BRAWA 50744 - H0 Covered freight wagon Gms30 DB

BRAWA 50744 - H0 Covered freight wagon Gms30 DB

Role model information

The introduction of welding technology from 1933 onwards increasingly led to the Deutsche Reichsbahn switching to connecting the components of its cars by welding instead of riveting. The advantage of welding technology lay primarily in the weight savings, which could be used to reduce the weight of the load. In order to meet the call for higher speeds in general cargo traffic, the DR developed the "Gs Oppeln" from 1936 onwards. Due to its 6000 mm wheelbase, its maximum permissible speed could be set at 90 km/h. In addition to the gusset plates that were eliminated due to welding technology, this type of car differed mainly in its pointed trusses, which were necessary due to the long wheelbase. The sharp increase in demand for freight cars due to the war led to series production of the "Gs Oppeln" from 1938 onwards. In the following years, around 28,000 cars were built without handbrakes and 6,100 cars with handbrakes. Many of the cars also received steam or even electric heating and could therefore easily be used as general cargo cars in express and express trains. With the end of the Second World War, the wagons were distributed all over Europe and could be found, for example, in the railway administrations of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Belgium. The reorganization of the vehicle numbers of the young German Federal Railway in the early 1950s led to the "Gs Oppeln" becoming the "Gms 30". Some of the cars even ended up in the EUROP car park and were therefore able to be used internationally. With the advent of the first new freight wagons towards the end of the 1950s, the decision was made against an expensive complete refurbishment. The remaining wagons were renumbered "Glms 200" with the introduction of the UIC numbering system and some survived until 1979.

Model details

Metal axle bearing
Bogie with Three-point bearing
Prototypical frame structure
Extra attached axle bearing covers
Brake shoes in wheel level
Extra attached handle bars
Extra attached steps
Extra attached axle brake linkage
Extra attached brake system
Opened car body support

Technical details

Length over buffer: 112.6 mm
Short coupling kinematics: installed
AC wheel set replacement: possible
AC wheelset: BRAWA order no. 2187

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	50744
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278507446
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Gms30 freight wagon
Company number:	223 610
Railway company:	DB
country:	EN
epoch:	III
Wheel set replacement:	yes - possible
AC wheelset:	BRAWA order no. 2187
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC analogue
Length over buffers:	112.6mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574