Brawa 50143 - H0 Covered freight car Kmmhs56 "Brandt" DB

Brawa 50143 - H0 Covered freight car Kmmhs56 "Brandt" DB

Prototype information

The International Union of Railways (Union internationale des chemins de fer, UIC) founded its own research and development institute (ORE) in 1949, thereby laying the foundation for internationally valid construction principles for freight wagons. The European railway administrations soon developed their own vehicles based on the drafts and principles developed by the ORE for a two-axle standard freight wagon. In keeping with the basic idea of the UIC, these could be used to transport goods and commodities within the areas of the member administrations. The German Federal Railways made a start with the first 3,500 wagons (based on the preliminary drafts) and was able to put the first 2,662 real UIC standard wagons into operation as early as 1957 with the Gmm(e)hs 56. The standardized design was identified externally by the inscription RIV St UIC. Other railway administrations such as SNCF, FS, ÖBB, NS, DSB, MAV, PKP, CFL and SBB acted in a similar way and manufactured their own versions of the UIC standard carriages. As a result, the carriages are all very similar, but also show country-specific design differences. Since the DB itself had a very large need for new carriages and there was also a backlog of modernization of older carriage types, not only did completely new UIC St carriages have to be built. In several conversion programs, in which individual parts of older wagons were reused, the wagon types Gmms 44, Gmm(eh)s 60, Gmms 40 and 216 were gradually created. From the 1960s to the 1990s, these wagon types were characteristic of freight transport in Europe and, with over 100,000 units built, they were included in almost every freight train.

Model details

Metal wheels
Extra attached grab bars
Extra attached axle bearing covers
Close coupling kinematics according to NEM standard
Metal axle bearings
Multi-part brake system
Brake shoes in wheel plane
Prototypical brake system on the wagon floor

Technical details

Length over buffers: 121.6 mm
Close coupling kinematics: built-in
AC wheelset exchange: possible
AC wheelset: BRAWA order no. 2187

Brandt is a registered trademark.

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	Brawa
Item number:	50143
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4012278501437
Product Type:	freight cars
track:	H0
scale:	1:87
model series:	UIC Gs
Company number:	291 145
Railway company:	DB
country:	DE
epoch:	III
Wheel set replacement:	yes - possible
AC wheelset:	BRAWA order number 2187
operation mode:	DC Analog
Length over buffer:	121.6 mm
coupling:	NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
Age recommendation:	from 14 years
WEEE No.:	DE14862574