Product Features and Details
Information about the model
To meet the increasing demands of the armaments industry and for other war-related transport needs, H. Fuchs Waggonfabrik AG in Heidelberg, among others, manufactured six-axle tank wagons for transporting acids in the early 1940s. The wagons had a riveted underframe and bogies and were equipped with a handbrake and a Hildebrand-Knorr freight train brake. The tank was a ten-section welded construction with 40 mm thick insulation and a heating system with connections at the non-handbrake end. A walkway with a brakeman's cabin was attached at the handbrake end. With a capacity of just under 40 cubic meters, the tank was relatively small. However, the distribution of the load across six axles resulted in a relatively low average axle load, allowing the wagons to be used even when fully loaded on lines with lighter track. The tanks could only be filled and emptied from the top, as bottom valves were not permitted on wagons used for transporting acids at that time. The vehicles, which were mostly leased as private cars by large chemical factories to the German Reichsbahn, were used to transport their products between the various locations.
Model details
- bogie with three-point bearing
- Extra spring packs
- Extra brake system
- Finely engraved bogies
- Brake shoes in wheel plane
- Freestanding grab bars
- Extra axle brake linkage
