50019 Track HO, NMBS, Lightweight tank car Uerdingen “Tankwagon-Anvers”, company number: 506130, TpIII.
€ 44.90 € 40.45
Brawa 50019
Track HO, NMBS, Lightweight tank car Uerdingen “Tankwagon-Anvers”, company number: 506130, TpIII.
MODEL DETAILS:
Bogie with three-point bearing
Extra attached axle bearing
covers Extra attached spring packs
Extra attached brake system
Finely engraved bogies
Brake shoes in wheel level
Extra attached axle brake linkage
Free-standing handle bars
INFORMATION ON THE MODEL:
30m³ lightweight tank wagon Uerdinger design: The general technical progress in lightweight construction and welding technology gave those responsible at the Reichsbahn the idea of foregoing the actual vehicle frame when designing new tank wagons. Instead, the tensile and impact forces should be absorbed by the boiler as much as possible. By extensively using welding technology, it was hoped that raw material requirements and manufacturing costs could be reduced while at the same time obtaining more robust vehicles. For this reason, the Uerdingen wagon factory received an order in 1938 to develop a lightweight tank wagon with a loading volume of 30m³. As early as 1939, the three prototypes were handed over to two private freight wagon rental companies and the state Economic Research Society (Wifo) for testing. After a small interim series from 1940, series production of the 30m³ lightweight tank wagons of the Uerdinger type began in 1941. The largest orderer was the Luftwaffe with around 2,200 units, followed by Wifo and many smaller companies, so that a total of around 3,700 cars were built. In the post-war period, the Wifo and Luftwaffe wagons were distributed among other wagon adjusters in both German states. Larger companies in the petroleum industry, but also smaller private companies as well as DB and DR themselves, used the cars in the following decades. Some of the cars also remained abroad and was used there by new owners. In 2016, a car was still found in internal company traffic at Haltermann in Hamburg.