Brawa 51352 H0 Gedeckter Güterwagen Gos [1404], DR, Ep. IV, Fortschritt

Brawa 51352 H0 Gedeckter Güterwagen Gos [1404], DR, Ep. IV, Fortschritt Product Details

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Brawa 51352 H0 Covered Freight Car Gos [1404], DR, Era IV, Fortschritt – Advertising Car from the GDR for Agricultural Machinery

Would you like to add a distinctive detail to your Era IV layout? The Brawa 51352 Gos 1404 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, featuring striking “Fortschritt” advertising, brings GDR industrial history to the model railroad. Based on an extended UIC standard car, this model impresses with its attention to detail, authenticity, and striking visual impact.

Model with excellent detailing

With a length over buffers of 143 mm and close-coupling kinematics compliant with the NEM standard, the car integrates seamlessly into freight trains. Equipped with bogies featuring three-point bearings, brake shoes at wheel level, a separately mounted braking system, and axle brake linkages, the model impresses with its high degree of realism. The scale-accurate narrow frame and the metal wheel sets with internal profiling ensure additional technical and visual quality.

The Prototype – Further Development for Greater Loading Capacity

The Gos [1404] traces its origins to the Glmmhs 57—an extended variant of the UIC-Gmhs 53 with a 2-meter-wide door. Although built in West Germany, many of these cars were later sold to the Deutsche Reichsbahn. There, they remained in service until the 1990s—often in domestic traffic or as privately owned cars bearing advertising lettering.

Advertising for GDR Technology: Progress on Wheels

“Fortschritt” was the trademark of the GDR’s agricultural machinery manufacturing combine. The eye-catching advertising lettering makes this car a real showstopper on your layout—authentic for transport between production sites, trade shows, or factory sidings.

Ideal for DR freight trains of the late 1970s and 1980s

The car with the road number 21 50 140 4356-0 fits perfectly into mixed DR freight trains and looks particularly harmonious when paired with BR 110, BR 118, or BR 120 locomotives. It also cuts a fine figure in local freight service or on factory tracks.

A highlight for fans of East German railway history

The Brawa 51352 is more than just a freight car—it’s a rolling billboard and an authentic model for realistic DR operations in Era IV. A must-have for anyone who collects and builds with an eye for history.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: IV
• Railroad company: DR
• Operating number: 21 50 140 4356-0
• Bogie with three-point suspension
• Separately attached axle brake linkage
• Wheel sets profiled on the inside as well
• Separately mounted brake system
• Scale-accurate narrow frame
• Length over buffers: 143 mm
• Brake shoes in the wheel plane
• Short-coupler kinematics
• Metal axle holders