Brawa 49610 H0 Kesselwagen ZZ, DR, Ep.III 'VEB Synthesewerk Schwarzheide'

Brawa 49610 H0 Kesselwagen ZZ, DR, Ep.III 'VEB Synthesewerk Schwarzheide' Product Details

Description

In 1939/40, the Cologne-Deutz and Uerdingen wagon factories each developed a lightweight four-axle tank wagon. In direct connection with this, Westwaggon also created the prototype of the tub tender with which the BR 42 and 52 war locomotives were later coupled. The development was driven in particular by the military, as huge quantities of crude oil and fuel had to be transported for supplies. In order to make maximum use of the available steel contingent, the lightweight construction was exploited to the maximum, as with all wartime designs - as soon became apparent, however, at the expense of durability. Both manufacturers now developed wagons with self-supporting boilers. While Deutz left it at head pieces, the Uerdingen design also had longitudinal beams made of folded profiles, which were intended to help absorb the longitudinal compressive forces. The main data of both variants were identical: the length over buffers was 12.40 m, the bogie pivot distance 6.60 m and the boiler had a capacity of 63 m3. Due to the compact design, this volume led to axle and meter load problems, so that the boiler could not be completely filled on all lines. Press plate bogies with 2.00 m wheelbases were used as running gear. The wagons built up to 1945 were used by Wifo and the oil associations to supply the Wehrmacht. After 1945, various European companies rebuilt the wagons in a more advanced form, including Tatra in Prague in 1946. In 1955, SEAG delivered almost 500 cars developed from the Uerdingen design to the United States Transportation Corps (USTC). Due to the events of the war, many wagons were lost or remained with other European state railroads. The wagons located in the catchment area of the western occupation zones were transferred to VTG, which emerged from the former Wifo in 1951. In addition, mineral oil companies used further wagons as P-wagons and acted as the main tenants of the VTG wagons. The wagons remaining with the DR remained in the state railroad's fleet and were only leased out on a long-term basis, primarily to the PCK Schwedt/Oder. The last wagons were only removed from the fleet in the 1990s and were often still used as rail service or station wagons. They could often still be seen in this function after the turn of the millennium.

Features:

• Brawa - H0 passenger car Bnrdzf 483.1, DBAG, Ep.V, DC-Analog-Basic+
• Bogie with three-point bearing
• Extra attached spring assemblies
• Extra attached brake system
• Metal wheels
• Finely engraved bogies
• Brake shoes at wheel level
• Extra axle brake linkage
• Length over buffers in mm: 142.50