Gas Tank Car Set Westfalen Gas 525 843 + Drachen Gas 559 164, DB, white, Ep III, DC

Prototype:
To supply companies and households with liquefied gas for heating, various companies procured pressurized gas tank cars. Since gas pipelines were not widely available until the 1980s, gas storage facilities were preferred in rural areas, which were served by rail and delivered liquefied gases such as propane or butane to households by truck. In groups of cars or as single cars, the pressurized gas tank cars, initially marked with a yellow belly band and later with an orange one from the late 1960s, could be found in many freight trains on main and branch lines. Many companies in the chemical industry also required pressurized gas tank cars for shipping their products, and thus the wagons often displayed large logos of their owner or renter. In the early 1960s, gray-white or pebble gray increasingly replaced the previously common iron gray. Most four-axle designs featured the so-called bottom discharge, meaning the flanges and valves are located at the bottom of the tank.

The Zag design code indicates that the vehicle is a tank car (Z) with four or more wheelsets (a) for compressed, liquefied, or dissolved gases under pressure (g).

The Pullman model represents a four-axle 620hl pressurized gas car from the Uerdingen wagon factory, primarily supplied to wagon lessors such as the Eisenbahn Verkehrsmittel A.G. EVA. The EVA, which later merged into VTG, was a partner at the manufacturer’s plant. Characteristic of the Uerdingen cars with the mounted sunshade roof was the relatively large roof overhang with the radially extending distance plates. The central manhole on the non-handbrake end was standard for new builds until about the mid-1960s.

Model

• H0 model of a pressurized gas tank car Zag with a capacity of 620 hl
• Perforated etched steps and running boards
• Separately applied details of the braking system
• Freestanding grab bars
• Etched nameplates with delicate mounting struts
• Freestanding coupling valves and shut-off devices
• Multi-part bogies of the Minden Dorstfeld design with freestanding rectangular hooks
• Profiled wheel discs on both sides
• Hook coupling in a guide-controlled standard pocket
• Optional AC wheelset available under item no. 41201
• Minimum radius = 360 mm
• Length over buffers = 145.7 mm