NMJ Topline+ NSB 2 Kl. Passenger coach B22 742, lantern roof.

NMJ Topline+ model of NSB 2nd Cl. “Tourist coach” type B22 type 1, No.742.

. NMJ Topline+ model of NSB B22 until 1970 Bo3c, No. 742 tourist coach with lantern roof with Fletner ventilators. The models are exactly in scale 1:87 HO with all details on the body, interior, roof and under carriage. Interior LED lights are fitted and the models are painted in very realistic NMJ wooden structure.

Historic.

Co3c type 1, from 1956 Bo3c and from 1970 B22 was built by Stroemmen from1912-1924 with lantern roofs. Thereaftere type 2 with velvet roods. All toghether 51 coaches, mostly by Strømmen and Skabo but also 5 by Skandia in Denmark. Totally built Bo3c type 1 and 2 was 52.

These open coaches with bigger windows gave a good view to the beautiful scenery of Norway. The seating was the more spacious 2+2 and it made these coaches were popular among the travellers.

The Co3c/Bo3c were at first put into the main lines to Bergen, Trondhjem and Stavanger. After the arrival of steel type B2/B9 and B3 from 1962, the Bo3c/B22 was moved to the Røros-, Vestold-, Østfoldline and supplementary trains in the summer seasons and further on the comuter service.