ČSD series M 495.0
| ČSD series M 495.0 / M 295.0 | |
|---|---|
| Numbering: | M 495.001 – M 495.010 (until 1965) M 295.001 – M 295.020 (from 1965) |
| Number: | 6 (three parts) 4 (four parts) |
| Manufacturer: | Ganz & Co. , Budapest |
| Year of construction (s): | 1953-1958 |
| Retirement: | 1968 |
| Axis formula : | (1B) '2' + 2'2 '+ 2' (B1) (1B) 2 '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ 2' (B1) |
| Length over buffers: | 96,030 mm |
| Service mass: | 198.5 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 15.0 t |
| Top speed: | 125 km / h |
| Indexed performance : | 2 × 331 kW |
| Wheel diameter: | 930 mm |
| Drive: | diesel mechanical |
| Train heating: | Warm water circulation heating by means of coal using the cooling water of the diesel engine |
| Seats: | 2nd class: 54 3rd class: 112 Dining room: 32 (three-part) |
The vehicles of the ČSD series M 495.0 were diesel-mechanical multiple units of the former Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) for high-quality long-distance travel. The trains also came to the GDR and Austria as the “ Vindobona ” express train .
history
After the Second World War , the ČSD had a need for multi-part, comfortable express railcars, which the local industry could not meet due to a lack of its own offers. At that time, ČSD only owned the two railcars of the M 290.0 and M 260.001 series for high-quality long-distance transport . In addition, there were six Hamburg-type units that had been transferred to the ČSD from the Deutsche Reichsbahn as a result of the Second World War .
The Budapest company Ganz & Co. presented a newly developed diesel-mechanical multiple unit in 1951. The ČSD bought six three-part and four four-part multiple units between 1953 and 1957, which were classified as the M 495.0 series. Another multiple unit was procured in 1955 in a four-part version as a government train. It was given the number M 495.101. Identical trains were also acquired by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) as the DR series VT 12.14 and the Hungarian State Railway (MÁV) as the "Hargita" type.
They were used primarily on the international express railcar connections (e.g. as Vindobona , Karlex or Hungaria ). For use on the steep routes in Czechoslovakia, however, the engine power turned out to be too low, a four-part train could only run at 16 ‰ at 46 km / h. For this reason, the trains only ran in three parts on most routes. There was not enough space for that.
In an accident on the Berlin – Dresden railway line in the GDR, the train with the M 495.002 and M 495.010 multiple units suffered a total loss in 1963. As a replacement, the ČSD received an identical DR train, which was given the numbers M 295.201 and M 295.202.
In 1965 the ČSD changed its numbering scheme. Each power car now received its own number. The new designation was therefore now M 295.0.
The vehicles of the Ganz type had poor running characteristics, which led to derailments a few times. Three machine cars caught fire during the operation and burned down while driving. Furthermore, the vehicles were difficult to maintain and therefore unpopular in the workshop. For this reason, the multiple units were quickly withdrawn from service after the appearance of the ČSD series M 498.0 . In 1968 the last vehicles were taken out of maintenance.
None of the ČSD vehicles remained.
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Dath: The “Görlitz” type express railcars . The railcar traffic in the GDR . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1998, ISBN 3-88255-205-0 , p. 99 ff .