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In order to promote the renewal of the wagon fleets and the standardization of freight wagons of the European state railroads, the UIC (Union Internationale de Chemins de Fer) had designed two variants for an open freight wagon in the early 1950s. The UIC Type I and UIC Type II. The dimensions of the UIC Type II with a length of 10.0 m and an axle base of 5.4 m were strongly based on German pre-war developments. The entire frame and body were fully welded. With the completion of the detailed design, the Deutsche Bundesbahn began designing the renewal of its O-car fleet based on the UIC Type II at the Kaiserslautern depot. Within two years, beginning in 1954, 10,589 Omm54 cars were built at Kaiserslautern. Although these were officially conversions of old parts from older cars, they used almost exclusively new material for the cars. Only KKG brakes from the donor cars were used for the brake parts. In the following batches, designated as Omm55, this was omitted and new KE brakes were installed. Starting in 1955, the DB also purchased more than 17,300 of them. Due to many detail improvements during ongoing production and subsequent design changes, the vehicles were maintained throughout their life cycle and finally were not completely decommissioned until 1994. In addition to Deutsche Bundesbahn, other state railroads also purchased wagons to UIC Type II specifications for their fleets. For example, DR Ost, SNCF, NMBS, FS, MAV, ÖBB, SBB, CSD, DSB, etc. were hired, some differing in country-specific details or compositions.
Model Details
-Account for many design differences
-Variants without and with handbrake
-Many additional details
-Wheels profiled on both sides
-Metal car floor
-Different versions of the brake systems
-Triple-point bearing for safe operation
-Metal axle holder
-Internally profiled side doors
