FLEISCHMANN 830350 Selbstentladew.DB,braun

" Fine steps, ladders and stage railings. Version with black running gear / Based on the experience gained with the bulk freight wagons developed from 1954 with dosable gravity discharge, the German Federal Railways procured various types from several wagon factories from 1959 to 1962. Initially, self-unloading wagons without swivel roof of the type Otmm 64, from 1980 redesignated as Fc 089. Their main use was for the transport of ballast, ore and coal. In order to also sensitive bulk goods such as grain, sugar or chemical goods, the wagons were converted from the the above-described type was converted into the class Fc 089 by installing a new upper body Ktmm(v) 65, from 1968 Td(s) 928, were converted from the type described above by the installation of a new upper body with a swivel roof. Between 1983 and 1986, part of the Fc 089 was sold to the Deutsche Reichsbahn. From 1988 onwards, when the wagons reached the end of their economic life, the ranks of these self-unloading wagons thinned out. self-unloading wagons. Even today, some wagons of this type are still in service, mainly in construction train service as well as on various private railways."