Roco 77041 Freight wagon DC Two flat wagon type Res, open goods wagon type El

In order to meet the huge demand for the “sand” building material in the concrete and plate works of Karl-Marx-Stadt and Zwickau, large quantities of this material had to be transported by rail from the sand pits in the Colditzer Land. A contemporary witness from the 1980er reported: “The trains were loaded in the “Sandwerke Biesern” pit near Sermuth/Codlitz, Leipzig district. The loading took place from a ground-level ramp with a Czech wheel loader of the type "Vadroma". This process was very time- and labor-intensive, but the sand was first driven and tilted by truck to the loading track, then loaded with the help of the wheel loader onto the flat 4-axle freight wagons of the model Res.
In my memory, in the 1980er at least three sand trains per weekday drove, partly with steam locomotives. The steam locomotives of the BR 50.35 were twice a day in Colitz. Shortly after the 50er the V 100 (BR 110) came with the second empty train and waited in Colitz until the BR 50 with the loaded train was back in Colditz. The route for the train to Glauchau was always along the Zwickauer Mulde, the other train drove with the Schlenz from Rochlitz via Narsdorf to Karl-Marx-Stadt. Due to the extensive loading of the sand in Sermuth, the Deutsche Reichsbahn placed flat wagons of the type Res and also "Emil", i.e. E-wagon, in some cases.
The locomotive 50 3670-2, decorated with a commemorative panel, was last used on the Muldentalbahn on 12 June 1988 before the Gag 56353 sandtrain. The highlight was the passage of locomotive 50 3670-2 and its personnel in BW Glauchau. This reminder board is enclosed with the model for self-assembly as a printed metal plate.

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