Fleischmann N Set of 2 DR Covered Goods Wagons

Covered freight wagons are almost as old as the railway itself and are primarily used to transport general cargo. In the 1950s, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) was only able to maintain the demand for these vehicles by converting and modernising older G-wagons. In 1966, the RAW "Einheit" Leipzig began building a prototype car of the Glmms type with beaded sheet metal walls that were clad with wood on the inside. This type also went into series production at the Gothaer Waggonfabrik from 1968 and was designated Glmms 14.05 (from 1977 as Gbs 1500). The welded superstructure, with its distinctive beaded side walls, reached down to the lower edge of the frame outer longitudinal members and was connected to the box sections. This meant that the conventional body supports could be dispensed with. The majority of the wagons were built with reinforced doors. The floor was suitable for loading with forklift trucks and was made of pine planks. Until 1983, more than 17,000 units of the Gbs 1500 construction were built. Among them were different versions as heat protection and express freight wagons. Some substructure types were equipped with brakeman's platforms and heating pipes. Due to the lack of production capacity in their own factories, wagons were also built in Serbia, Romania and even Spain. The wagons were suitable for RIV, MC and OPW traffic beyond the borders of the GDR and were therefore often seen in goods trains of other railway administrations even before reunification. After reunification, these wagons were still used in the DB AG fleet until the late 1990s. The last of them were taken out of service in 2007.