DB class Klv 60
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| Numbering: | Kl 10451; 60-9001; 60,9001; 60.9001-3 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | FKF-Werke Fa. Schmitt (Frankfurt motor vehicle factory) |
| Year of construction (s): | 1954 |
| Retirement: | 1995 |
| Axis formula : | B-dm |
| Type : | Klv 60 small tower car |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 7800 mm |
| Height: | 3350 mm (without construction) |
| Width: | 3140 mm |
| Empty mass: | 8.0 t |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Motor type: | Diesel engine |
| Seats: | 2 (6) |
| Standing room: | 4th |
The small car Klv 60 is an auxiliary vehicle for route travel purposes and maintenance work on railway systems (e.g. especially overhead lines) with an operating weight of 8000 kg.
development
It is the first small tower car acquired after the establishment of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . It was developed as a prototype for tours for the installation and maintenance of electrical overhead lines. In the course of the desired electrification of the rail network in the Federal Republic of Germany, it was of particular importance. Nevertheless, it remained a one-off, which, however, had a significant impact on the development of the Klv 61, which was later purchased in larger numbers. In the Klv series scheme introduced in 1956 ( Kl Einwagen with V er internal combustion engine), this vehicle was referred to as Klv 60 and assigned to type 600.
The prototype, which is also the only built vehicle of this type, dates from 1954. It was produced on behalf of the Deutsche Bundesbahn at FKF-Werke Fa. Schmitt (Frankfurt Motor Vehicle Factory) under the serial number 12177. Initially, this newly developed small tower car was called Kl 10451 and later renamed Klv 60-9001, Klv 60.9001 and Klv 60.9001-3.
The Klv 60 remained a one-off and was the name of an intermediate series to the Klv 61, which the Deutsche Bundesbahn procured in 30 units from 1954 to 1958 .
Manufacturer
- Frankfurt car body factory Friedrich Schmitt (FKF).
Outwardly, there were similarities to the Rheinbraun 818 tower car ("RBW 818"), although it is not structurally identical. Even with its successor Klv 61, it has few constructive features in common, despite a certain external similarity.
drive
The Klv 60 was delivered with an eight-cylinder Deutz diesel engine . The maximum speed is 70 km / h.
construction
The Klv 60 has two driver's cabs, the lifting platform was reached via a ladder on one of the front sides. The front door there was used to easily stow the ladders that were carried along. The unique piece was located in the Regensburg depot. There are a total of four doors, of which there are two on one long side and one on the other long and the non-beveled front side. In the interior there is a driver's seat at each of the two driver's cabs as well as a workshop facility with workbenches. In addition to the driver, up to four other people can be transported. The vehicle has drawbars and bumpers.
commitment
The small tower car or tower car was ideal for installation, control and repair work on overhead lines. After a conversion that took place around 1980, it was also used in construction trains as a "catenary measuring vehicle".
With the Klv 60, a total of six people including the driver could be transported and transported directly to the construction site with tools and materials.
The only Klv 60 was retired from DB on December 1, 1995 after more than 40 years of service. It was then transferred to the Nuremberg Transport Museum (DB Museum) for museum preservation and, after being temporarily stored at the Regensburg depot, has passed into private ownership.
Others
Three different H0 scale models of the Klv 60 were built by the Brawa company . For the model numbers 0520 (direct current) and 0525 (alternating current), the older version of the Klv 60-9001 as a tower car in red was the model, while the model number 0522 (direct current) corresponds to the last variant of the Klv 60 as a yellow contact line measuring car.
See also
literature
- Ralf Roman Rossberg : Checking - Testing - Trying - Monitoring . In: railway magazine . Alba publication, 2012, ISSN 0342-1902 (3-part publication on railway measuring vehicles in the 5/2012, 6/2012 and 7/2012 issues).
- DB Vehicle Lexicon. EK-Special 30. EK Verlag, Freiburg 1993.
Web links
- Klv 60 at Nebenfahrzeuge.de
- Franz Alfred Keck: Small locomotives and small vehicles of the DB until 1990. Köf I - Köf III Ks / Ka and Klv - model knowledge for model railroaders p. 17