BRAWA 70118 - H0 freight locomotive BR 44 DR

BRAWA 70118 - H0 freight locomotive BR 44 DR

Role model information

Similar to the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the west, the Deutsche Reichsbahn in eastern Germany was constantly improving its vehicle fleet and making it more economical. At the beginning of the 1950s, a large number of class 44 locomotives were converted from grate to pulverized coal firing, which enabled up to 10% greater boiler output. Even greater performance was only possible with oil firing. The first attempts at this were carried out on the Reichsbahn on 44 195. After being converted to oil firing, the locomotive was taken to the research institute in Halle and tested extensively in operation.

Confirmed by the good test results, the Reichsbahn commissioned the conversion of a further 96 locomotives to main oil firing at the RAW Meiningen, which happened between 1963 and 1967.
The 2'2' T34 oil tenders got the distinctive, angular 13.5 m³ heavy oil tank and a closed rear wall to the driver's cab. The latter improved the working conditions in the driver's cabs, especially when reversing. Since the oil containers on the DR were only filled from above, there was no external riser for bunkering the fuel.

The new furnace made the 44 oil on the DR almost irreplaceable. Of the 102 BR 44 locomotives that were still in operational condition in 1974, 94 were oil-fired and were mainly distributed among the Eberswalde, Nordhausen, Saalfeld, Sangerhausen and Wittenberge depots. It was only the second oil crisis at the end of 1981 that led to the rather sudden retirement of the 44 series.

Model details

Oil tank for heavy oil
Closed rear wall of the tender
Boiler, Driver's cab and tender designed as finely detailed plastic components
Opened bar frame and spoked wheels made of die-cast zinc
Standard shaft at the rear with a backdrop
Sound decoder installed or prepared for installation
Smoke generator prepared for installation
Short coupling between Locomotive and tender
True-to-original replica of the standing tank rear wall
Drive in the tender for optimal driving characteristics
Individual axle bearings in metal
Metal driving and coupling rods
Lighted driver's cab (Digital EXTRA version)
Engine lighting (Digital EXTRA version)
Fire flickering (Digital EXTRA version)

Technical details

Length over buffers: 261 mm
Minimum drivable radius: 420 mm
Interface: PluX22
Number of traction tires: 4
Flywheel: built-in
Light change: triple headlights & two red marker lights that change in the direction of travel
Interior lighting: built-in
Short coupling kinematics: built-in
Smoke generator: For Seuthe no. 20 prepared
Sound: built-in
Decoder (Döhler+Haass): built-in

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	BRAWA
Item number:	70118
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278701189
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	Steam locomotive BR 44
Company number:	44 1616; BW Halle G
Railway company:	DR
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:	4
Length over buffers:	261mm
Minimum radius:	420mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
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
Smoke generator:	For Seuthe no. 20 prepared
Age recommendation:	14 years and older
WEEE no.:	DE14862574