Silberling

n-Wagen (Silberling)
Push-pull train of n-coaches at the anniversary parade in 1985 in Nuremberg
Year(s) of manufacture	Prototypes from 1958, 1959–1980
Length over buffers	26,400 mm
Height	4,050 mm
Width	2,825 mm
Pivot pitch	19,000 mm
Bogie wheelbase	2,500 mm
Service weight	31 t – 40 t
Top speed	120 or 140 km/h (depending on design)
Wheel diameter	950 mm
Brakes	shoe brakes; later also disc brakes
Seats	96 seats in 2nd class coach 2×24 2nd class and 30 first class seats in mixed coach

Silberling is the colloquial name for the n-coaches of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, a type of regional passenger coach of which more than 7,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981. Nearly all of the coaches have undergone extensive modernisation – these modernised units are widely known as Mintling, Grünling ("greenling") or Rotling ("redling") after their exterior colours. The term Buntling ("colourfulling") is used to denote refurbished Silberling coaches in general.

The term Silberling derives from the coaches' stainless steel body which gave them a unique look during their term of service. Translated it means "silverling" in the English language. Historically, Silberling is a silver coin and widely know from the bible: the thirty pieces of silver (in the German Bible: "30 Silberlinge", Matthew 26,14) Judas obtained for his treason.