Even on a freind's German layout, I can't resist an interesting piece of rolling stock.
This is a Deutsche Bahn overhead line maintainence car. It's a Trix model, and very fienly detialed. The pan can be raised and the working platform swung out with the handrails raised.
All in all, a nice, compact unit. Why don't we do this sort of thing in the UK? It all looks so neat to me.
Quickly searching on the number brings up a photograph of the prototype.
I think the model looks nicer, but I'd definetly have photographed the real thing if I'd seen it!