Eurail Pass Question

Are you traveling only in Germany, or are you going further?

I'm starting in Oslo, and traveling to Stockholm, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, Zurich, etc

In my experience with mostly Scandinavian and German trains, there are power ports and aircondition in all trains, including in 2nd class. Trains are very comfortable and there is very little difference between standard (or 2 class) and 1st class. In my experience 1st class is mostly used by business travellers, there is a little extra table space for your laptop and you can read the paper and get free Coffee. That is about it. Look up www.seat61.com for all things trains.

OK. Your question may need input from several different people, because features of railway carriages can vary even within a single country.

I'd expect air conditioning on all trains in the countries you mention with the possible exception of some local/regional trains, some of which have some old carriages--and I've never known whether the lack of a/c was a design feature or a just a temporary malfunction. The trains I'm talking about do not have a first-class option and are not the type you will be taking between the major cities you mention.

You might (with patience) be able to locate the information you seek on the very informative but very expansive Seat61 website.

Answers: Sometimes, sometimes and sometimes.
Trains are not uniform, there are multiple railway companies, at least one per country, often more. And they each have dozens of different models of train. Smaller ones for shorter distances, longer ones for long distances or heavily used commuter routes. New trains, old trains. All different. Trains have a lifetime of 30 years+, so many date from before power points and WiFi existed.

• Newer trains are more likely to have power ports than older trains, but they may have been retrofitted to an older train during a refurbishment.
• Ditto for Wifi. Berlin to Munich is a modern ICE (German High Speed train), so will almost certainly have WiFi.
• Air conditioning is more common in newer trains, more common in southern countries where it is needed, and more common on long distance trains. I Have never seen it in 1st but not in 2nd. And old local train may have windows you open.

The only way to find out is to check on the facilities on the railway company website, sometimes for each individual train.

Ditto for Wifi. Berlin to Munich is a modern ICE (German High Speed train), so will almost certainly have WiFi.

Every ICE has, but no other DB train (some local carriers have too). So, If you are depending on WiFi access never book a IC train.

Useful infomtion

At the risk of telling you something you already know, you titled this post "Eurail Question", which is strange.

You are aware that Eurail is not a railway company? It does not own or operate any railways. There is no such thing as a "Eurail train".
It is a reseller (travel agent) based in North America which sells rail passes and tickets via a website designed for North American users (prices in US$, back-to-front dates, times in am/pm and place names in English).
These rail passes and tickets are valid on the trains run by dozens of different railway companies, mostly national ones but also a lot of local ones. Eurail customers are only a very very small minority of passengers.

Trains from Berlin to Munich are run by DB (=Deutsche Bahn = German Railways) and use High Speed trains branded as "ICE".
Information about the facilities on ICE trains is on the DB site here: https://www.bahn.com/en/view/trains/long-distance/ice-ice-sprinter.shtml

I have no problem at all with the 2nd class, they have air con and wifi in all the lines.

Thanks all. I mean't to say Eurail Pass Question and I corrected it - Thanks for all the answers. I'll be choosing a 2nd class eurail pass, based on what I've learned from this thread!

WhateverLA, I queried it because this isn't a question about Eurail Passes. It is a question about trains and their facilities, which is nothing to do with Eurail, travel agent or pass. Eurail just sells tickets and passes for other peoples trains.
We have had posters on here under the misapprehension (gathered from not reading the Eurail site in enough detail) that Eurail ran all the trains in Europe, and you had to get a Eurail pass to travel on them. I am glad you are better informed.

Chtis, I've been around Europe, but it's been awhile. So yes, I know all about Eurail, and yes, fortunately I am informed ! :)