CVE VT 1 and VT 2

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CVE VT 1-2
DR 136 750-751
CFL Z 1-2
Factory photo
Factory photo
Numbering: CVE VT 1-2
DR 136 750-751
CFL Z 1-2
Number: 1
Manufacturer: Car body La Brugeoise et Nivelles
machine system AEG Berlin
Year of construction (s): 1936
Retirement: 1955
Axis formula : B'B '
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over buffers: 11,750 mm
Length: 10,910 mm
Trunnion Distance: 6,450 mm
Bogie axle base: 1,700 mm
Service mass: 17,750 kg
Top speed: 55 km / h
Installed capacity: originally 55 kW (75 PS)
after conversion 110 kW (150 PS)
Wheel diameter: 800 mm
Motor type: Originally AEG
after conversion Deutz A6M 517
Motor type: Originally six-cylinder four-stroke gasoline engine
after conversion: six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine
Rated speed: originally 950 / min
after conversion 1,200 / min
Power transmission: mechanically with NAG railcar transmission
Tank capacity: 150 l
Train brake: Air brake type Westinghouse
Train control : Handbrake
Seats: 2nd class: 8
3rd class: 24
Standing room: 21st
Classes : 2nd / 3rd

The CVE VT 1-2 were narrow gauge engine - railcars of Luxembourg Schmalspurbahnen ( Chemins de Fer à Voie Etroite (CVE)). They were equipped with mechanical power transmission and in operation until 1956. Colloquially, the vehicles were classified by the CVE as class A multiple units .

History and technical data

The vehicles were created after the CVE took over management of the Luxembourg narrow-gauge railways. In addition to the recommissioning of the existing CVE VT 3 to VT 4 , the greatest possible replacement of the steam trains with railcars was sought. The order for two vehicles went to AEG . Through its subsidiary Nationale Automobil-Gesellschaft, it took over the production of the entire drive system for the vehicles, while the production of the car body was outsourced to wagon building companies based on the NAG's plans to the company La Brugeoise et Nivelles . The two railcars differ in their window division in the passenger area. While railcar No. I had four large side windows, No. II had four three small windows, from which the middle one could be lowered. Otherwise the cars were designed identically.

The railcars with the VT 3 and VT 4 were used as planned on the 14 km long narrow-gauge railway Diekirch – Vianden , with only one of the five pairs of trains being carried by steam traction. On the narrow-gauge railway Diekirch – Vianden the vehicles did not have a high mileage, in the literature 8,000 km is given annually.

1936 both railcars were new diesel engines from Deutz with an output of 135 hp. After the new motorization they were used on the narrow-gauge railway Aspelt – Bettemburg . There was relatively little traffic and few gradients on this runway.

DR 136 750-751

Both vehicles came into the inventory of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1942 and were given the designation 136 750–751 . Both railcars survived the Second World War with relatively little war damage.

CFL Z1 and Z2

Then they went into the CFL's inventory , where they were referred to as Z1 and Z2. They were in service on the Aspelt – Bettembourg line and the Luxembourg – Remich railway line until the mid-1950s . The Z 1 was retired in 1953 and the Z 2 in 1955.

Vehicle body

Floor plan of CVE VT 1–2

The main steel frame of the railcar was riveted and carried a shock buffer and a screw coupling at both ends . The car body was made of laminated oak and had 32 seats and a luggage compartment that was located in the entry area without an engine. The internal combustion engine, which lay lengthways in the direction of travel, was housed in the other entry room.

Between the two entry areas was the passenger compartment, which was designed as a 2nd class compartment with eight seats and a 3rd class compartment with 24 seats. The seats were arranged in a 2 + 2 arrangement with a central aisle, and there was a partition between the classes. The wagons did not have a toilet. With a pivot spacing of 6,450 mm, the bogies were arranged with an identical wheelbase. Above them were the entrances to the passenger compartment with large running boards. The entrance doors were designed as revolving doors opening inwards, each door had two handles. The seating was wooden slatted ash wood seats , the floor was made of pine wood , which was covered with cork boards to avoid vibrations. There were flaps in it for maintenance of the propulsion system.

The six-cylinder four-stroke gasoline engine mounted lengthways above the bogie drove the mechanical NAG railcar transmission via a rubber disk clutch . The inner drive axle of the bogies was driven from its output via cardan shafts. In order to achieve the greatest possible frictional force, both wheels of the bogie were connected via coupling rods , so that the axle sequence B'B 'resulted. The railcar was controlled from both driver's cabs. The motor, the gearbox and the reversing gear were controlled pneumatically.

The wagons were equipped with the single-release air brake type Westinghouse and a handbrake. The car body was heated by the cooling water from the drive engine.

literature

  • Heinz R. Kurz: The railcars of the Reichsbahn types , EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-88255-162-4
  • Ed Federmeyer: Narrow Gauge Railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 396
  2. ↑ a b c Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 402
  3. ↑ Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 417
  4. ↑ Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 399
  5. ↑ Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 414
  6. ↑ Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 397
  7. ↑ Ed Federmeyer: narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg. Volume 2, (= GAR-Documentation), Luxembourg, ISBN 3-921980-46-1 , page 395