Brawa 46792 Ci-28 Standard Through Car, DRG, Era II

Brawa 46792 Ci-28 Standard Through Car, DRG, Era II Product Details

Description

About the model: The DRG Ci-28 standard-type through car is from Era II and features a highly detailed appearance and select features such as finely engraved rivets and a prototypical interior. In addition, the car has been prepared for the retrofitting of interior lighting. The model is 160 mm long and bears the road number “84 537 Regensburg.”

About the Prototype: The development of the two-axle standard through cars of the interchangeable design is closely linked to the emergence of standardization of components in the railroad industry, a key sector of the 1920s. The Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG) had set itself the goal of having railcar components manufactured across companies according to the same specifications and conditions. This was done to drastically reduce maintenance costs in its own workshops later on and to make components interchangeable. Against this backdrop, the DRG commissioned the Society of German Car Manufacturers (D.W.V.) to develop and deliver the desired standardized through-cars. Thanks to the interchangeable design specification, it was no longer necessary to have approximately 1,400 drawings for each individual car type. Instead, there was a basic type upon which the modified variants were based, using approximately 150 specific drawings. In several delivery batches beginning in 1928, nearly 5,500 cars of the various types—BCi-28, Ci-28, CDi-29, Pwi-28, Ci-29, BCi-29, Pwi-29, Bi-29, and Ci-30 for passenger service. The cars met the DRG’s expectations. As a result, many older state railway cars and miscellaneous models could be taken out of service. The cars’ ride quality, which was not particularly satisfactory for passengers, quickly earned them the well-known nickname “Donnerbüchsen” (thunderboxes). The turmoil of the war inevitably led to many European railroads subsequently adding two-axle standard through-cars to their fleets as well. What they all had in common, however, was that the cars were phased out of general service toward the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s. The cars that still exist today enjoy great popularity at various museum railroads both in Germany and abroad.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: II
• Road number: 84 537 Regensburg
• Length over buffers: 160 mm
• Short-coupler kinematics
• Interior lighting can be retrofitted
• Prototype-accurate axle bearing caps
• Prototype-accurate interior
• Axle brake linkage with brake shoes at wheel level
• Separately applied brake system
• Separately applied spring assemblies
• Finely engraved rivets
• Separately applied footrests
• Metal axle holders
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