BRAWA 50819 - H0 dining car Wgr DR

BRAWA 50819 - H0 dining car Wgr DR

Role model information

At the beginning of the 1970s, the catering services on the DR's inland express trains were to be improved. In addition, many of the pre-war dining cars that were still in use were due for decommissioning. The DR therefore examined the procurement of new dining cars. Delivery by the GDR wagon manufacturer was out of the question for capacity reasons, so the only alternative was production in DR-Raw. Although the Mitropa factory in Gotha had already built six cars from older vehicles as “Reko cars” in 1960, they decided to create a new design based on the Bghw cars manufactured in Halberstadt. These were now completely new buildings and no longer contained any old parts. A total of 50 vehicles known as WRge were built in two series in 1973 (20) and 1977 (30). They wore the typical wine-red paint of Mitropa with addresses in four languages, but without the decorative lines previously used. Both series only differed externally in two windows in the kitchen wing, which were intended to improve the lighting conditions in the second series. With a top speed of 140 km/h and multi-voltage heating, the cars were capable of international use and also reached destinations in the Federal Republic of Germany and Czechoslovakia. After most of the cars were converted, there were only five original red-painted dining cars still in use in 1989. Although the dining cars were to receive the new type number 541, they were completely phased out by 1993. Due to their short length and robust furnishings, many found a new home on museum railways.

Model details

Prototype replica of the doors
Detailed replica of the “Görlitz V” Bogies
Interior furnishings painted in multiple colors
Short coupling kinematics according to NEM standard
Scale windows
Precise printing and painting
Car transition with separately attached rubber bead

Technical details

Length over buffers: 214.4 mm
Interior: built-in
Interior lighting: prepared for BRAWA order no. 2212
Short coupling kinematics: installed
AC wheelset replacement: possible
AC wheelset: BRAWA order no. 2188
AC grinder: BRAWA order no. 2222

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	50819
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278508191
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Passenger car Bghw / Reko car
Company number:	50 50 87-15 616-0
Railway company:	DR
country:	EN
epoch:	IV
Wheel set replacement:	yes - possible
AC wheelset:	BRAWA order no. 2188
grinder:	BRAWA order no. 2222
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC analogue
Length over buffers:	214.4mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Interior decoration:	equipped with interior furnishings
Interior lighting:	prepared for BRAWA order no. 2212
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574