D 1248/1249 "Saratov-Express" Berlin - Saratov

 

As I was browsing the production from ACME, I came across very colorful sets for the "Saratov-Express".

Prototypical train formation

There is a decent number of pictures on Flickr, and videos on YouTube. The great website Trains World Expresses has also a section on this train.

https://trains-worldexpresses.com/500/511.htm

https://trains-worldexpresses.com/500/511.htm

https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-en-voyage/17561769439/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/141594386@N03/25774045248/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/141594386@N03/52455668590/

Miniature models

The passenger cars have been released in the last couple of years by ACME in three sets:

• ACME 55149 3-piece carriage set of the D 1248/1249 “Saratov Express” consisting of 3x WLABm of the RZD. The paintwork and lettering corresponds to the Ep. V
• ACME 55150 3-piece carriage set of the D 1248/1249 “Saratov Express” consisting of 3x WLABm of the RZD. The paintwork and lettering corresponds to the Ep. V
• ACME 55152 2-piece carriage set of the D 1248/1249 “Saratov Express” consisting of 2x WLABm of the RZD, Ep V

ACME 55149-1 WL

ACME 55149-1 WL

ACME 55149-2 WL

ACME 55149-2 WL

ACME 55149-3 WL

ACME 55149-3 WL

ACME 55150-1 WL

ACME 55150-1 WL

ACME 55150-2 WL

ACME 55150-2 WL

ACME 55150-3 WL

ACME 55150-3 WL

ACME 55152-1 WLAB

ACME 55152-1 WLAB

ACME 55152-2 WLABm

ACME 55152-2 WLABm

I only found those 2 pictures of the models on Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/83260132@N07/47081382742/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/83260132@N07/47133706061/

And a couple of videos while waiting for my own videos 😁. The first video is in Polish but seems to contain a lot of detailed information. I'll look into it closer later on.

It seems those ACME sets are pretty hard to find ...