Achertalbahn T 281

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Achertalbahn T 281
Factory photo
Factory photo
Numbering: Achertalbahn T 281
WSW VT 4
NH VT 4
Number: 1
Manufacturer: Dessau wagon factory
Year of construction (s): 1934
Retirement: 1971
Axis formula : AA
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 13,400 mm
Total wheelbase: 7,000 mm
Empty mass: 19,000 kg
Service mass: 23,200 kg
Top speed: 65 km / h
Installed capacity: 2 × 70 kW (2 × 95 PS)
Wheel diameter: 900 mm
Motor type: 2 × Daimler-Benz OM 67
Motor type: Six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine
Rated speed: 2,000 rpm
Power transmission: mechanical with Mylius gear
Train brake: Indirect brake , handbrake
Seats: 56
Classes : 3.

The Achertalbahn T 281 was a two-axle diesel railcar of the Achertalbahn . It was manufactured in 1935 by the Dessauer Waggonfabrik and was intended to streamline the company's operations. The vehicle was used by three companies. In 1971 the railcar was converted into a sidecar, which is still known today as TA 0304 at Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verkehrsfreunde Lüneburg e. V. exists.

History and commitment

The history of the railcar began in 1935, when it was delivered to the Achertalbahn by the Dessauer Waggonfabrik with the serial number 3099 . The railcar was first named T 281, later it was named VT 4 by DEBG . His use freed a steam locomotive from the company, which could then be handed over to another company. The area of ​​responsibility of the railcar was mixed traffic. In 1940 the vehicle was transferred to the Wiesloch – Meckesheim / Waldangelloch railway line . Another area of ​​application was the Krebsbachtalbahn , between these stations the railcar changed several times in the following years.

In 1963 it was taken over by SWEG . As a sidecar, it was initially continued to be operated by SWEG and, after being converted as a sidecar in 1971, was referred to as VB 4 before Kleinbahn Leeste acquired it in 1989 . Today the sidecar is owned by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verkehrsfreunde Lüneburg and is designated as TA 0304 . His NVR number is 95 80 0140 604-9 D-TEL.

Constructive features

The underframe and the box frame were made of lightweight frame construction and consisted of electrically welded structural steel profiles. The outside of the car body was clad with sheet metal 1.5 millimeters thick. The interior was divided into the passenger compartment and the two entry areas with a driver's cab. The passenger compartment consisted of two compartments of roughly the same size with a central aisle, these were divided by partition walls. They were also separated from the entry areas by partition walls and revolving doors. The seats in the 3rd carriage class were made of wood. The floor was made of pine wood covered with linoleum. The machine system could be serviced via flaps in the floor.

The machinery consisted of a six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine of the type Daimler-Benz OM 67, which was coupled with the Mylius transmission .

literature

  • Meinhard Döpner: The Deutsche Eisenbahn Betriebs-Gesellschaft AG . In: Verlag Zeit und Eisenbahn . Lokrundschau Verlag GmbH, Gülzow 2002, ISBN 3-931647-13-7 .
  • Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges: German small and private railways. Volume 2: Bathing . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1992, ISBN 3-88255-653-6 , p. 300-308 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meinhard Doepner: The German railway operating company AG . In: Verlag Zeit und Eisenbahn . Lokrundschau Verlag GmbH, Gülzow 2002, ISBN 3-931647-13-7 , p. 151 .
  2. ^ Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges: German small and private railways . tape 2 : bathing. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1992, ISBN 3-88255-653-6 , p. 308 .
  3. ↑ Website about the history of the former AO VT4 on the Heide-Express