Covered goods wagons are almost as old as the railway itself and mainly serve the transport of piece goods. In the 1950er, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DDR) was only able to maintain the demand for these vehicles by retrofitting and modernizing older G-cars. In 1966, the RAW “Unity” Leipzig began with the construction of a Glmms model car with silted sheet metal walls lined with wood on the inside. This type went into series production at the Gothaer wagon factory from 1968 and was called Glmms 14.05 (from 1977 as GBS 1500).The welded structure, with its distinctive side walls, reached down to the lower edge of the outer frame carrier and was connected to the box profiles. This meant that the conventional car body supports could be dispensed with. Most of the cars were built with reinforce...
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The German State Railroad Company used so-called Leig-trains ("light goods trains") to speed up the bulk goods traffic. The Leig-car units were meant for such trains.This text is machine translated.
Covered goods wagon, genus Gehlmss, of the German Federal Railways.This text is machine translated.
Tarpaulin-covered wagon, model Rils, of the German Railways (DB Cargo).This text is machine translated.