Luggage Car Pwgi Pr 99 DRG , IIep.
Road no.: 126 941 Oppeln
Delivery date: 4th Quarter 2007
In the past, every freight train basically had to be accompanied by a baggage car. The guard was housed in the baggage car and was in charge of all freight train personnel such as the conductor, brakeman and assistant brakeman. In addition to the guard in his raised cab, the baggage car also housed the conductor and the tools which were stored by the brakemen who were scattered throughout the train. In addition to the baggage room and raised cab where the guard resided, it also had a number of seats and lockers to offer. There was a stove too which not only provided heating, but was also used by the personnel to prepare warm drinks and meals when they were working long hours. There was originally no unique model for freight train baggage cars, newer cars were simply used for the passenger train service and older cars for the freight train service. As a result of the revised standards of 1883 for freight train baggage cars, the Königlich Preußische Eisenbahn-Verwaltung (Royal Prussian Railway Administration) KPEV introduced a unique model with pattern design. The Prussian baggage cars for passenger and freight railway services were constructed in the same way, with a raised service compartment at one end which could be accessed from an open end platform. Lavatory and duty room were added to this. The freight train baggage cars had an axle base of 4.0 m which was only slightly shorter than that of their counterparts. The axle base increased with time to 4.70 m. The open platform was replaced from 1899 onwards by a front part with doors on both sides. Both versions, whether with open platform or covered front part, were the basis upon which a large number of cars were produced in various variants, with the most modern designs being replicated right up to the period of the Reichsbahn. Due to the number of cars, the Prussian freight train baggage cars dominated the wagon stock until the end of the steam locomotive era when even the freight train baggage cars became superfluous.
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