It was so successful that the Hanover State Kleinbahn Office (Landeskleinbahnamt Hannover) ordered a batch of nine vehicles for a number of Kleinbahnen.

Secondly, it was easy to maintain - the engines were very accessible and spare parts could be obtained from any Ford dealer - and, thirdly, it was relatively comfortable because, although it only offered 3rd class accommodation, the seats were upholstered.

In 1936 the Wismar coach factory offered 5 different variants: In practice, however, very few vehicles were delivered exactly in accordance with their basic specification.

Generally vehicles were manufactured to the requirements of the customer and about a third could not really be grouped easily into one of the basic classes.

Up to 1941 59 units of these vehicles were produced and delivered to various railway companies at home and abroad in different rail gauges.

The vehicles proved to be a real saviour for the Kleinbahnen, because the high costs of the generally loss-making passenger services on north German light branch lines were able to be considerably reduced.

Often the Hanover versions of the railbus replaced trains that only consisted of a loco and one or very few coaches, which were therefore very expensive to operate.

Of the vehicles taken over by the Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE) after the nationalisation of the railways in Spain, four railbuses were rebuilt and fitted with more powerful engines.

The wagon body rested on a frame consisting of two lattice girders that converged at the front and rear.

One feature of this vehicle were the rubber-sprung wheelsets, with rubber elements being inserted between the tyre and the wheel body.

At each end there was an identical motor installation with Ford petrol engines, that drove the first axle via a four-geared drive and cardan shaft.

Later various motors were installed in the rebuilds, the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR using Robur Typ 4 KVD 12,5 SLR engines.

In order to be able to carry large items of luggage and goods, many railbuses were fitted with roof racks, which were also common on buses.