RSE T1 ... T5

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RSE T1 ... T5
Series railcar (T2, T4 or T5) with TA1 and another sidecar
Series railcar (T2, T4 or T5) with TA1 and another sidecar
Numbering: RSE T1, T2, T4, T5
Jagst Valley Railway VT300–302
Number: 4th
Manufacturer: Wismar wagon factory
Year of construction (s): 1934 ... 1939
Retirement: until 1988
Genre : (1A) (A1) dm
Gauge : originally 785 mm
after rebuilding 750 mm
Length over buffers: 11,840 mm
Length: 10,440 mm
Height: 3,075 mm
Width: 2,100 mm
Trunnion Distance: 7,000 mm
Bogie axle base: 1,400 mm
Total wheelbase: 8,400 mm
Service mass: as a freight railcar 12,250 kg
as a passenger railcar 12,500 kg
Top speed: 55 km / h
Installed capacity: 95.7 kW (130 PS)
Wheel diameter: 700 mm
Motor type: Originally no information
DEBG : KHD A6M517
Motor type: Six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine
Power transmission: mechanical with Mylius gear
Brake: Indirect brake as a compressed air brake
Seats: originally 25
VT 300 and 301: 36

The RSE T1 ... T5 combustion railcars of the Bröltalbahn owned by the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn (RSE) were diesel-mechanical railcars with the wheel arrangement (1A) (A1). They were manufactured by the Wismar wagon factory from 1934 to 1939 .

After 1958, three vehicles continued to be operated on the Jagst Valley Railway under the designation VT300-302 . The VT300 is good working condition at the Company, the VT301 is a converted sidecar again at the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn .

history

Rhine-Sieg Railway

The RSE T2 converted into a sidecar, the VT 301 in the RSE Museum Asbach

In 1934 the first railcar with the number T1 was built. For four years, this car was the only railcar with a track width of 785 mm. It looked different from the following vehicles. As with the Wismar rail buses , the engine was housed in a porch outside the car body. It was not until 1938 that other vehicles with underfloor engines followed.

At the same time, two slightly larger sidecars were purchased, with these sets the freight and passenger traffic could be separated and carried out much more effectively. In 1939 the T1 had an accident when it crashed into a steam locomotive. This completely destroyed the car. A sidecar named TA1 was built from the remains . In the same year another railcar with the designation T5 was procured, another source mentions 1941 as the year of construction of this railcar.

In 1940, after a flood near Ingersauelermühle , the T2 fell into the Bröl because of the embankment that had been washed away and tipped over. The railcar could be salvaged and rebuilt. Since the documents about the vehicles from the early days are missing, mileage up to 1945 cannot be traced.

The T5 was shut down in 1945 and had a general inspection in 1947 . Just one year later, the engine had a broken connecting rod , with the engine housing severely damaged. In addition, a drive axle was broken. The due main inspection dragged on until September 1949, with the air intake device and the clutch and gear shifting being changed. In 1951 and 1954 the engines were exchanged. In 1956 the railcar operation was ended at the RSE and the vehicles were parked.

Jagst Valley Railway

Parked unit with the VT301 and two sidecars in 2012 at the Jagsttalbahn

When the Jagsttalbahn wanted to switch its traffic to diesel operation, it resorted to the parked RSE vehicles. The gauging was carried out at the workshop in Bodenwerder-Linse by shrinking wider wheel tires onto the wheel disks. First the RSE T2 and RSE T5 were re- gauged , they were given the DEBG designations VT301 and VT300 and were converted as tow cars without seats. They were supposed to take over the light freight traffic and make the general cargo wagons that were carried with them superfluous.

Although the vehicles were relatively fast, they could only be used to a limited extent for their area of ​​activity, as they had too little friction weight . So both railcars had to be used with a corresponding wagonload.

In 1960, the former RSE T4 became the third Wismar railcar of the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn. This was left with his interior, he was used in special traffic. In addition, two sidecars of the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn were taken over by the Jagsttalbahn. In 1965 the VT302 was so badly damaged in an accident with a truck that it had to be scrapped.

