Bjurström AB slip material
The Swedish company Bjurström AB Slipmaterial in Västervik emerged in the early 1900s from the public company Slipmaterial , which produced hydraulic grinding machines.
history
Since incoming orders for grinding machines were cyclical, engineer Lambert Bjurström used the opportunity in the mid-1920s to use staff and rooms in the factory to build the motorized locomotives developed and designed in-house when there was a low order intake in the grinding machine factory. These locomotives - shunting tractors or small locomotives - were particularly well suited for shunting at railway stations and in industrial plants.
In principle, Bjurström's locomotives were based on a Ford engine (usually from the Fordson tractor series). The first Bjurström machine was a narrow- track shunting tractor with a track width of 600 mm, delivered in 1925 to Westerviks Pappersbruks AB in Västervik. The first standard-gauge small locomotive for Statens Järnvägar (SJ) followed in 1926 .
Customers in the late 1920s included various organizations and companies such as the Det kongelige skånske Husarregiment in Helsingborg , Mellersta Sveriges Sockerfabrik AB in Lidköping and Björneborgs Jernverk AB in Björneborg .
Construction number 50, which was also delivered to the ironworks in Björneborg in 1929, still existed in 2003. However, by then the engine had already been replaced several times.
1932 exported Bjurström two shunting after Denmark to Hillerød-Frederiksværk-Hundested Jernbane (HFHJ), which were referred to therein as HFHJ T 1 and HFHJ T 2. Most Bjurström locomotives, however, ran in Sweden. By the time production was discontinued in 1947, 278 locomotives had been built. The last locomotive was delivered to Aktiebolaget Gullhögens Bruk in Skövde . It was in use until it was scrapped in 1965.
Several Bjurström locomotives had a much longer service life. SJ Z49 192 , delivered to SJ in 1947 as construction number 276, was in use with the state railways until 1961. Then the machine was sold to Forsbacka Järnverk in Forsbacka . After an eventful career with various companies, the locomotive came to the Föreningen Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum in Nynäshamn in 1988 .
There are also around 40 Bjurström locomotives today, some of which are still in regular service.
literature
- Mats Fredling: SJK småbaneavdelning: Bjurström-lokomotorer . Svenska Järnvägsklubben, Helsingborg 1989, ISBN 91-85098-62-0 , p. 160 .