Apple arrow
| Apple arrow | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1973 |
| resolution | 1980 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Freudenstadt |
| Branch | Tourism industry |
The International Apple Arrow Organization (ILO), better known as Apple Arrow , was a tourism company that offered chartered rail travel from 1973 to 1980 .
history
The ILO offered Europe-wide charter trips on its own trains. The vehicle fleet was based on the UIC Type X and came from various sources. The IAO Apfelpfeil bought the wagons from the DB (ABm223, Bcm241 / 242, Bm231, Bm232 and BRbuüm), from the Scharnow and Touropa travel companies and the US Army ( USTC ).
The ILO rebuilt the cars slightly and painted them in the company's corporate colors . The vehicles were painted orange in the window area and yellow below the windows. On it was a blue, arrow-like ribbon with a white apple arrow and a red apple painted in the middle of the vehicle. As the majority of the DB's passenger cars at that time were green or silver (with the exception of the TEE and Intercity trains), the brightly painted cars caught the attention of travelers.
The IAO became famous when in 1977 it bought the five observation cars of the Rheingold train put into service in 1962 , painted them in their own colors and used them in Germany and neighboring countries. The company initially appeared to be thriving, but it took over. In addition to falling bookings, the costs for car maintenance, repairs and inspections rose.
The company became insolvent in 1980 and subsequently wound up. The cars were sold to various operators. B. 25 couchette cars to the Danish DSB and four more cars to Danish private railways. The five observation cars were sold to the Mittelthurgau travel agency , a subsidiary of the Mittelthurgau Railway .
Models
There were in the Z scale a Marklin -Reisezugwagen set with three company cars and an observation car , the track N was available from Arnold and Minitrix each one Abteil- and an observation car. In the H0 gauge there were various models from ACME, ADE , Lima , Märklin, Railtop and Tillig .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile OHJ / HTJ- "Apfelpfeilvogne" . Retrieved November 24, 2018.