ABC4ü Bay 05

Palatinate ABC4ü Bay 05
Class I., II. And III express train passenger cars. after sheet 18
Numbering:	see detail
Number:	10
Year of construction (s):	1905/1906
Retirement:	unknown
Type :	Passage car with covered passages
Genre :	ABC4ü Bay 05
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers:	19,600 mm
Length:	18,300 mm
Height:	3,070 mm
Width:	2,800 mm
Trunnion Distance:	13,500 mm
Fixed wheelbase:	2,500 mm
Wheel diameter:	1,014 mm
Brake:	Hand spindle brake / grinder
Coupling type:	Screw coupling according to VDEV
Seats:	4/18/32
Floor height:	1215 mm
Classes :	I / II / III

The Palatine ABC4ü are four-axle compartment wagons with side aisles for express trains based on sample sheet 018 from the wagon register from 1913 for the Palatinate network of the Royal Bavarian Railways. The Bavarian State Railways had comparable wagons with the ABC4ü according to sheet 091 (according to the KBSt.E. wagon register from 1913).

History / procurement

With the increased number of supraregional passenger trains and express trains in the first decade after 1900, the Palatinate Railways also had to grapple with being able to provide appropriate types of wagons for these types of train. In particular, the wagon compensation agreed with the neighboring railways prompted the Pfalzbahn to also procure wagons for upscale passenger train traffic. A total of 10 cars of this type were therefore procured in 1905 and 1906 as cars for all three classes.

commitment

According to the numbering scheme applicable to the Palatinate Railways, this type of wagon was procured from all three sub-companies. It can therefore be assumed that they were used in the high-quality express trains of the respective routes. According to the directory of all express and express trains in the Palatinate network of K.Bay.Sts.B. from May 1910 z. B. on the routes of the Palatinate Northern Railway and Maximiliansbahn Bad Münster-Hochspeyer-Neustadt-Weißenburg high-quality express trains such as the D 108 (Dortmund-Cologne-Bad Münster-Basel) or the D 161 (Milan-Basel-Neustadt-Bad-Münster- Holland).

Whereabouts

When the Pfalzbahn was incorporated into the Bavarian State Railroad in 1909, these cars were also taken over. In 1920 the cars came to the Reichsbahn's Bavarian Group Administration and were subordinated to the Ludwigshafen directorate. There they received the generic identifier ABC4ü Bay 05 . The further route is not known, as the Reichsbahn did not keep separate data for the former Palatinate wagons.

Constructive features

Underframe

The frame consisted of a combination of wood and riveted rolled sections. The outer longitudinal beams consisted of wooden beams which were planked with iron rolled profiles. It was hoped that this design would provide greater travel comfort due to the greater flexibility of the frame. To support the car body due to the large pivot spacing, a truss frame made of profiles and pillars was installed in the plane of the outer longitudinal beams. As a towing device, the wagons had screw couplings with safety hooks according to VDEV, the drawbar was spring-loaded throughout. The wagons had double-slotted basket buffers with an installation length of 650 mm. The buffer plates had a diameter of 370 mm. These were later partly replaced by case buffers.

drive

The wagons had bogies of Bavarian design with a short wheelbase of 2,500 mm with a frame riveted from sheet metal and angles. The axles were stored in sliding axle bearings. The wheels had spoked wheel bodies and a wheel diameter of 1,074 mm.

Car body

The frame of the car body consisted of wooden studs, planked with wood on the inside and sheet metal on the outside. At both ends of the car there were passages closed by bellows, the entrance doors were retracted. The wagons had a flat barrel roof. The car had a toilet and a side passage at both ends of the car. The first class compartment was in the middle of the car.

Furnishing

The lighting was electric, the generator was a dynamo on a bogie. The electricity was distributed via a buffer battery that hung under the car body . Steam was used for heating. For ventilation, the cars had windows with metal frames built into the ventilation flaps, similar to those in Prussia or Alsace-Lorraine.

Sketches, sample sheets, photos

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  Sketches for the ABC4ü according to sheet 018

Wagon numbers

The data are taken from the car park directory of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - Palatinate Network, drawn up as of March 31, 1913, as well as the book by A. Mühl about the Pfalzbahnen.

Sheet number. Manufacturing		Generic symbols per epoch Car numbers per epoch (with information about the direction)								landing gear					Furnishing							Additional information
construction year	manufacturers manufacturers	from 1875	from 1907	Rep. 1919	DR (from 1923)	DRG (from 1930)	DRG after renovation	excluded screened	last. Home letter	Number Ach sen	LüP	Unt. Gest.	LA.	Brem- sen	Bl.	Hz.	Type and number Compartments (seats per class) [Mil. Use]					Sig- nal .	comment
Sheet number. 18th		ABC	ABCCü		ABC4ü Bay 05	ABC4ü Bay 05						(see respective legend)					A.	1.	2.	3.	4th		Ludwig Railway
1905/ 1906		101	101		23 007 Lu	14 555 Lu				4th	19,600	HE, E		Pl Ssbr	El	D.	2	1 (4)	3 (18)	4 (32)
		175	175		23 008 Lu	14 556 Lu
Sheet number. 18th		ABC	ABCCü		ABC4ü Bay 05	ABC4ü Bay 05						(see respective legend)					A.	1.	2.	3.	4th		North runway
1905/ 1906		3001	3001		23 009 Lu	14 557 Lu				4th	19,600	HE, E		Pl Ssbr	El	D.	2	1 (4)	3 (18)	4 (32)
		3041	3041		23 001 Lu	14 549 Lu
		3042	3042		23 002 Lu	14 550 Lu
		3043	3043		23 003 Lu	14 551 Lu
Sheet number. 18th		ABC	ABCCü		ABC4ü Bay 05	ABC4ü Bay 05						(see respective legend)					A.	1.	2.	3.	4th		Maximiliansbahn
1905/ 1906	MAN	5062	5062		23 010 Lu	14 558 Lu				4th	19,600	HE, E		Pl Ssbr	El	D.	2	1 (4)	3 (18)	4 (32)
		5198	5198		23 003 Lu	14 552 Lu
		5199	5199		23 004 Lu	14 553 Lu
		5200	5200		23 005 Lu	14 554 Lu

Remarks

1. ↑ on account of the Ludwig Railway Company
2. ↑ on account of the Nordbahnen company
3. ↑ on account of the Maximiliansbahn company

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A. Mühl / the Pfalzbahn / page 121
2. ↑ Konrad, Passenger Cars of the German State Railways, Volume II, page 29

literature

• Vehicle fleet directory of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - Palatinate network . (Compiled according to the status of March 31, 1913).
• Emil Konrad: The Passenger Cars of the German State Railways, Volume 2 . 1st edition. Franckh, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-440-05327-X .
• Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1st edition. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0301-6 .