ÖBB 5144
| ÖBB 5144 | |
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 5144.04 as a special train at Oberpullendorf station (1992).
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| Numbering: | ÖBB 5144.001–005 |
| Number: | ÖBB: 5 |
| Manufacturer: | Simmering |
| Year of construction (s): | 1951 |
| Retirement: | 1993 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'2 ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 23,520 m |
| Length: | 18,420 m |
| Trunnion Distance: | 13,300 m |
| Bogie axle base: | 4,100 mm / 3,200 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 17.050 m |
| Service mass: | 48.3 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 15.25 / 15.37 / 11.75 / 11.75 t |
| Top speed: | 115 km / h |
| Traction power: | 310 kW |
| Starting tractive effort: | 38 kN |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 900 mm |
| Impeller diameter: | 900 mm |
| Motor type: | SGP, R12a |
| Rated speed: | 1300 rpm |
| Drive: | Four-converter turbo transmission |
| Train heating: | Steam boiler |
| Seats: | 64 |
The ÖBB 5144 was an internal combustion engine series of the ÖBB .
After many BBÖ VT 42 and BBÖ VT 44 were no longer operational after the end of the Second World War due to the effects of the war and the construction of new diesel multiple units did not seem possible at short notice due to the destroyed workshops, it was decided due to the urgent need five control cars , which were originally for the VT 44 series had been procured to be converted into railcars using replacement parts from BBÖ VT 44.
The engine and transmission also came from the VT 44 series. The railcars, however, differ in some details from the VT 44: The control cars used were slightly longer and differed in appearance. The box is made of steel and the passenger compartment offered space for 64 people.
The five railcars were put into operation from 1951, initially they were called VT 44.50-54. In the ÖBB numbering scheme from 1953, they were given the numbers 5144.01-05.
Initially, the 5144 was used in high-speed traffic, but its area of responsibility gradually migrated to branch line service. Their main areas of application were in the greater Vienna and Wiener Neustadt areas including the Waldviertel and Weinviertel .
From 1979 onwards, improvements that were still urgently needed were made to reduce noise pollution for the driver, and new boilers and new front windows were installed.
The planned use of the VT 5144 ended in May 1991 on the Siebenbrunn – Engelhartstetten local railway due to the new acquisition of the VT 5047 . The two remaining railcars were then placed in reserve in Vienna North. 5144.003 was in use for a few days in August 1991 as a replacement for a failed 5145 multiple unit between Laa an der Thaya and Mistelbach. It was not until February 1, 1993 that the 5144.04 was the last of its series to retire from planned service and has since been used as a museum vehicle.
A further 5144 are still preserved as exhibits, such as 5144.01 as a memorial at Semmering station and 5144.03 at the Sigmundsherberg Railway Museum .
literature
- Günter Kettler: Diesel railcar of the ÖBB , Verlag bahnmedien.at, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502648-7-6 .
- Markus Inderst : ÖBB vehicles. Locomotives and railcars of the Austrian Federal Railways. GeraMond, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-932785-19-3 .
- Roland Beier: A brief overview of the type of Austrian locomotives. transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-71141-9 .
Web links
- Pictures of ÖBB 5144 on schienenfahrzeuge.netshadow.at. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 26, 2014 ; accessed on September 28, 2016 .
- Pictures of the 5144 at www.bahntechnisches-bildarchiv.at