Product Features and Details
Model Details:
- Axle brake frame with brake blocks in wheel plane
- Structure and handles made of high-quality, impact-resistant plastic
- Extra mounted steps, handrails, exterior handles, brake system and axle brake rod
- Spring buffers
- Engraved and separately mounted toe bearing
- Coupling compatible to Lenz®
- Short-coupling kinematics
- Originally reproduced, three-dimensionalframe body
- Metal wheels, with inside contours
- Metal exterior handles
In the mid 30ies, the progress in lightweight construction led to new generations in waggon building in rapid succession. The introduction of welded tanks allowed weight savings, the benefit of which was increased cargo weight. Consequently, the wheel base of the classical two-axle tank waggon design was increased from 4.00 m to 4.50 m starting at the end of the thirties. The running gear corresponded to the design which was simultaneously developed for the welded DR waggon, and was conspicuous by its long suspension springs for smooth running, even at higher velocities. The resulting design was built by many European waggon factories in very large numbers until 1943 - alone MAN, although no classical tank wagon manufacturer, delivered 2250 units. In addition to a few private owners, the sham firms and camouflage organisations of the German Reich were predominantly supplied as part of the war preparations. These included the "Wissenschaftliche Forschungsgemeinschaft" ("Wifo") and various "oil associations" ("Oelvereine"). In another case, the waggon user was more clearly identified by the name "Wilhelmshaven Naval Dockyard"; these waggons were used for the fuel supply of the submarine fleet. In the aggregate, far more than 10,000 units of these waggons with tanks of 20 m3, 22 m3 and 26.5 m3 were probably built. After the war, they were scattered all over Europe and, as a result, came into the possession of many mineral oil industry companies as private waggons. In addition to the classical grey-andblack paint coats, many waggons were given conspicuous advertising paint coats from white and yellow (Mobil) up to green and blue (Texaco / Aral). The last waggons were still being used in 1989 in the fleet of the GDR's Deutsche Reichsbahn.
