B Palatinate 68

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B Pfalz 68a
B Pfalz 68b
Number: 10
Year of construction (s): 1868-1878
Type : two-axle compartment car
Genre : FROM
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 9,100 mm / 8,950 mm
Length: 7,700 mm
Height: 4,000 mm
Width: 2,550 mm
Fixed wheelbase: 4,700 mm
Wheel diameter: 1,014 mm
Brake: Handbrake
Train heating: steam
Coupling type: Screw coupling
Seats: 6/24
Classes : 1 and 2.

The Palatinate AB according to sheet 020 (to be run as B Pfalz 68 according to DRG generic conventions) were two-axle compartment cars, which were originally built as 1st and 2nd class cars. As early as 1913, the carriages were only listed as 2nd class.

history

As with most of the other regional railway companies, the compartment car was the most common type of car in the Palatinate Railways. The Königl were an exception . Wuerttemberg railways that procured wagons of the so-called "American" design from the beginning.

procurement

In the years up to 1880, the Palatinate Railways procured a total of 352 two-axle compartment cars . 10 of them according to sheet 20 of the WV of 1913 in the years between 1874 and 1878.

Constructive features

Underframe

The frame of the car still had a mixed construction of wood and iron. The outer side rails were made of iron and had a double-T shape. The remaining cross members and the buffer beams were made of wood. As a towing device, the wagons had screw couplings with safety hooks according to VDEV, the drawbar was spring-loaded throughout. The wagons were equipped with rod buffers with an installation length of 600 mm, the buffer plates had a diameter of 370 mm. In the cars with a brakeman's cab ( B Pfalz 68a ), the installation length of the buffers on the brakeman's cab side was extended to 800 mm.

drive

The wagons had riveted half-timbered axle brackets made of flat iron of 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 an 8-layer spring that was attached to the spring brackets with simple straps.

Hand brakes in the raised brakeman's cab or as a free seat brake acted on all wheels on both sides. According to the 1913 directory, the cars were equipped with Schleifer type air brakes, and one car had a Knorr type brake.

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. Depending on the design, the braked wagons either had a raised, open brakeman's cab, which was only accessible from one side, or a brakeman's seat (free seat brake) built into the roof edge of one end face.

The interior had a total of four compartments, one in 1st class with 6 and three in 2nd class with 8 upholstered seats each. The order of the compartments was: II, I, II, II. The cars had no toilets.

Furnishing

The wagons were heated by steam . Some of the wagons were also equipped with a compressed coal heater. The lighting was done by gas. The storage container with a volume of 650 liters hung on the frame in the longitudinal direction of the car.

comment

Already in the directory from 1913 the cars were as class B listed. With the change of the car to the subordinate service, the 1st class compartment was renamed to 2nd class without changing the seat layout.

Sketches, sample sheets, photos

  • View of sheet 20 from WV from 1913, with brakeman's cab

  • View to sheet 20 from WV from 1913, with free seat brake

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 books by Emil Konrad (passenger carriages of the German state railways, Volume II) and Albert Mühl (Die Pfalzbahn) .

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] 		Mil. Sig-
nal
. 		comment
Sheet number. 20 I. FROM B. B bay 68 (see respective legend) A. 1. 2. 3. 4th O M. Ludwig Railway
1874 76 76 2 9,100 E, H BrH
Sbr 		G Pr, D 1 3
(32)
77 77 D. 3
(30)
78 78 Pr, D 3
(32)
Sheet number. 20 I. FROM B. B bay 68 (see respective legend) A. 1. 2. 3. 4th O M. North runway
1868 5003 5003 2 9,100 E, H BrH
Sbr 		G D. 1 3
(32)
1872 5020 5020 BrH
Kp
Sheet number. 20 II FROM B. B bay 68 (see respective legend) A. 1. 2. 3. 4th O M. Ludwig Railway
1878 5 5 2 8,950 E, H Fsbr
Sbr 		G D. 1 3
(32)
6th 6th
1874 74 74 Pr, D
1878 82 82 D.
83 83

Notes / Notes

  1. ↑ means bogie through cars
  2. ↑ = car register
  3. ↑ on account of the Ludwig Railway Company
  4. ↑ on account of the Nordbahnen company
  5. ↑ on account of the Ludwig Railway Company

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad, Passenger Car of the German State Railways, page 26

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).