Brawa 50654 Drehgestellflachwagen Rkmo der DR, Ep. IV

Brawa 50654 Drehgestellflachwagen Rkmo der DR, Ep. IV Product Details

Description

About the model: The DR bogie flat car Rkmo, Ep. IV is a model from the popular model railroad manufacturer BRAWA with the road number 31 50 383 8823-9. The car impresses with its many lovingly placed details and features, making it a unique model and a highlight on every model railroad layout. The model has separately applied steps and grab irons, metal wheels and close coupler mechanisms in accordance with the NEM standard.

About the prototype: The railroad has always been a means of transport for large and heavy loads. It was therefore only natural that the K.E.P.V. should devote itself to the development of rail cars with a larger load capacity from around 1910, following various predecessor designs. In line with the requirements of the time, a type of rail wagon was developed that was designed for a loading length of 18 m and a load weight of up to 35 tons. Between 1912 and 1928, the K.P.E.V. and later the DRG ordered a total of approx. 2650 units of the SSlm (Ce 168) rail car designed according to the Ce 168 pattern sheet. Characteristic of the railcars of that era were the filigree bogie and the car floor made of perforated sheet metal. While most of the cars were only equipped with hand brakes when they were delivered, deliveries to the DRB were already fitted with Kunze-Knorr freight train air brakes ex works. These were retrofitted to many older wagons over the years. The number of vehicles fluctuated over the years. Reparation payments to France and Belgium, as well as Poland, decimated the total stock after the First World War. At the beginning of the 1950s, both German state railroads together still had a stock of around 1,000 SSlm 16 / SSlu. Due to further retirements, the number of operational wagons steadily decreased, so that the last wagons of this type were withdrawn from service in the 1970s.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: IV
• Length over buffers: 231 mm
• Road number: 31 50 383 8823-9
• Brake shoes at wheel level
• Close coupling kinematics according to NEM standard
• Zinc die-cast car floor
• Wagon stanchions can be plugged in and are included individually
• Delivered without load
• Extra attached steps and grab rails
• Metal wheels
• Finely detailed running gear
• Extra attached axle brake rods
• Extra attached axle bearing covers