BRAWA 50681 - H0 Rheingold express train set, 6 pieces

BRAWA 50681 - H0 Rheingold express train set, 6 pieces

Role model information

On their way to Switzerland and on to Italy, numerous luxury travelers from Great Britain and the Netherlands used CIWL sleeping cars through France. The DRG was very interested in “redirecting” this wealthy clientele to its routes. Therefore, in 1928 she introduced a luxury day train called the “Rheingold-Express” between Hoek van Holland / Amsterdam and Basel SBB. From 1929 onwards, the train route was extended to Lucerne and Zurich in the summer. How great the competitive pressure was can be seen from the fact that the CIWL responded to the DRG's offensive in 1928 with its own daily train via Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg, the “Edelweiss”.

When designing the train The DRG was based on similar daily trains of the CIWL. Inside there were open large rooms and some half compartments, in first class even with loose armchairs. Each car had a different decor made of different precious woods or fabric-covered walls and ceilings. On the outside, the train had a special dark purple-ivory paintwork.

This resulted in 26 cars in four different versions (1st and 2nd class each with and without a kitchen), as well as three baggage cars. A train usually consisted of five cars - one car each with and without a first and second class kitchen (one kitchen served two cars) and a baggage car. Since the baggage car had to run behind the locomotive as a protective car at the time, the head-on in Mannheim created a need for another baggage car. For this purpose, the DRG repainted two Prussian and two Baden cars according to the Rheingold scheme. In the Netherlands, traction was provided by the 3700 and 3900 series. On the German side, the BR 184-5 from the Mainz depot ran for many years as far as Mannheim. From 1936, the new Deutzerfelder 01 took over the running of the Rheingold Express. On the southern section, Offenburger 183s transport the train, which were replaced by the BR 01 in 1930. From Basel, Ae 4/7 take the train to central Switzerland in summer. With the start of the war in 1939, the luxury train was discontinued without replacement.

Model details

Boiler, driver's cab and tender made as finely detailed
plastic components
Opened bar frame and Spoked wheels made of die-cast zinc
Smoke generator and sound decoder installed or prepared for installation
Lighted driver's cab
Epoch-appropriate lighting
Standard shaft at the back, guided by the backdrop
Short coupling between locomotive and tender
Replica true to the original the standing tank rear wall
Fine printing and painting
Cables and attached parts with low wall thickness
Individually attached steps and steps
Drive in the tender for optimal driving characteristics
Individual axle bearings in metal
Scale axle base
Metal drive and coupling rods
850 mm leading wheels Bolted outflow boxes on the cylinders
Control carrier in cast design
Tender 2'2' T32
Engine lighting (digital version )
Fire flickering (digital version)


Passenger car (digital version): entrance lighting
ceiling lighting
table lighting
Sound: operating and kitchen noises
Digital decoder
Live coupling for central power supply

Technical details

Interior: built-in
Interior lighting: prepared for BRAWA order no. 2212
Short coupling kinematics: installed
Smoke generator: For Seuthe no. 20 prepared
Sound: prepared

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	50681
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278506814
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Passenger carriage express train carriage group 28 / Rheingold
Company number:	Steam locomotive BR 01 (company no. 01 069), baggage car (company no. Cologne 90 202), 2x 1st class passenger cars (company no. Cologne 20 506 / Cologne 20 501), 2x 2nd class passenger cars (company No. Cologne 24 502 / Cologne 24 505)
Railway company:	DRG
country:	EN
epoch:	II
Electricity system:	DC
operation mode:	DC Analogue BASIC+
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Interior decoration:	equipped with interior furnishings
Interior lighting:	prepared for BRAWA order no. 2212
sound:	prepared
Smoke generator:	For Seuthe no. 20 prepared
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574