Brawa 45399 Speisewagen WRge der DR, Ep. IV

Brawa 45399 Speisewagen WRge der DR, Ep. IV Product Details

Description

The DR dining car WRge has the road number 51 50 88-45 048-8 and is a prototypical model made by the manufacturer BRAWA. The car is from Era IV. The model, on the other hand, is a 2022 novelty of BRAWA's and, in addition to a detailed look, also has numerous features that are true to the era, such as a fully equipped interior, accurately reproduced Görlitz V bogies, and a faithful reproduction of the door. Furthermore, the model was prepared for retrofitting interior lighting.

Information about the prototype: At the beginning of the 1970s, the gastronomic supply in the DR's inland express trains was to be improved. In addition, many of the pre-war dining cars still in use were due for retirement. The DR therefore looked into the procurement of new dining cars. For capacity reasons, delivery by the GDR's wagon construction department was out of the question, so the only alternative was production in DR-Raw. Although the Mitropa plant in Gotha had already built six cars from older vehicles as "Reko cars" in 1960, it was decided to build a new design based on the Bghw cars manufactured in Halberstadt. In the meantime, these were built from scratch and no longer contained any old parts. In two series, a total of 50 of the cars designated as WRge were built in 1973 (20) and 1977 (30). They were painted in Mitropa's typical wine-red livery with four-language inscriptions, but without the previously used decorative lines. Both series differed externally only by two windows in the kitchen wing, which were intended to improve the lighting conditions in the second series. With a maximum speed of 140 km/h and a multi-voltage heating system, the cars were internationally operational and thus also reached destinations in the FRG and CSSR. After most of the cars had been rebuilt, just five original dining cars in red livery were still in service in 1989. Although the dining cars were still to receive the new design number 541, they were completely retired by 1993. Due to their short length and rugged interior, many found new homes on museum railroads.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: IV
• Length over buffers: 214.4 mm
• Road number: 51 50 88-45 048-8
• AC slider can be retrofitted
• Close coupler kinematics
• interior lighting retrofittable
• with interior equipment
• Faithful reproduction of the door
• Exact replica of Görlitz V bogies
• Interior painted in multiple colors
• Extra alternators on bogies
• Accurately fitted windows
• Fine printing and painting
• Wagon transition with attached rubber bead