CPost Palatinate 68
| CPost Palatinate 68 | |
|---|---|
| Number: | 5 |
| Year of construction (s): | 1868-1873 |
| Type : | Combined mail and passenger car |
| Genre : | CPost |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 9,100 mm |
| Length: | 7,700 mm |
| Height: | 4,020 mm |
| Width: | 2,580 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 4,324 mm |
| Empty mass: | 9.5 t |
| Wheel diameter: | 1,014 mm |
| Brake: | Hand spindle brake / grinder |
| Coupling type: | Screw coupling according to VDEV |
| Floor height: | 1,227 mm |
| Classes : | III |
| Loading length: | 4,530 mm |
| Loading width: | 2,580 mm |
| Loading height: | 1,760 mm |
| Particularities: | Mail room with sorting compartments |
The CPost Pfalz 68 is a two-axle combined compartment and mail car that was built for the Palatinate Railways under sheet no. 029 .
procurement
Combined mail and passenger cars were procured as a cost-effective solution for less frequented mail courses. These had the type CPost on the Palatinate Railways . The wagons according to sheet 029 corresponded in terms of dimensions and construction to the compartment wagons according to sheet 033. A total of five cars were procured, three for the Ludwigsbahn and two for the Maximiliansbahn.
Whereabouts
Already in the car register of 1913 no car was listed anymore. Due to the age of the wagons, it cannot be assumed that they were taken over by the Reichsbahn in 1920.
Constructive features
Underframe
The chassis frame of the car was still built in a combined wood and iron construction. The outer longitudinal members were made of profile iron, while the buffer beams and all cross members were made of wood. The outer side rails were U-shaped with outward flanges. The wagons had screw couplings as a towing device, and the drawbar was spring-loaded all the way through. The wagons had rod buffers with an installation length of 600 mm as bumpers.
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 1,024 mm. The elongated suspension was attached to the spring brackets with simple straps. The brakes acted on all wheels on both sides.
Car body
The car body consisted of a wooden stud frame, the side walls were slightly drawn in downwards, the end walls straight. The roof only had a flat arch. On one side there was a raised brakeman's cab, accessible only from one side, in front of the bulkhead. The car had two 3rd class compartments with 10 seats each. The mail room had a sorting system on the partition wall to the neighboring compartment. The cars all had long sidewalls with handrails on the car body.
The car had two gas lights built into the roof for lighting. The pressure tank with a volume of 650 liters required for the supply was attached under the car body in the direction of travel.
The heating was done with steam. Only one car had a stove heater instead of two seats.
For ventilation, the car had ventilators over the windows and compartment doors.
Sketches, sample sheets, photos
View of sheet 29 from WV from 1913
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) .
| Manufacturing data | Car numbers for each era, generic symbols |
landing gear | Furnishing | Additional information | ||||||||||||||||||
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construction year |
manufacturers manufacturers |
from 1876 | from 1909 |
Rep. (1919) |
DR (from 1923) |
excluded screened |
Number Ax. |
Bicycle stand (mm) |
LüP (mm) |
Brem- sen |
Unt. Gest. |
LA. | Bl. | Hz. |
Type and number Compartments (seats per class) |
comment | ||||||
| Sheet number. 029 | CP | CPost | CPost Palatinate 68 | (see respective legend) | A. | III | B. | D. | G | P | Z | |||||||||||
| 1871 | 135 | 135 | 2 | 4,324 | 9,100 | Brh; Sbr; | E, H | G | D. | 2 (20) |
1 | 1 | 1 | Ludwig Railway | ||||||||
| 136 | 136 | <1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1873 | 183 | 183 | 2 | 4,324 | 9,100 | Brh; Sbr; | E, H | G | DO | 2 (18) |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1871 | 5067 | 5067 | 2 | 4,324 | 9,100 | Brh; Sbr; | E, H | G | D. | 2 (20) |
1 | 1 | 1 | Maximiliansbahn | ||||||||
| 1868 | 5055 | 5055 | 2 | 4,324 | 9,100 | Brh; Sbr; | E, H | G | D. | 2 (20) |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Remarks
- ↑ Procurement took place at the expense of the Ludwig Railway Company
- ↑ Procurement took place on the account of the Maximiliansbahn company
Individual evidence
literature
- Carriage directory of the Palatinate Railways. As of January 1, 1901 . Ludwigshafen 1901.
- Vehicle fleet directory of the Kgl. Bayer. State Railways. Palatinate network. Compiled as of March 31, 1913 . 1913.
- Konrad, Emil: The passenger coaches of the German national railways. Volume 2 . 1st edition. Franckh, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-440-05327-X .
- Mühl, Albert: The Pfalzbahn . 1st edition. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0301-6 .