Prototype: 2 German Railroad. Inc.. DB Cargo Business Area. type Shimmns-tu 718 freight cars. for transporting rolled steel among other things. One car has advertising lettering. The cars look as they currently do in Era VI. Model: The sliding tarp cars are extensively and finely painted and prototypically lettered. Both cars have close coupler hooks. Length over the buffers approximately 112 mm / 4-3/8.