Märklin H0 - 37779 - 4-part Electric Express train Series BR 403 'Lufthansa Airport Express' of the DB. Electric Express train set of the 403 series, 1st class, in Lufthansa Airport Express livery for use between the Düsseldorf airport and Frankfurt am Main. Four-piece train set. 1 End carriage BR 403-003-7, Avm with compartments. 1 intermediate carriage BR 404 102-6, ARm, with multifunctional areas and dining area. 1 intermediate carriage BR 404 002-8, Apm with large area. 1 End carriage BR 403-004-5, Avm with compartments. Operational livery from around 1990. Four-piece train set. With a new Digital-Decoder mfx+ and extensive sound functions. 2 controlled high-efficiency propulsion drives, each with a flywheel, in the open seating intermediate car. Both axles in both bogies are powered by one motor. Traction tyres. The model has factory-installed interior lighting, cab lighting, and lighted table lamps. The triple headlights and red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. They, the interior lighting, and the cab lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Cabin lighting can be individually digitally controlled for each cabin. Lighting consists of maintenance-free warm-white and also red LEDs. Station announcements and greetings by the stewardess in the Lufthansa Airport Express train can be recalled in different orders by changing the direction of travel. Additional announcements and greetings by the stewardess for the next stop. Special covered multiple-pole current-conducting couplings between the cars. Pick-up shoe power supply alternates between the front carriages depending upon direction of travel. Many mounted details. The roof equipment is finely detailed. The pantographs work mechanically but are not wired to take power. On both outer ends there are imitation Scharfenberg couplings (not working). Passable minimum radius: 360 mm. The length of the train between couplings is: 118 cm. Highlights: Heavy metal construction. True to real life format. 2 controlled high-efficiency propulsion drives, each with a flywheel, in the open seating intermediate carriage. With Gameworld mfx + decoder and extensive operational, sound and light features. Standard cabin lighting with LEDs. The model has factory-installed interior lighting, and lighted table lamps. All with LEDs. Station announcements and greetings by the hostess for the different route directions available on call. The carriage set 37779 was only manufactured in 2015 as a once-off series for Insider members only. Front signal lighting. · · · · Pantograph sounds. · · · · Electric locomotive operational sounds. · · · · Signal tone. · · · · Table lamps. · · · · Squealing of brakes. · · · Conductor’s whistle. · · · Closing the doors. · · · Station announcements. · · · Shunting whistle. · · Greetings. · · Direct control. · · Air compressor. · · Sound of couplings engaging. · · Operational sounds. 403 Series, "Lufthansa Airport Express" at the initiative of the German Ministry of transport the systematic deployment of the "Lufthansa Airport Express" between Düsseldorf Station and Frankfurt-Airport started on 27 March 1982. The "Flying at Flight Level Zero" alongside the scenically attractive Rhine Valley soon developed to be an example of fully integrated traffic. The swift as could be and exemplary cooperation between Lufthansa and the Federal Railroad was based upon the belief that the different modes of transport had to work together from both an economic as well as an environmental point of view. It was just as well that in the early 1980s three of these express trains of the four-part series 403 (motor carriages) or 404 (motor carriage in the centre) of the DB were virtually unemployed and sidelined. At the time in 1973 they were purchased for the sole purpose of the premium Intercity system, but with the introduction of the 2nd class Intercity system in 1979 they were kept dormant. The 200 km/h high-speed trains with drive on all axles, soon had the nickname "Donald Duck" because of their characteristic shape. Their visual likeness with aircraft was finally brought to fruition as from 27 March 1982. From Düsseldorf the trains "flew" under flight numbers LH 1001-1008 as "Airport Express" with four pairs of train from Frankfurt-Airport to Düsseldorf Main station (even from March 1983 to Düsseldorf Airport) and back under contract to Lufthansa with stopovers in Cologne-Deutz, Cologne and Bonn Central Stations. These trains first underwent an extensive renovation in the AW Bad Canstatt according to the requirements of the aviation company. At this stage they also changed their livery from the unique colours of white-red-black for the lemon yellow and light grey of Lufthansa. The goal was to limit the growth of the uneconomic air traffic on the extremely short routes Cologne/Bonn-Frankfurt and Düsseldorf-Frankfurt. This goal has been fully achieved. In 1991 for example, more than 218,000 travellers used the "Train to the Plane" between Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. If all these travellers had flown in Boeing 737 's that would have taken approx. 3000 additional flights. Despite the low running costs (compared with short air travel) and relatively high numbers of travellers the Lufthansa Airport Express stopped running on 23 May 1993. One reason was the significant corrosion damage on the engine cars 403, for which extensive and costly repairs would have been necessary. The photos are an integral part of the description of this lot. Locomotives have a one-month warranty after purchase. If found to be defective within 1 month it can be returned free of charge within the Netherlands. All packages will be sent registered and insured mail.