DR series SKL 24

By Detlef

The SKL 24 track motor vehicle, also known as the type Schöneweide, was developed by the Reichsbahn repair shop in Berlin-Schoeneweide for track construction and route maintenance on the Deutsche Reichsbahn. It was built in the gauges 900 mm, 1000 mm and 1435 mm. Series production started in 1971 at the plant for track construction mechanics in Brandenburg.

From 1976, some of the vehicles were equipped with a LDK 1250 loading crane from VEB Spezialfahrzeugbau Löbau, as was also used on IFA W50 trucks. The planning was carried out in the research and development plant in Blankenburg, the conversion in the plant for track construction mechanics in Brandenburg.[