German Flat Car Fischbauch verstarkt Köln DR 40530, III

Product description

These flat cars were newly developed in 1940 for the transport of heavy loads. In particular for the transport of military vehicles and tanks. The construction was characteristic: welded plate girders and profiles. They had a loading length of 8800 mm. The first delivery bore the generic markings "SSkra" and had a loading weight of 48 tons. Later, this became the new generic designation "SSy". The symbol "y" stood for a load weight of 50 tons.

After 1949, the cars were transferred to Deutsche Bundesbahn in West-Germany and Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR.