DR series E 63

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DR / DB class E 63
DB class 163
E 63 02 shunting locomotive
Manufacturer AEG BBC
number 5 3
numbering E 63 01–04, 08
163 001–004, 008		 E 63 05-07
163 005-007
Commissioning 1935, 1940 1935
Retirement 1980
Axis formula C.
Total wheelbase 4,500 mm
Service mass 53.1 t 51.4 t
Axle load 17.7 t 17.4 t
Length over buffers 10,200 mm
Top speed 45 km / h 50 km / h
Power system 15 kV, 16 2/3 Hz
Number of engines 1
drive Helical rod drive, Winterthur type
Hourly output 725 kW / 985 PS 710 kW /
965 PS
Performance indicator 13.65 kW / t 13.8 kW / t
Continuous output 667 kW / 907 PS 650 kW /
884 PS
Starting tractive effort 167 kN 118 kN
Driving wheel diameter 1,250 mm
Smallest traveled radius 180 m

The DR series E 63 (from 1968: series 163 ) was a series of electric shunting locomotives of the German State Railroad Company DRG. They were one of the few electric locomotives in Germany that were procured exclusively for shunting purposes.

history

In the mid-1930s there was further demand for electric shunting locomotives in southern Germany due to the advancing electrification . However, the Deutsche Reichsbahn did not want to purchase any more E 60 series machines ; the progress made in the construction of electric locomotives during this period should allow the construction of a shunting locomotive with no running axles. In addition, considering the small number of units, as many existing and proven components as possible should be used. There were several drafts for this. The Reichsbahn initially ordered four machines from AEG and three from Krauss-Maffei / BBC . The SBB Ee 3/3 with its godfather, which has been able to prove its usability since 1927, was definitely the inspiration for the order .

So, with the same dimensions, two types of vehicles were created that were quite different from the outside. Both offers used a slightly shortened and little modified chassis of the E 60 with three rod-coupled axles and a jackshaft with helical rod drive type Winterthur without running axle, just like the SBB Ee 3/3 was equipped. The differences between the two deliveries of locomotives came from the differences in the traction motors, the drive of the cam switch gear and other electrical equipment. As a result, the box structure of the locomotives was also designed somewhat differently.

E 63 01 to 04 and 08

In 1935, AEG delivered four machines using E 18 engines . The gearbox was designed for lower speeds and higher tractive forces. The structure consisted of a long, flat and relatively low front end, the driver's cab above the two rear axles and a short, flat and equally low rear front end. Two locomotives were stationed in Stuttgart and two in Munich . In connection with the electrification of the Nuremberg – Leipzig – Berlin route, further orders were planned, but due to the start of the war , only E 63 08 was delivered. With it, the procurement of electric shunting locomotives in Germany ended in 1940 until today.

E 63 05 to 07

The Krauss-Maffei / BBC consortium supplied three machines in 1935 using E 16 1 engines . Here, too, the gearbox was designed for lower speeds and higher tractive forces. The superstructure consisted of a long, beveled and relatively high front end, the driver's cab over the two rear axles and a short, beveled and equally high rear front end. The three locomotives were stationed in Munich.

German Federal Railroad

All eight locomotives survived the war events with minor damage, were repaired and put back into operation. The E 63 04 and 08 were in Bludenz / Austria, but came back to Germany in exchange for old Austrian locomotives. The E 63 04 and 08 came to Augsburg. From 1952 the E 63 07 was stationed in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In exchange for the E 60 05, the E 63 07 went back to Munich. In 1959 the E 63 05 to 07 came to Augsburg and the E 63 04 and E 63 08 to Stuttgart Hbf , so that all AEG machines were now assembled in Stuttgart; the BBC machines stayed in Augsburg. During the major overhaul carried out in 1960/61, the locomotives were provided with shunting transitions above both buffer beams, there were additional windows in the driver's cab, all windows were framed in rubber, and the paint was red instead of the previous green. In 1968 the E 63 were redesignated as the 163 series; at that time all machines were still in use. In 1977 the 163 002 came to Augsburg to support the 163 005, since at that time all other E 63 had to quit their service. In 1978, after the deadline for 163 005, the 163 002 came to Garmisch-Partenkirchen , where the locomotive was no longer used and was the last of this class to be retired in 1979.

Whereabouts

DB 163 001 in the Stuttgart depot

Four machines from the E 63 series have been preserved (as of 2014):

technical description

The design of the three coupled axles is still very much taken from the E 60 and thus half of an E 91 ; the first and third axles are firmly mounted in the frame and the second has a lateral play of ± 25 mm. With this arrangement, the locomotive could safely negotiate curves of 180 m.

The frame was designed as a plate frame with a thickness of the frame sides of 25 mm. They were stiffened by the two buffer beams, cross-ties and as a casting formed bearing of the blind shaft . The AEG locomotives had ballast weighing 1.2 t. What the locomotives had in common was a spacious driver's cab and a long front section and a short front section made of sheet-metal clad steel frame. The front end of the AEG locomotives was flatter than that of the BBC locomotives.

The connecting rod drive of the Winterthur type was designed to withstand the heavy loads in the shunting service , especially the bearings. The transmission ratio had been prepared differently due to the different drive motors.

The deep-seated oil-cooled main transformer was located under the front porch . On the secondary side it had 14 taps on the AEG locomotives and 13 on those of the BBC . The locomotives from AEG had an E 18 drive motor , the BBC locomotives one of the E 16s . Both were single-phase series motors with excitation , compensation and reversing pole windings . The different motors also required different controls. The locomotives from AEG had a cam switch mechanism that was operated by reversible AC motors . At the travel switch in the cab were the positions on , ride , From and zero , similar to the E 18 present, there were a total of 14 permanent speed steps. The BBC locomotives also had a cam switch mechanism , but one through a rotary magnet with 13 continuous speed levels.

literature

  • Horst J. Obermayer: Paperback German electric locomotives . 7th edition, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1986; ISBN 3-440-03754-1
  • Dieter Bäzold, Günther Fiebig: Railway vehicle archive Part 4: Electric locomotive archive. 6th edition, Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1987; ISBN 3-344-00173-6
  • Ulrich Steuber: Shunting locomotives on the move , in: The DB 25 years ago - 1982 (EK-Special 87), p. 94; ISSN 0170-5288

Web links

Commons : DR series E 63  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Bäzold, Günther Fiebig: Railway Vehicle Archive Part 4: Electric Locomotive Archive. 6th edition, Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1987; ISBN 3-344-00173-6 , description of the E 63, description of the E 63