CIWL Steel coaches Base Set

Companie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des grands express europeens Founded on 1866, the Compangie Internationale des Wagons-Lits became the largest sleeping-coaches and rail catering on the world from almost 80 years, having the monopoly on all Europe and Mid-East. The CIWL trains became the reference on hotel-trains and luxury trains, providing most of the international servicies among european countries. The company owned a huge rolling stock of almost 1800 coaches at same time, being the most common since 1922 the Steel series. S series 1922 Introduced to replace the wooden bogie coaches, this model was the first steel model used by the CIWL, being a re-desing of the 1910s CIWL models. Adding Y-2 Pensylvania bogies, those coaches were autorized to run up to 130 or 140km/h, depending on the country. First introduced for services on France, Germany and Austria, after the introduction of the Lx and Y series there were moved to CIWL services that run on Southern Europe. Finally on 1950s those coaches were reformed and send to CIWL services on Spain, Portugal and Greece, where they runned untill late 80s. LX and Pullman Express series 1926 Designed on mid 20s, the Pullman coaches became the most luxury coaches used on the CIWL. First introduced for the most important trains on CIWL such as Orient Express or the Train Bleu. During the late 20s, those coaches were used for most of French and central Europe services. This model was divided on Pullman-Express coaches,(the Salon cars, restaurants and 1st and 2nd coaches used for daylight CIWL services) and the Lx(Voiture-lits de Luxe) that were the Sleeping coaches. Y series 1930 Introduced on 1930, the Y series was a modernized S model, with a steel chassis and new interiors. This was the largest series on CIWL with more than 250 coaches built. After WWII they replaced the S series on most services and also were the base for the design of the U 1950 series. Breda Y series 1946 Built from 1946, the Breda coaches were