All parts are present on the model. It runs great forward and backward. A beautiful looking and operating, unique piece of German railroad history. In 1955, the new Lufthansa was born. By the 1970s, Lufthansa built a large airline network in Germany, and competed with Bundesbahn. But some domestic lines were unprofitable. To solve the problem they operated the unprofitable lines by trains instead of airplanes. Lufthansa chartered Bundesbahn’s trains and operated them as one of their flights. Lufthansa decided to start this service first in the line between Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. For this service, electric multiple units of ET403/404 were used. This class was born as an InterCity train in 1973, but in 1979 it retired from daily service – Bundesbahn wanted to make better use of this train, so Lufthansa chartered a new train: the “Lufthansa Airport Express”. N Scale German ET 403 Railcar, The Lufthansa Airport Express by Lima #163902 G. Track Page Views With.