Railway Eras Explained Using the Class 141 (Tutorial 10)

Опубликовано: 19 Апрель 2026
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This video shows introduces the German railway eras (aka Model Train Epokes) that are using in model railroading. The era's are using to classify the trains from the beginning of the steam era until modern times. In this video we show how the class 141 (BR 141) changes over time and which passenger cars can you use to build a consist.

This video is made in collaboration with Axel (   / axelh1to87  ) an experienced model railroader who focuses on accuracy and details. Please check out his channel.

Tips & How to included:
• What are the paint schemes/liveries of the German railroad?
• How to build a prototypical consist with the class 141 (BR 141)?
• Tip: Later era often had rolling stock from previous era's
• Tip: A consists often consist of mixed era paint schemes/liveries

Enjoy and have fun with model trains :-)

Interesting links (English):
Axel H 1:87 (   / axelh1to87  )
Wikipedia DB Class E41 (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Clas...
Wikipedia DB-Baureihe E 41 (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB-Baur...
Bauartunterschiede Baureihe 141 (German): https://www.bundesbahnzeit.de/seite.p...

Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:20 Railway Era
03:01 Class 141 / BR 141
05:36 Era history
07:48 Class 141 Era's
10:09 Matching passenger cars
10:52 Era III (3) example
11:14 Era IV (4) examples
14:21 Era V (5) examples
15:22 Era VI (6) examples
16:27 Era III-VI BR 141 overview
16:52 Rare class 141 with freight
17:43 Class 141 S-Bahn
19:14 Your choice of era
20:00 Summary