BRAWA 44742 - H0 combustion railcar BR 660 and sidecar 945 DB

BRAWA 44742 - H0 combustion railcar BR 660 and sidecar 945 DB

Role model information

After the railcars were taken over by the newly founded Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), there were several design changes in the 1950s to the vehicles now known as VT60.5 for the coming period of operation empower. In the Aw Friedrichshafen, the engines were exchanged for the 330 hp MAN engines that were already used in small locomotives in performance group III. The upholstery of the upgraded 3rd to 2nd class also increased comfort for the passengers. In the 1960s, many railcars also received modern DB lamps for better route visibility and lost the conspicuous railcar lamps of the Reichsbahn era. The uniform purple red for DB diesel vehicles soon replaced the old DR color scheme. In contrast to the initial home, the DB distributed its 31 VT60.5s to significantly more operating locations and from now on the depots Rheine, Darmstadt, Stuttgart, Kassel, Frankfurt-Griesheim, Heilbronn, Nuremberg and Friedrichshafen were among the main locations. Six railcars were rented to the American occupying forces until 1960. With increasing age, the number of VT60.5s dwindled in the mid-1960s and the Rheine depot practically became the discontinuing depot for the last old DB railcars. At the beginning of the 1970s, the number of vehicles was at its highest here at six. Four more were stationed in Nuremberg and one each in Heilbronn and Kassel. By 1972, these 12 railcars, now referred to as the 660 series in EDP terms, were no longer in regular service. Converted into radio measurement vehicles, the former 660 506 and 660 531 remained in service until 1979. Only the VT 60 531 has survived to this day. After the war, only three railcars remained in the Soviet occupation zone: 137,348, 137,366 and 137,387. The
operations took place here from the Aschersleben depot. However, due to the poor availability of spare parts, the railcars were all out of service by 1969. In parallel to the 40 railcars, the procurement plan also provided for suitable VS145 control cars, especially for the VT137 347 - 366 and 137 377 - 396
. The cars ordered according to sketch sheet CPost4ivS-36 had 76 3rd class seats, a control compartment in the front and a postal compartment in the rear. Since the control cars were mostly delivered at a different time to the VT, the combinations envisaged did not come about right from the start. Rather, the freedom to use the VS with other VT types was used. During the time of the Federal Railway
a total of 10 VS145s are documented for 1952, which were primarily used in the association with
VT60.5. In Bremen and Wuppertal, however,
the operations also took place with VT36.5 or V36. Together with the last
VT60.5 also the last

Model details

Drive on two axles
Free-standing steps
Prototypical replica of the bogies
Sharp engravings
Gear block made of die-cast zinc
Multi-part interior fittings
Prototypical corrugated wheel discs
Epoch-appropriate lighting
Passenger compartment lighting

Technical details

Length over buffers: 506 mm
Minimum passable radius: 360 mm
Interface: PluX22
Number of traction tires: 2
Flywheel: installed
Light change: triple headlights & two red marker lights changing in the direction of travel
Interior: installed
Interior lighting: installed
Short coupling kinematics: installed
Sound: installed
Decoder (Döhler+ Haass): built in

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	44742
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278447421
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	BR VT60.5 railcar
Company number:	660 507-5 / 945 851-4
Railway company:	DB
country:	EN
epoch:	IV
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC Digital EXTRA
interface:	PluX22
Digital decoder:	built-in
engine:	pole motor
Motor with flywheel:	built-in
traction tires:	2
Length over buffers:	506mm
Minimum radius:	360mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Interior decoration:	equipped with interior furnishings
Interior lighting:	built-in
Cab lighting:	digitally switchable
Top light:	Triple headlights & two red marker lights that change in the direction of travel
sound:	built-in
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574