Brawa 50573 Gauge H0 Dust container car Ucs 908 "Mandt Feldspar" of the DB, epoch IV

Dust container wagon Ucs 908 "Mandt Feldspar" of the DB
Company number: 21 80 910 5 321-3

The Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) developed together with the Waggonunion a new 2-axle dust container wagon with two vertical containers. Westwagon delivered the first ten cars to the DB in 1953 for testing. Since they still had a Hik brake system, they were designated as Kd 54. In addition, like the following 150 wagons, which came from Talbot and Westwaggon, they had a double jack drive. Since this led to problems in connection with the very special undercarriage construction, all subsequent deliveries received a running gear with a single jack. After just 50 cars, the container volume was increased to 2 x 13.5 m³. The cars proved themselves very well, so that a total of 1232 Kds 54 were procured by 1965. For lighter dusty goods, 1,293 Kds 56 units with 2 x 17.5 m³ containers were built in parallel. Due to the 4 m³ larger containers, these wagons were correspondingly higher. To secure parked cars, some of the Kds 54/56 had a handbrake that could be operated from the platform. In contrast to other new DB freight wagons, where the handbrake platform was bolted to the underframe, it was directly integrated here. As a result, the length over the buffers (LüP) of the wagons equipped in this way remained unchanged and only the dead weight increased. Measured against the total number of over 2,500 cars built, the Kds 54/56 were relatively rare to be equipped with a handbrake. With the introduction of the 12-digit UIC number, the Kds 54 were redesignated as Ucs 908. The Kds 56 analogous to Ucs 909. Both types formed the backbone of the DB's powdered goods wagons for many years. The first sales came in 1967 when 86 cars were sold. Further sales to EVA and VTG followed in later years. In the 1990s, DB AG transferred most of its wagons to its subsidiary MEG. The remaining wagons of the DB AG were mostly rented out or used, for example, for the internal transport of brake sand for locomotives. In addition to cement, the wagons have also transported various other powdery goods over the years. The following are well-known here: stone powder, quartz sand, kieserite, gypsum, sodium sulphate, Thomas sulphate, sugar, salt, aluminum hydroxide. The wagons were then usually permanently at home at a station.



model details

-Variants without handbrake and with handbrake platform
-Individually attached reservoir lids and valves
-Brake shoes in wheel plane
-Individually attached ascents and steps
-Fine printing and painting
-Extra mounted axle brake linkage
-Extra brake system
- Short coupling kinematics according to NEM standard