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Schweizer Züge 04 "Churchill-Pfeil" Train Simulator Classic

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The history of the "Red Arrows" began in the early 1930s with the construction of these vehicles for local traffic. A light railcar was needed for routes with low passenger volumes. This is how the 10 one-car railcars, which were very popular with the population, were created, some electrically powered, some as diesel vehicles. Even before the outbreak of war, just in time for the "Landi 1939" national exhibition, the "double arrow" was put on the rails. Exhibited at the National Exhibition in Zurich, it was an attraction.

The double arrow was intended as a company car, and as such was luxuriously equipped. And that's how he got his name "Churchill Arrow". In 1946, the then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Switzerland. And it was in this vehicle that the state guest was driven through Switzerland. During these trips, important political discussions of the post-war period are said to have taken place.

In 1953, the Federal Railways procured another 2 double arrows, but they were only granted a short life. But the "Churchill arrow" survived. After a long period of decommissioning, it was bought by the private company "Intraflug", refurbished in the workshop of the Swiss Southeast Railway (SOB) and used by the Mittelthurgau Railway MThB. And after the "downfall" of the MThB, it finally came back to SBB as a historic vehicle. Today, as in its most recent days, it can again be rented as a charter vehicle and run on the Swiss rails for extra trips.
The "Churchill Arrow" is equipped with 28 tables and a bar, and it offers space for 112 passengers to socialize. It was built by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Winterthur (SLM) and the Swiss Wagon Factory in Schlieren. His top speed was already 150 km/h in 1939, a top speed he could never drive because the Swiss rail network was not built for it.

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