Finely detailed models with separately attached plug-in parts; "Covered freight cars are almost as old as the railroad itself and are used
primarily the general cargo transport. The Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) could in
the 1950s the need for these vehicles only through conversion and
Maintain modernization of older G-wagons. 1966 began the RAW "unit"
Leipzig with the construction of a model car of the Glmms type with corrugated sheet metal walls,
which were clad inside with wood. This design was also included in 1968
the Gothaer Waggonfabrik into series production and was named Glmms 14.05 (from
1977 as Gbs 1500).
The welded structure, with its distinctive corrugated side walls, was sufficient
down to the lower edge of the frame side rails and was with
connected to the box profiles. This enabled the conventional car body supports
be waived. Most of the wagons were reinforced with
Doors built. The floor was suitable for loading with forklifts and
consisted of pine planks.
By 1983 over 17,000 pieces of the Gbs 1500 construction had been built. Underneath
Various designs as thermal insulation and express freight wagons. Some sub-types
were equipped with brakeman's platforms and heating cables. Through the
Lack of production capacity in their own factories, there were also wagons
built in Serbia, Romania and even Spain. The wagons were through the RIV,
MC or OPW traffic suitability beyond the national borders of the GDR in
Use and were therefore often in other freight trains even before the fall of the Wall
To see railway administrations. These wagons were made in the after reunification
The DB AG was still in use until the late 1990s. The last
were retired in 2007. "