Gauge H0 - Article No. 43080

Baggage Car.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) Langenschwalbach design car with trucks. Type LPw4i, baggage area with a mail compartment. Former PwPost4i Pr14, 3rd series.

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Baggage Car.
Baggage Car.

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Article No. 43080
Gauge / Design type H0 / 1:87
Era III
Kind Passenger Cars
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  • Product description

    Model: Version with closed vestibules. The trucks are specific to this car. The car has separately applied ladders, grab irons, and vestibule walk-over plates. The car is ready for installation of the 73400/73401 lighting kit (1 each) and the 73405 pickup shoe (1 each). Length over the buffers 14.0 cm / 5-1/2".
    DC wheel set 4 x 700580.

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  • Publications

    - Product programme 2005 - New items brochure 2005 - Product programme 2006 - Product programme 2007/2008 - Product programme 2008/2009 - Product programme 2009/2010
  • Prototype information

    In 1889, a rail line was built to the elegant spa of Langenschwalbach now known as Bad Schwalbach. The line ran to Wiesbaden and had grades of about 3.3% as well as curves with a minimum radius of 200 meters / 656 feet 2 inches. The Prussian State Railroad had a new type of passenger car built especially for service to the spa. Although commuter cars at that time almost always had two or three rigid axles, the Langenschwalbach cars were equipped with 2-axle trucks, initially with a short wheelbase of 1,650 mm / 65" and a small wheel diameter of 740 mm / 29-1/8". However, it was soon apparent that a wheelbase of 2,000 mm / 78-3/4" and the usual wheel diameter of 960 mm / 37-3/4" did not negatively affect the riding comfort of the cars. The bodies for the cars demonstrated the first elements of lightweight construction. The designers used the exterior sheet metal for the walls as a load-bearing element. Tubular shapes served as cross girders for the car bodies. The design proved so effective that it was used for 35 years with few changes. The first Langenschwalbach cars were placed into service in 1892. Initially, only 1st to 3rd class seating was offered. From 1907 on, the various state railways also placed 4th class cars of this type into service. Combination mail and baggage cars came later. As the cars were quite popular with the public, they were soon in service outside of their home district. The German Federal Railroad retired these cars in the Fifties. Numerous cars found new work in maintenance train service.

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