DR track motorcycle GKR type 1
The DR-GKR Type 1 Gleiskraftrad (colloquially: Schienentrabi ) is a railway service vehicle that was procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR for route inspections and maintenance work.
history
The vehicles were developed in the late 1950s by Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg , Berlin-Adlershof branch, in order to facilitate route inspections and maintenance. The production of around 100 vehicles took place until 1965 by the Research and Development Plant of the Transport System in Blankenburg (1st series) and the Brandenburg switch factory (2nd series).
With the appearance of the DR series SKL 24 track motor vehicle, the vehicles were retired until the early 1980s.
Nine vehicles are privately owned. The Association of Saxon Railway Friends e. V. organizes tourist trips on sections of the Muldentalbahn between Penig and Rochlitz , which can be booked for those interested. A similar offer is also available on the disused Werdau – Mehltheuer railway line between Werdau West and Seelingstädt ( Werdau Forest Railway ) and between Lommatzsch and Ziegenhain on the Riesa – Nossen railway line , organized by the Förderverein Eisenbahn in der Lommatzscher Pflege e. V.
construction
Road vehicle assemblies were installed, preferably the Trabant P 50 . The engine is a two-cylinder two-stroke engine on a profile steel frame, drum brake with cable pull as a handbrake, aluminum body with fabric top, partly turning device with hydraulic lifting cylinder, as is known from other track motorcycles and ancillary vehicles. The vehicles showed certain differences, also due to the long usage time and repairs by the operators.
Web links
- seemedentrabi.de Website of the Saxon Railway Friends Association
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the rail travels in the Muldental
- ^ Website of the Werzeit Forest Railway
- ↑ Peter Wunderwald, H.-G Heßler: 140 years and no end. In: sächsische.de. April 21, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .