C Sa 12
| C Sa 12 windmill cars |
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| Numbering: |
Sä. 3497–3500 DR (1922–30): 70 252 - 70 255 DR (from 1930): 59 304, 59 305, 59 233, 59 234 DR (from 1958): 531-691, -, -, 531-431 |
| Number: | 4th |
| Year of construction (s): | 1912 |
| Genre : | 140a |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 10,900 mm (10400 mm) |
| Height: | 3840 mm (3860 mm) |
| Total wheelbase: | 4500 mm |
| Empty mass: | 13.6 t (museum car) |
| Service mass: | 19.0 t |
| Wheel diameter: | 1000 mm |
| Seats: | 45 |
| Classes : | 3. |
| Values in brackets for trolley 3500 | |
The C Sa 12 or Windberg observation car was a two-axle seat car procured by the Royal Saxon State Railways in 1912.
history
After the Windbergbahn was extended to Possendorf in 1908, excursion traffic quickly developed on the route . Since the narrow radii did not allow normal, modern passenger cars to be used, the State Railways ordered four special vehicles from the Bautzen Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik in 1911 . In order to accommodate the excursion traffic, the short cars were given particularly large windows. From 1912, the 3rd class coaches were used on the Windbergbahn. Two vehicles were lost in the air raids on Dresden in February 1945. After the suspension of passenger traffic on the Windbergbahn, the remaining two cars were used on the Müglitztalbahn , among others . The car 531-431 was scrapped after 1969. The other car, 531-691, was saved from scrapping in 1970. From 1983 the car was refurbished by the Windbergbahn Association. It has been operational again since 1997 and approved for rail traffic.
Constructive features
The frame consisted of riveted rolled sections with entry steps. The 9.36 m long car body framework was clad with sheet metal. The barrel roof was flattened at the ends of the vehicle. The platforms were covered with large windows, half-height entry doors and seating. There was no end wall transition.
The interior was not divided. Each car had a toilet. The seats were made of wooden slats. The vehicles had steam heating and static fans on the roof. The lighting was carried out by gas, the storage container hung on the frame in the longitudinal direction of the car.
The original rod buffers were later replaced by sleeve buffers . The cars had club steering axles and plain bearings. The vehicles had single-release, automatic, single-chamber Westinghouse air brakes .
literature
- Peter Wagner, Sigrid Wagner, Joachim Deppmeyer: Passenger coaches 1. Seat and luggage coaches . transpress, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-344-70783-3 .