand/Importer Information: L.S. Models is a Belgian firm that was created in 1992 with the purpose of offering models of Belgian variants of European rolling stock; it started by offering customized cars based on Jouef HO models. From 1995 to 2001, it was also the Belgian importer for Jouef, Piko, Electrotren, Rivarossi, Lima, Arnold, Bemo and Sachsenmodelle.
Starting in 2000, L.S. Models designed its own original models, starting with an HO scale version of an exclusive Belgian passenger car. Its range later expanded to N scale models and to other European countries (France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, ...).
Its models are highly detailed and received several prizes; they are priced accordingly.