SBB ICN RABDe 500 039-8 5 Car EMU VI (DCC-Sound)

SBB ICN RABDe 500 039-8 5 Car EMU VI (DCC-Sound)

1:87 scale model produced by Roco. This model is ready-to-run straight out of the box and would make a excellent addition to any model railway collection.

Features:

• DCC Sound Model
• Best suited to Epoch VI Model Railways
• This model mainly operates in Switzerland
• Decorated in SBB company markings
• Best suited to 358mm radius curves
• Back in the ROCO range after a long absence
• Model completely technically revised
• First time as an Era VI model in its current operating condition
• Version without INTEGRA magnets on the bogies
• Named "Auguste & Jacques Piccard"
• In the digital versions with switchable interior lighting, cab lighting, and illuminated table lamps in the restaurant car.

Details

The SBB RABDe 500, better known as the ICN (InterCityNeigezug), represents Switzerland’s move into high-speed, tilting electric multiple units designed for fast intercity travel on curving routes. Developed by a consortium led by Bombardier and Alstom, the trains were introduced from 1999 onward for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).

Each ICN set is a seven-car electric multiple unit equipped with an active tilting system, allowing higher speeds through curves without the need for extensive track rebuilding. This made the trains ideal for routes such as Geneva–St. Gallen and other major Swiss corridors where line geometry limits conventional high-speed running.

The trains have a maximum speed of 200 km/h and provide modern passenger amenities, reflecting the late-20th-century shift toward comfortable, high-frequency intercity services in Europe.