BRAWA 50052 - H0 Lightweight tank car Uerdingen 2-axle “BASF” DB

BRAWA 50052 - H0 Lightweight tank car Uerdingen 2-axle “BASF” DB

Role model information

30m³ lightweight tank wagon Uerdinger design: The general technical progress in lightweight construction and welding technology gave those responsible at the Reichsbahn the idea of foregoing the actual vehicle frame when designing new tank wagons. Instead, the tensile and impact forces should be absorbed by the boiler as much as possible. By extensively using welding technology, it was hoped that raw material requirements and manufacturing costs could be reduced while at the same time obtaining more robust vehicles. For this reason, the Uerdingen wagon factory received an order in 1938 to develop a lightweight tank wagon with a loading volume of 30m³. As early as 1939, the three prototypes were handed over to two private freight wagon rental companies and the state Economic Research Society (Wifo) for testing. After a small interim series from 1940, series production of the 30m³ lightweight tank wagons of the Uerdinger type began in 1941. The largest orderer was the Luftwaffe with around 2,200 units, followed by Wifo and many smaller companies, so that a total of around 3,700 cars were built. In the post-war period, the Wifo and Luftwaffe wagons were distributed among other wagon adjusters in both German states. Larger companies in the petroleum industry, but also smaller private companies as well as DB and DR themselves, used the cars in the following decades. Some of the cars also remained abroad and were used there by new owners. In 2016, another car was found in internal factory traffic at Haltermann in Hamburg.

Model details

Bogie with three-point bearing
Extra attached axle bearing covers
Extra attached spring packages
Extra attached brake system
Finely engraved bogies
Brake shoes in wheel level
Extra attached axle brake linkage
Free-standing handlebars

Technical Details

Length over buffer: 101.1 mm
Short coupling kinematics: installed
AC wheelset replacement: possible
AC wheelset: BRAWA order no. 2188

BASF is a registered trademark.

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	50052
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278500522
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Tank wagon 2-axle Z [P] Uerdingen 30m3
Company number:	21 80 001 5 473-0 [P]
Railway company:	DB
country:	EN
epoch:	IV
Wheel set replacement:	yes - possible
AC wheelset:	BRAWA order no. 2188
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC analogue
Length over buffers:	101.1mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574