Repair shop in Bremen-Sebaldsbrück

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Repair shop Bremen-Sebaldsbrück, view of the outdoor facilities in 2008

The DB plant Bremen-Sebaldsbrück (short: AW Bremen) belongs to the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung GmbH. It is located on the north side of the Wunstorf – Bremen railway (route number 1740) in the Hemelingen district of Bremen . The maintenance of diesel locomotives and also of large diesel engines in general has become the main business area of ​​the plant .

Around 800 diesel engines are repaired every year. Especially the locomotives of the DB series 211/212 , 218 and 290 are examined here. Restructuring has freed up capacities, so that private railroad locomotives and ship engines also come here. The plant has five engine test stands and is subject to various certifications .

history

A pre-series V 160 diesel locomotive ("Lollo") in AW Bremen, 1984

At the beginning of the 20th century, 40 to 50 hectares were planned for a "Reichsbahn repair shop" in the state of Prussia after the previous plant at Bremen main station had become too small. The foundation stone was laid in 1912, and the new plant opened in April 1914. Originally it was responsible for the maintenance of steam locomotives , passenger coaches, freight cars, rail scales, water stations and bridges. After the repair of railway wagons had been moved to other locations, cars, trucks and motorcycles were added from the 1930s. In addition to the factory, around 400 apartments were built for the workers by 1940. In 1950, the repairs extended to steam locomotives, small locomotives, crane trucks, track vehicles, omnibuses, special vehicles, tractors and trailers. In 1962 the company specialized in diesel locomotives. 15 locomotives were also converted into the 218.8 here . In the 1990s, freight wagons and other vehicles were still part of the job. Between August 1990 and April 1991 locomotives of the 212 series were converted to 214 in AW Bremen for the tunnel auxiliary train . In 1998 the plant was incorporated into DB Regio AG , and the 218 series became the focus of repairs.

In 2002 AW Bremen presented the 218 441-4, which had been converted from a class 215 locomotive (with a second occupation, the first 218 441 had already been taken out of service after an accident) as a prototype of a reconditioned 218 that was upgraded for further years of service. Striking features were train destination displays under the windshield, the DB standard driver's cab and triple headlights in LED technology; In addition, extensive noise reduction measures and a modern vehicle control system had been implemented. The project was not pursued any further because the conversion was so extensive that the locomotive would have needed a new license. In the meantime, this unique item got its old number 215 022 back and was sold to the Transnet union . At the end of 2010 it was scrapped.

Locomotive of a rescue train before the conversion

During the construction period at the beginning of the 1950s, there were 2,150 employees in the plant. Their number fell to around 600 by 2008. Since the number of diesel locomotives of the 218 series fell from 415 active machines in 2000 to around 225 in 2008, the number of employees was reduced accordingly. In 2014 only 450 were employed. The current factory site covers 13.6 hectares.

216 224 was the last examined locomotive in Bremen

A comprehensive modernization of the total of 14 locomotives for tunnel auxiliary trains and the DB rescue train at the Bremen plant is planned by mid-2018. You will receive new driver's cabs with doors to the side circulation, a new control for the electrics, soot particle filters and new cooling systems with fans.

From 2019, the plant is to provide services to the Cottbus plant and concentrate on reconditioning engines and power packs .

literature

  • Bundesbahn repair shop in Bremen . DB, 1988
  • 100 years of the Bremen plant, DB, 2014

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e http://www.deutschebahn.com/presse/hamburg/de/grund/themendienste/8810508/Werk_Bremen.html?hl=ausbesserungswerk
  2. ^ Eisenbahn-magazin, issue 8, 2014, p. 20
  3. ↑ a b c Hobby historians know the details: 100 years of locomotive repairs , report in the Weser-Kurier on April 2, 2014
  4. ↑ Senate press release of March 13, 2008
  5. ↑ 14 locomotives for rescue trains . In: DB World . No. 6 , 2016, p. 6 .
  6. ^ Dismantling in the DB works in Bremen in favor of Cottbus . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 2 , 2018, p. 12 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′ 57.5 "  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 51.7"  E