Arnstadt depot
The Arnstadt depot is now a railway museum in Arnstadt in Thuringia .
Since 1992 the railway depot (Bw) Arnstadt is home to steam locomotives of the former Reichsbahndirektion Erfurt . It is located on the leading of the Thuringian Forest railway line Erfurt-Schweinfurt (Course book route 570) to the 70-km long railway line Erfurt-Arnstadt-Saalfeld (Course book route 563) and at the railway line to Ilmenau (Course book route 566). Dedicated railway workers succeeded in 1994, the continued existence of the system of railway operations work Arnstadt with the establishment of the development association Bw Arnstadt / hist. to secure and it in the railway museum Bahnbetriebswerk Arnstadt / hist. to convert.
history
From 1867 train operations on the Erfurt – Arnstadt line began. A year later, the Arnstadt depot went into operation. A two-room coach house and the simplest locomotive treatment systems were built on the site . In 1879, train operations began on the Arnstadt – Plaue section and in 1884 on the Plaue - Oberhof - Suhl section . Train operations on the Arnstadt – Saalfeld section were added in 1894/95.
Today's depot ( locomotive shed with tracks 1-5) was put into operation in 1898. Due to the increase in rail traffic , the facilities of the depot were constantly expanded, so that today a locomotive shed with 22 stands is available. A waterworks owned by the railway was built in Liebenstein in 1935/36 to supply low-lime boiler feed water .
From 1955 to 1973 steam locomotives with pulverized coal firing were stationed at the Arnstadt depot. Therefore, in 1961 a special grinding and bunker system for coal dust was put into operation. In 1978 the line between Neudietendorf and Erfurt was electrified. The coke and scrap store was converted into a welding workshop and manual warehouse in 1985 . After being converted into a railway museum, the warehouse was renovated in 1994/95.
Equipment and tasks of the depot
For the maintenance of locomotives different systems are available: a four-spindle axis sink serves the exchange of wheelsets of locomotives . Various cranes are available for the exchange of assemblies of the locomotives, but also for coaling the steam locomotives. The access to the locomotive shed is via a turntable with a 23 m diameter. The turntable can be driven with electricity , compressed air or a hand crank . In addition, the turntable is equipped with a capstan system, which makes it possible to move locomotives without a towing vehicle during demonstrations.
The depot has three tracks with a direct track connection to the Arnstadt Hbf station . One of these tracks is intended as a steam locomotive treatment track. A sanding tower, a water crane , an inclined elevator for slag , two different coal cranes and other devices are used for the maintenance and care of the steam locomotives.
In 1984, the Neudietendorf –Arnstadt section was electrified because there was insufficient capacity for the city express trains from Meiningen to Berlin at Erfurt main station for changing locomotives , providing additional passenger coaches and nightly coach handling. After the fall of the Wall , this connection was discontinued, the electrified line lost its importance, and this task was also omitted for the Arnstadt depot. In 1996, the catenary between Neudietendorf and Arnstadt was taken out of service and later dismantled.
Vehicle inventory of the Arnstadt depot
The following vehicles can be found in the vehicle inventory of the Arnstadt depot.
Steam locomotives
The Arnstadt depot is home to a total of eight steam locomotives. Seven of these are traditional locomotives from Deutsche Bahn AG .
Locomotive number | Vehicle type | Construction year | Condition of the locomotive | Others | ||
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Steam locomotives: | ||||||
01 1531-1 | Express train steam locomotive | 1935 | rollable | Reconstruction in 1964 at RAW Meiningen | ||
38 1182-5 | Passenger steam locomotive | 1910 | Exhibition exhibit | |||
44 0093-3 | Freight steam locomotive | 1942 | rollable | Reinstallation of the oil furnace in 1996 | ||
50 3688-4 | Freight steam locomotive | 1941 | rollable | Reconstruction in 1961 at RAW Stendal | ||
65 1049-9 | Passenger train tender steam locomotive | 1956 | rollable | |||
89 6311-8 | Shunting locomotive | 1936 | in diagnosis | |||
91 6580-4 | Freight steam tender locomotive | 1938 | rollable | ex SEG 400, built for Ilmenau-Großbreitenbacher Eisenbahn | ||
94 1292-5 | Freight steam locomotive | ?? | Exhibition exhibit | |||
95 1027-2 | Freight steam tender locomotive | 1923 | operational | Use by HSB on the Rübelandbahn and in the Thuringian Forest |
Diesel locomotives
The Arnstadt depot is home to a total of eight diesel locomotives .
Locomotive number | Vehicle type | Condition of the locomotive |
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Diesel locomotives: | ||
Locomotive type N4b | Small diesel locomotive | in work-up |
Type V 22 locomotive | Small diesel locomotive | in work-up |
V 36 274 | Wehrmacht diesel locomotive | Exhibition exhibit |
106 100-1 | Diesel shunting locomotive | rollable |
118 005-8 | Mainline diesel locomotive | drivable |
118 749-1 | Mainline diesel locomotive | rollable |
120 274-6 | Mainline diesel locomotive | in work-up |
131 072-1 | Mainline diesel locomotive | Exhibition exhibit |
other vehicles
- Railway slewing crane (EDK 80/2) - used for coaling steam locomotives
- Battery towing vehicle (ASF) - used to move vehicles
- Mitropa dining car - for catering guests to events
- SKL type Schöneweide - for transports on the connecting railway
- Sleeper / escort car - staff accommodation for external events
- Steam storage locomotive - exhibit
Electric locomotives
The Neudietendorf – Arnstadt section was electrified in 1984 due to the permanent overloading of the Erfurt railway junction . This was intended to ensure that through trains were already hauled by electric locomotives in Arnstadt . For this purpose, several electric locomotives were stationed in Arnstadt, some of which took over the transport of the express trains to Berlin. So also were freight trains , from the NSW came -countries from Eisenach moved to Arnstadt with diesel traction and re-clamped in Arnstadt. After dismantling the electrical overhead line , the south-west curve at the Neudietendorf track triangle , the junction towards Eisenach, was removed.
Former locomotives
The following locomotives are no longer at home in BW Arnstadt:
- 100 201-3 - Diesel shunting locomotive built in 1933, to Railion , now Stadtwerke Mainz AG
- 100 439-9 - Diesel shunting locomotive built in 1934
- 112 819-8 - Mainline diesel locomotive, to Alstom
- 254 106 (E 94) - electric locomotive, since March 2005 with the Thüringer Eisenbahnverein eV in the Weimar Railway Museum
literature
- Jörg Dähn, Joachim Dürlich, Gernot Gattermann: The Arnstadt Bw. Regional traffic history, EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1996, ISBN 3-88255-417-7 .
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 43 ″ N , 10 ° 56 ′ 44 ″ E