Brawa 49432 H0 freight trainluggage trolley car Pwg, DR, Ep.III

Brawa 49432 H0 freight trainluggage trolley car Pwg, DR, Ep.III Product Details

Description

About the model: The DR Pwg freight train baggage car on a scale of 1:87 impresses with a prototypical reproduction of the underbody, which ensures a realistic representation on your model railway layout. With brake shoes at wheel level and an extra brake system, this model offers authentic details and precision. All further details can be found under the features.

About the prototype: Until the 1920s, freight trains were hand-braked on all German railroads. In addition to the locomotive crew, the train crew therefore included a train driver as the highest authority, a packmaster, train conductors and shunters as well as several brakemen. The brakemen were responsible for braking the train, shunting work during stops en route, exchanging and processing freight documents for the goods being transported. For this purpose, an accompanying wagon was placed behind the locomotive, which served as a rolling place of work and rest. Only the brakemen had to sit in one of the brakeman's cabins during the journey. To complete its own development, the KPEV procured its first Pwg in 1913/14 in accordance with pattern sheet pr IIa13a. After the end of the First World War, this design was chosen to replace the old or missing escort coaches of most German state railroads. By 1929, more than 7000 Pwg were built from the 2nd revised edition of the pattern sheet and spread not only in the former KPEV area, but also in Baden and Bavaria, Württemberg and Saxony. Allegedly because of an attempted robbery on a train, the DRB removed the continuous running boards and grab rails from the end of the 1930s. Further conversion measures before the start of the war included reinforcements to the body skeleton and the removal of the window in the loading compartment door.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era III
• Railroad company: DR
• Road number: 88-31-15
• Length over buffers: 97.70 mm
• Variant-specific design differences
• Era-specific lighting (gas or electric lighting)
• Roof superstructures suitable for the era
• Prototypical replica of the underbody
• Metal axle holder
• Bogie with three-point bearing
• Extra axle bearing covers
• Brake shoes at wheel level
• Extra axle brake linkage
• Continuous and separate steps
• Extra brake system
• Openwork wagon body supports
• Close coupler kinematics