Railway depot Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck

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The turntable and roundhouse of the former Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck railway depot
44 508, stationed in the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot, exhibited here in Essen Hbf
Sanding system

The Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot is located at the Bismarck freight station in the Gelsenkirchen Zoo section of the station , opposite the Gelsenkirchen Zoo stop on the Märkische Emschertalbahn . It was in operation from 1926 to 1981 and is now the largest preserved old railway depot for steam locomotives in the Ruhr area.

The former Graf Bismarck colliery , the Gelsenkirchen district of Bismarck and the railway depot were named after the former Chancellor Otto von Bismarck .

history

The Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot was built between 1924 and 1926 together with a brick-built repair shop. It served as a replacement for the BME roundhouse from 1876, which had become too small .

Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck became known as the discontinued depot for the heavy steam locomotives of the 44 series , which were in service with coal-fired locomotives on the German Federal Railroad in May 1977 until the end of steam operation. Locomotive 044 508-0 hauled the last scheduled freight train. Some diesel locomotive series in the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot also ended their active career with the Deutsche Bundesbahn. The V160 pre-series (216 001 - 216 010) and the loner 219 001-5 (former gas turbine diesel locomotive ) should be mentioned. The last examples of the V 200 1 series were also based in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck; they were retired by June 30, 1988.

On January 1, 1982, the Bw was dissolved as an independent department and incorporated into the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd railway depot. Only workshop work was carried out until 1988.

The railway depot also kept its level of awareness through the operational refurbishment of the steam locomotive 41 360, which can still be admired on special trips today. Towards the end of the 1970s, a BSW group was founded with the goal of maintaining and operating historic locomotives and wagons. The locomotives 41 241, 41 360, 44 508, V160 003 and V200 116 were stationed in Ge-Bismarck. 01 150, 01 1100 and 23 105 of the DB Museum were briefly at home in the depot as guest locomotives.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the facilities had to be cleared and the BSW Group moved to the former Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd company car factory. In November 1991 the last vehicles and machines were shut down and the depot closed.

Operating facilities

The turntable in front of the 16- person roundhouse has a diameter of 23 meters. As an extension of the locomotive stands four and five of the locomotive shed, the so-called 'middle hall' is arranged, in which the axle recess and a crane system are located. Large machine tools (lathes, rod boring mills, etc.) were installed there until the plant was closed. Other rooms in the central hall included a lounge, a foreman’s office, an electrician's workshop and a warehouse.

Another, three-track hall was originally used for heavy freight car repairs and had an extension with a foreman’s office, battery room, water tester, tool tester, tool dispenser, foundry and magazine. A crane system with a lifting capacity of 12.5 tons has been installed in this hall since the building was completed in 1926. In the 1960s, locomotives of the V 60 series were serviced here. In order to be able to exchange bogies, axles and gears, one track was equipped with a lifting stand. This had a load capacity of 4 × 25 tons. Since the height of the crane system did not allow the engines and cooling systems to be lifted out of the large diesel locomotives, a crane system was set up in front of the hall, which has a lifting capacity of 10 tons and spans two tracks. This crane is a standard design, as you could often find it at DB's loading lanes and can still be found today. With the start of diesel locomotive maintenance, the nickname 'V-Halle' became established for this hall.

In addition to the hall mentioned above, there is a former four-track hall. Light freight wagon maintenance was carried out there from 1926 to the 1960s. After the repair work was handed over to other company car factories, all but one of the tracks were dismantled and engines, transmissions and other large components were stored there. There was also a forge and other machine tools in the hall. After the tracks were removed, the floor in this hall consisted largely of gravel, from which the nickname 'desert' can be derived.

Rooms for the locksmith's training workshop are attached to the four-track hall.

Up until the beginning of the new century there was a building in the courtyard behind the round locomotive shed (locomotive booth 7-9) that housed the joiner's workshop. Attached to it was a garage, which provided space for a fire extinguisher trailer when the Bw was operating.

The administration was built between the V-hall and the sanding. Office, training and meeting rooms were set up in this building. There were also other storerooms and storage rooms there. The magazine has a ramp with a siding. It should also be mentioned that the transformer station with which the Bw was supplied electrically is attached to the administration building.

A lightweight canteen was built behind the round locomotive shed (locomotive booths 1-3) in the 1970s. Like the joinery, this was removed in 2002.

At the level of the administration, a filling station was built for the diesel locomotives located and maintained in Ge-Bismarck from the end of the 1950s to the beginning of the 1960s. Last witnesses of this facility were removed with the canteen and joinery.

The water tower, also known as the 'Bismarcker onion', was built by the Aug. Klönne company from Dortmund and scrapped in July 1978, as was the coaling plant, of which only the coal bans have been preserved. The chimney of the smoke outlets of the round locomotive shed was shut down and dismantled in the same year. The sanding system and sand bunker are still there.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd railway depot was rebuilt or modernized from 1982 to 1988 into a large depot. Since the workshop capacity was not fully available during this period, the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot continued to operate as a branch. After the completion of the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd depot (now named as Oberhausen 1 depot), the workshop in Bismarck was closed and cleared.

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '24.7 "  N , 7 ° 7' 9.4"  E