BC Palatinate 86

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BC Palatinate 86
Numbering: see list
Number: 11
Year of construction (s): 1886
Axis formula : BC
Type : two-axle compartment car
Genre : AB / BC
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 10,150 mm
Length: 8,850 mm
Height: 4,055 mm
Width: 2,600 mm
Fixed wheelbase: 5,000 mm (6,000 mm)
Wheel diameter: 1,014 mm
Coupling type: Screw coupling
Seats: 15/19
Classes : 2nd and 3rd
Views to PfalzB according to sheet 026

The Palatinate BC according to sheet 026 (to be managed as BC Pfalz 86 according to DRG generic conventions) was a two-axle compartment car that led the 2nd and 3rd class. Originally it was built as AB and converted to BC in 1907 .

Constructive features

Underframe

The frame of the car was made entirely of iron profiles. The outer longitudinal members had the shape of a lying U, the flanges of which were directed outwards. The wagons had VDEV screw couplings as the towing device, and the drawbar was spring-loaded throughout. The wagons were equipped with rod buffers with an installation length of 650 mm, the buffer plates had a diameter of 370 mm, and the buffer height was 1,040 mm.

drive

The wagons had riveted half-timbered axle brackets made of flat iron with the short, straight design. The axles were stored in split sliding axle bearings. The wheels had spoked wheel bodies and a wheel diameter of 1,014 mm. The suspension consisted of a long, multilayered spring that was attached to the spring brackets with simple straps. The cars had type A 4 steering axles .

Hand brakes in the high brakeman's cab acted on all wheels on both sides. According to the 1913 directory, the wagons were equipped with air brakes of the Schleifer type.

Car body

The car body framework consisted of a wooden frame work. It was clad with sheet metal on the outside and wood on the inside. The side walls were slightly indented on the underside. The wagons had a flat arched roof with a lantern roof (skylight roof). The cars had a raised, closed brakeman's cab, which was accessible from both sides and corresponded to the Bavarian design.

The interior had a total of four compartments. In the middle of the car were the two toilets, back to back, each accessible from the compartment next to it and from outside. On the side of the brakeman's cab were the two 2nd class compartments with a total of 15 seats (1st class with 7 seats), on the other side of the car the two 3rd class compartments with 19 seats. The 2nd class compartments had upholstered seats, the 3rd class slatted benches.

The wagons were heated by steam .

The lighting was done by gas. The storage container with a volume of 780 liters hung on the frame in the longitudinal direction of the car.

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According to the 1913 directory, the cars were rebuilt in 1907.

Wagon numbers

Manufacturing data Car numbers per epoch (with details of the direction),
generic symbols
landing gear Furnishing Additional information
construction
year
manufacturers
manufacturers
Number from 1875 from 1909
(1907)
Rep.
(1919)
DR
(from 1923)
DRG
(from 1930)
Brem-
sen
Number
Ax.
LA. Bl. Hz. Number
Abortion
Number Seats per class Signal
holder
comment
Sheet number. 026 FROM BC BC Bay 86 (see
legend)
(see respective
legend)
1. 2. 3. 4th (see
legend)
Procurement for
the Ludwig Railway
1886 1 5044 5044 BrH,
Sbr
2 A 4 G D. 2 15th 19th
6th 8501-8506 8501-8506
1 8507 8507 deviating 6,000 mm wheelbase
3 8508-8510 8508-8510

Individual evidence

  1. The data are taken from the rolling stock directory of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - Palatinate Network, drawn up on March 31, 1913

literature

  • Emil Konrad: The passenger coaches of the German national railways . 1st edition. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung W. Keller & Co., Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-440-05327-X .
  • Vehicle fleet directory of the Royal Bavarian State Railways - Palatinate network . (Compiled according to the status of March 31, 1913).