Brawa 49612 Leichtbaukesselwagen Uerdingen „BP“ der DB, Ep. III

About the model: The Uerdingen "BP" lightweight tank car is in German Federal Railroad design and is from Era III. The many other details about this beautiful model can be found under the features.

About the prototype: In 1939/40, the wagon factories Cologne-Deutz and Uerdingen both developed a four-axle tank car each in lightweight construction. In direct connection with this, Westwaggon also created the prototype of the tub tender with which the BR 42 and 52 wartime 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 supply purposes. In order to make maximum use of the available steel contingent, the lightweight construction method was exploited to the full, as was the case with all wartime designs - but it soon became apparent that this was at the expense of durability. Both manufacturers now developed cars with self-supporting boilers. While Deutz left it at headers, the Uerdingen design had additional longitudinal beams made of folded profiles that were to help absorb the longitudinal compressive forces. The main data of both variants were identical: the length over buffers was 12.40 m, the distance between trunnions 6.60 m and the boiler had a capacity of 63 m3 . Due to the stocky design, this quantity led to axle and meter load problems, so that it was not possible to fill the boiler completely on all lines. Pressed sheet metal bogies with 2.00 m wheelbase were used as running gear. The cars built until 1945 were hired by Wifo and the oil associations to supply the Wehrmacht. After 1945, various European companies rebuilt the cars 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). As a result of the events of the war, many cars 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 other wagons as P wagons and acted as the main lessees of the VTG wagons. The wagons remaining with the DR remained in the inventory of the state railroad and were only leased on a long-term basis, in this case primarily to the PCK Schwedt/Oder. The last wagons did not leave the fleet until the 1990s and were often still used as railroad service or station wagons. In this function, they were often still to be observed after the turn of the millennium.

Features:

• Manufacturer: BRAWA
• Gauge size: H0
• Direct current (DC)
• LüP: 142.5 mm
• Close coupler kinematics
• Bogie with three-point bearing
• Individually attached axle bearing caps and spring assemblies
• Separately applied brake system
• Finely engraved bogies
• Brake shoes in wheel plane
• Extra attached axle brake linkage
• Exchange wheel sets alternating current (AC): 2188

Specs:

• Type: Tank wagon
• Gauge: H0
• Rail Company: DB
• Era: III
• Color: Grey
• News: 2022

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CAUTION: Not suitable for children under 3 years. Danger of swallowing! Age recommendation from 14 years.

Achtung! Maßstabs- und originalgetreue Kleinmodelle sowie Elektrozubehör für erwachsene Sammler. Nicht geeignet für Kinder unter 14 Jahren

Zum Betrieb des vorliegenden Produkts darf als Spannungsquelle nur ein nach VDE 0570-2-7/DIN EN 61558-2-7 gefertigter Spielzeug-Transformator verwendet werden.