Berlin's distinctive "coke can" local transit trains, which date back to before the fall of the Berlin Wall 34 years ago, have turned wheels for the last time. The 22 S-Bahn train sets were supposed to have been withdrawn more than 20 years ago, but like many in the German capital they failed to leave on schedule. Commissioned in communist Berlin in 1970s, the class 485 trains of the S-Bahn local transit system were a familiar sight until recently. They quickly picked up the nickname of "coke cans" due to their red and black design, which was later changed to the red and yellow colour scheme of reunited Berlin's S-Bahn trains. Despite their scrappage at a yard in the Rhineland, the plan is to preserve a power unit at Berlin's technical museum.

Source: The Star November 19, 2023 13:00 UTC