H0 Freight Locomotive BR 44 with Oil Tender
Now available at specialist retailers and in the BRAWA online shop
Impressively beautiful: the BR 44 freight locomotive is a true "jumbo" for heavy freight service and a fantastic highlight on any model railway layout! The oil-tendered versions are now available from specialist retailers and the BRAWA online shop.
A truly new mould model, the model impresses with modern technology and diverse features:
- Drive in the tender
- Detailed replica of the movable internal engine, with two crank axles
- AC version with the latest generation of pick-Up
- Sound decoder, either built in or as a retrofit option
- Smoke generator can be retrofitted
- Close coupling between locomotive and tender
- Standard shaft rear with link guide
- Single axle bearing
- The Digital EXTRA version also comes with illuminated driver's cab and engine lighting.
An extremely detailed appearance gives the locomotive an impressively realistic appearance. Numerous features of the original have been authentically recreated:
- Lowered pumps on the DR for better accessibility during operation
- Red tender rear wall for safety and orientation
- Small, raised smoke deflectors
- square heavy oil tank of the 2'2' T34 oil tender
- Enclosed rear wall to the cab improves working conditions when reversing
- Perfectly replicated back boilerplate
Some models are already sold out at the factory – so get yours as quickly as possible!
Info about the original
Like the German Federal Railway (Bundesbahn or BR) in the West, the East German National Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR) was also continuously striving to improve its fleet and increase its efficiency. By the early 1950s, a significant number of BR 44 locomotives had been converted from coal to coal dust firing, enabling a 10% increase in boiler output. Even greater performance gains were realised with the subsequent transition to oil firing. The National Railway conducted initial trials of oil firing on locomotive 44 195. After being converted to oil firing, this locomotive was dispatched to the testing facility in Halle, where it underwent thorough operational assessments. Following favourable test results, the National Railway authorised the conversion of an additional 96 locomotives to oil firing at the Meiningen maintenance depot between 1963 and 1967. The 2‘2‘ T34 oil tenders were equipped with the distinctive square 13.5 m³ heavy oil tank and a closed rear bulkhead to the cab. The latter improved the working conditions on the engineer's platforms, especially during reverse travel. Since the DR only filled its oil tanks from the top, there was no need for an external riser pipe to bunker the fuel. The new firing system made the 44 Oil virtually irreplaceable within the DR’s fleet. Of the 102 BR 44 locomotives still in operational condition in 1974, 94 were oil-fired and mainly distributed among the Eberswalde, Nordhausen, Saalfeld, Sangerhausen and Wittenberge railway depots. The BR 44 series remained in service until late 1981, when it was retired rather abruptly as a result of the second oil crisis.
Discover also the freight locomotive BR 44 with coal tender: find out more!
Subject to modifications in design and shape. Colour deviations are possible.
