DR series ET 91
DR series ET 91 DB series 491 |
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491 001-4 1985 in Innsbruck Hbf
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Numbering: | DR elT 1998–1999 DR ET 91 01–02 DB 491 001 |
Number: | 2 |
Manufacturer: | Waggonfabrik Fuchs , AEG |
Year of construction (s): | 1935 and 1936 |
Retirement: | 1943 and 1997 |
Axis formula : | Bo'2 ' |
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
Length over buffers: | 20,600 mm |
Height: | 3800 mm |
Width: | 2947 mm |
Trunnion Distance: | 13,815 mm |
Bogie axle base: | 3600 mm (motor bogie) 3000 mm (running bogie) |
Empty mass: | 51.0 t |
Top speed: | 110 km / h (originally 120 km / h) |
Wheel diameter: | 950 mm |
Power system : | 15 kV, 16 2/3 Hz ~ |
Power transmission: | Overhead line |
Seats: | 70 |
The vehicles of the series ET 91 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) were electric multiple units for special traffic . Also known as Gläserner train known vehicles with the wheel arrangement BO'2 'were similar to the observation car , round and glazed on the roof sections. This gave the passengers a special all-round view. They were only used for excursions and special trips, especially in southern Germany and Austria.
story
The railcars were built in 1935 in two copies as elT in 1998 and 1999 by Waggonfabrik Fuchs in Heidelberg (mechanical part) and AEG (electrical part). From the moment they were delivered, they were at home in the Munich Hbf depot . The mechanical part was maintained in the Reichsbahn repair shop in Neuaubing and the electrical equipment in the operations department at Munich Hbf of RAW München-Freimann .
The ET 91 02 was hit in a bomb attack on the Munich railway depot on March 9, 1943, burned out completely and was retired on July 9, 1943. The remaining ET 91 01 was then evacuated to Bichl , walled in in the locomotive shed there and therefore remained operational. He came after the Second World War to the German Federal Railways and was used again by the Bw München Hbf. Conversions took place in 1953 and 1961. From 1968 it was run as the 491 series with the number 491 001-4.
The Glass Train traveled many routes in Germany , Austria (including the Karwendel Railway ) and Switzerland (including the Gotthard Railway ). For trips in Switzerland he had a second pantograph with a narrower rocker ( single-arm pantograph ). On non-electrified routes, it was towed by diesel locomotives .
On December 12, 1995, the remaining railcar was badly damaged in an accident at Garmisch-Partenkirchen station and has not been roadworthy since then. One person was killed in the head-on collision and 51 passengers and railway workers were injured.
The damaged railcar was initially parked at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen depot and, from January 1996, at the Munich-Neuaubing repair shop. On December 31, 1997, Deutsche Bahn removed the vehicle from its fleet list and the train was then taken over by the Nuremberg Transport Museum . It has been in the Bahnpark Augsburg since May 2005 . Currently (as of 2005) the vehicle is being used by the BSW Foundation Group Gläserner Zug and Gläserner Zug e. V. restored; a restoration of operational readiness is not planned for cost reasons. Among other things, the drive bogie was damaged in the accidentand one half of the car destroyed. The cost of the restoration, including the installation of the existing replacement bogie, is estimated at around 100,000 euros.
literature
- Horst J. Obermayer: The “Gläserne” is 50 years old . In: Horst J. Obermayer (Ed.): Lok-Magazin . No. 131 . Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, W. Keller & Co. , 1985, ISSN 0458-1822 , p. 108-123 .
- Horst Troche: 60 years in service: The "Transparent Train" . In: Railway courier . No. 281 / year 30/1996. EK-Verlag GmbH, ISSN 0170-5288 , pp. 24-29.
Movie
- SWR: Railway Romanticism - The Glass Train (episode 254)
- DVD dream trip through Bavaria with the Transparent Train
Web links
- Official website of the "Glass Train"
- ET 91 01 1969 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the Joachim Schmidt Railway Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus-Dieter Korhammer, Armin Franzke, Ernst Rudolph: Turntable of the South. Munich railway junction . Hestra-Verlag, Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-7771-0236-9 , p. 115 .
- ↑ Federal Railroad Repair Works Munich-Neuaubing (Ed.): 75 Years of the Federal Railroad Repair Works Munich-Neuaubing 1906–1981 . Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag, Freiburg 1981, ISBN 3-88255-800-8 , p. 22 .
- ↑ History of the Isar Valley Railway 1938–1949 on isartalbahn.de, accessed on March 19, 2016.
- ^ Curriculum vitae of the Gläserne Zug on glaesernerzug.de, from June 22, 2013, accessed on December 20, 2016.