Some while ago, I was given a couple of LGB van bodies, both minus various key parts, with the suggestion that they might be suitable as grounded wagon bodies. Having replaced the missing parts, one joined the operational fleet when it was united with a new chassis, while the other awaited its future.
That second van has now found a home at Dottendorf station. Photos of various DR stations show grounded box vans in use as stores or even as adjuncts to passenger facilities, and plenty of examples can still be found in Saxony today. Indeed, the station at Löthain, on which the station building at Dottendorf is based, had a series of similar structures along the goods yard.
Not perhaps the best example, but this grounded coach body is at Unterneudorf on the Fichtelbergbahn.
Not perhaps the best example, but this grounded coach body is at Unterneudorf on the Fichtelbergbahn.
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