German heavy platform wagon SSYS 50T COBI 6284 - Historical Collection 1:35 - kopie

You know that:

• The German freight wagons of the OMMR 32 type were manufactured by Knorr-Bremse from the 1930s, but the largest manufacturer in terms of the number of units produced was the Czechoslovak company Tatra Studénka.
• The wagon was developed on the basis of the standard interwar Type G wagon, which had a lower load capacity and a shorter length.
• The OMMR 32 was used to transport various types of cargo, such as timber, coal, building materials, military supplies, or prisoners of war.
• Modified wagons were also adapted as part of the BP 42 and BP 44 armoured trains deployed on the Eastern Front.
• The number of units produced was huge, but exact numbers are not known. 
• The wagons developed for army purposes were deployed on all the railway lines of the Reichsbahn, but also in occupied territories to supply troops.
• The SSYS 50T cars are also one of the symbols of the reconstruction of post-war Germany. The endlessly long trains consisting of these cars hauled away the rubble from the major German cities. 
• Many wagons were improvised and converted for civilian use and passenger transport. Some wagons with wooden superstructures even served as temporary housing.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 10,1 m, width 2,55 m, track gauge 1435mm
• weight 10 500 kg
• maximum load weight 20 000 kg (approx. 10 m³ of coal)
• maximum permissible speed of a loaded wagon 100 km/h, empty wagon 120 km/h 
• braking system mechanical, separate brake for each axle.