BRAWA 50598 - H0 container wagon BTs 30 DB, with Efkr 401 "Birkel"

BRAWA 50598 - H0 container wagon BTs 30 DB, with Efkr 401 "Birkel"

Role model information

Even before the war, standardized large containers began to be transported to the customer using rail and road vehicles. However, the beginning of the Second World War stopped the further spread of the system. In 1949 the DB took up the pa container system again and decided to introduce it on a large scale. While the containers were being rebuilt, the underframes of various pre-war cars were used for the cars, which were plentiful with war damage to the bodies. The conversion included, among other things, Omm 34 running gear, which were classified as BT(hs) 30, in a common number range with BT cars from other donor cars. After converting a total of 273 BT 30s to various donor types, the exclusive construction of new container wagons began in 1952. Still redrawn as Lb(r)s577, the last converted BT 30 cars left service in 1971. Numerous open and closed containers were created for a wide variety of cargo, and there were also special containers for liquids, food such as beer and the like, as well as for transporting frozen goods. From the end of the 1960s, increasingly pressured by the emerging containers, traffic with pa containers only ended at the end of the 1990s.

Model details

Construction with three containers
Brake shoes in wheel level
Three-point bearing
Version with transition platform or hand brake platform
Perforated car body supports
Metal axle holder
Prototypical frame structure
Extra attached axle brake linkage and axle bearing cover
Delicate, openwork frame
Individually attached brake system, handlebars and steps

Technical details

Length over buffer: 115 mm
Short coupling kinematics : installed
AC wheelset replacement: possible
AC wheelset: BRAWA order no. 2188

Birkel is a registered trademark.

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	50598
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278505985
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Freight wagon BT30
Company number:	010 364
Railway company:	DB
country:	EN
epoch:	III
Wheel set replacement:	yes - possible
AC wheelset:	BRAWA order no. 2188
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC analogue
Length over buffers:	115mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574