FLEISCHMANN 830150 Güterzug Packw.Pwgs41 DB

" Staircase at the luggage compartment doors in wide design / Freight trains were accompanied by personnel in their own luggage vans for a long time. In addition to the train driver there was still room for the packmaster and shunter for shunting in the stations. Before the air brakes were introduced, the wagon was also a recreation room for the brakemen. brakemen. They could warm up and eat there during their stops in the stations. The common generic designation for the escort wagons was Pwg (pack wagon for goods trains). In the course of the general acceleration of freight traffic, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB) purchased more than 700 escort wagons from various wagon factories (Waggonwerke West, Rastatt, SGP) from 1941 onwards. more than 700 escort wagons. These were produced in several series and according to different drawings in steel construction. They were heatable and had, in addition to the luggage compartment, a driver's compartment a driver's compartment, a boarding area and a lavatory. The luggage compartment was accessible sliding doors. Some coaches were delivered with driver's cabins on the roof. This enabled the train driver to observe the signals. Until the 1960s, the driver had the later, these roof pulpits were removed by most railway companies. Due to the fact that the wagons were built by several factories and remained in various countries in Europe after the Second World War, they differ from each other. in various European countries, they differ in some striking details, especially on the roof the roof, the front ends, the side walls, the window arrangement and the number of windows. The vehicles were used for a long time in many goods trains as goods train luggage wagons or also goods train escort wagons; and for some railway companies also in passenger trains due to the maximum speed of of 100 km/h, they could also be found in passenger trains..."