This goods wagon shows the
first new development of the Gl wagon put into production by DB. In
1950, the first wagons had classic wooden board sides but from1954
these were made of plywood. A total of about 12,000 such wagons were
produced by 1958. By the early 1980s there were sufficient modern
goods wagons available and wagon-load traffic was declining. Our 202
228 was sold to the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the DDR which at that time
was suffering from a chronic shortage of goods wagons. Here it
received the number DR 2150 140 2018-8.In 1992 the covered wagon 2150
140 2018-8 came, together with the steam loco 50 3655, direct to
Lengerich from DR. It is worth noting that the wagon was sold from the
‘west’ to the ‘east’ and, when taken out of service, then came back to
the west. In the Summer months we use the wagon to supplement out
baggage coach (105 221 Köln) to carry bicycles free of charge. In the
Winter it serves as temporary stores for the locomotive and workshop. |
|
Type |
Glmhs50 |
Manufacturer |
LHB - Braunschweig |
Fabrication N° |
unknown |
Year |
1956 |
Lenght over buffers |
12.500 mm |
Total weight |
11,8 t |
Load weight |
21,0 t |
Brake type |
KE G-P |
Max speed |
100 km/h |
Status |
not
serviceable |
|