From 1966 the remaining VT300 and VT301 were fitted with seats again and used in school traffic. The seating arrangement has been changed compared to the original version, with longitudinal seats being used on the narrow side. This increased the number of seats. In 1968 the Jagsttalbahn took over the former T1 of the Osterode-Kreiensen district railway . This railcar was soon favored by the railcar drivers, the Wismar railcars were henceforth reserve vehicles. The VT301 was parked at the end of 1970 and used as a sidecar after a conversion. Both vehicles were in service with the Jagsttalbahn until the end of rail traffic. The VT300 has been parked in the locomotive shed since 1988, the VT301 used as a sidecar was moved to its old place of work in the RSE Museum Asbach in 2016 .

Constructive features

Dimensional sketch of the T1 in the original version
Dimensional sketch of the T2, T4 and T5 in the original version

The vehicles corresponded to the principles of lightweight construction of the time. The car body, welded from profiles and sheet metal, had retracted ends. The sliding doors were placed in this area. The first railcar had a car body shape with a different length over buffers. In his case, the engine was installed outside the car body in its own support frame, similar to the Wismar rail buses . The transmission was under the floor in the middle of the car. There were long cardan shafts between the engine and the transmission. The car had four windows with uniformly wide bars.

It was only with the T2 that the design was changed to the type with a wider spar between the central windows. In the entry area there was the luggage compartment with several folding seats. The underframe was made of longitudinal and transverse profiles. Between the boarding areas was the passenger compartment with 25 seats in two compartments for smokers and non-smokers. There was a partition between the two compartments; the entry area was not separated from the passenger compartment. Because of the short distances, there was no toilet.

This equipment was changed twice during the time at DEBG, as a towing car it had no seats and an oversized sliding door for bulky goods in the rear. For use in school traffic , it was again equipped with seats, partly from the accident VT302 , partly from buses.

After the conversion at DEBG, the machine system consisted of the KHD A6M517 and the Mylius gearbox . It was arranged under the floor and powered the inner axle of the bogie via cardan shafts. In the series vehicles, the engine protruded into the passenger compartment up to about seat height. In this area, some space has been left between the seat backrests to install the hot water heating. The wagons were also equipped with electrical lighting, warning whistles, bells, indirect brakes and the pulling and bumpers used on the narrow-gauge railway with central buffers and the side pulling hooks. In these wagons, the buffers were attached to the main frame of the vehicle, while the other tow hooks were attached to the bogie frame . The bogies were pulled far to the ends and gave the vehicles a squat look.

literature

  • Author collective: The vehicles of the Jagst Valley Railway . Ed .: Interest group Jagsttalbahn. Jagst Valley Railway Friends V., 1984, ISBN 3-924660-00-X .
  • Meinhard Döpner: The Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft AB . 2002th edition. Lokrundschau Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-931647-13-7 , p. 156 .
  • Adolf Becker: The Bröhltalbahn . 1st edition. Kersting Verlag, Niederkassel-Mondorf 1988, ISBN 3-925250-05-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Internet page about the vehicles of the RSE with mention of the railcars
  2. ↑ Adolf Becker: The Bröhl Valley Railway . 1st edition. Kersting Verlag, Niederkassel-Monheim 1988, ISBN 3-925250-05-0 , p. 55 .
  3. ^ A b c Author collective: The vehicles of the Jagst Valley Railway . Ed .: Interest group Jagsttalbahn. Jagsttalbahn-Freunde eV, 1984, ISBN 3-924660-00-X , p. 55 .
  4. ↑ Adolf Becker: The Bröhl Valley Railway . 1st edition. Kersting Verlag, Niederkassel-Monheim 1988, ISBN 3-925250-05-0 , p. 64 .
  5. ^ Author collective: The vehicles of the Jagst Valley Railway . Ed .: Interest group Jagsttalbahn. Jagsttalbahn-Freunde eV, 1984, ISBN 3-924660-00-X , p. 51 .
  6. ^ Author collective: The vehicles of the Jagst Valley Railway . Ed .: Interest group Jagsttalbahn. Jagsttalbahn-Freunde eV, 1984, ISBN 3-924660-00-X , p. 52 .
  7. ^ Author collective: The vehicles of the Jagst Valley Railway . Ed .: Interest group Jagsttalbahn. Jagsttalbahn-Freunde eV, 1984, ISBN 3-924660-00-X , p. 53 .
  8. ↑ a b Author collective: The vehicles of the Jagst Valley Railway . Ed .: Interest group Jagsttalbahn. Jagsttalbahn-Freunde eV, 1984, ISBN 3-924660-00-X , p. 54 .