BRAWA 48719 – H0 Covered Goods Wagon Glr22 “Twins”, DB, Era III

Axle holder made of embossed sheet metal

Extra brake system, spring packs, wheel bearings and running boards

Fine engravings and rivets

Finest printing and varnishing

Short-coupling kinematics

Faithful replica of the frame

Wheels also profiled on the inside

After 1945, the German Federal Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn) had numerous Glr wagons in its fleet – a census in 1952 recorded 700 vehicles. Many of them were worn out after 1945 and required a complete overhaul. On handbrake wagons, the brakeman’s cab was removed, leaving only a handbrake platform without weather protection. In some cases, new aluminum loading and ventilation flaps were also installed, and additional end panel reinforcements were added to the outer plank sections. By the early 1960s, their service life had come to an end. A large-scale program converted them into modern G-type wagons of the Glmms 61 series, which no longer showed any signs of their original designation. The number of Glr 22 wagons then decreased accordingly. While 660 vehicles were still in service on December 31, 1960, by December 31, 1966, only 182 bore the now valid designation Gbkl 238.