Krauss steam bus
| Krauss steam bus | |
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| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Krauss |
| Year of construction (s): | 1882 |
| Retirement: | only briefly in operation |
| Axis formula : | B'2 ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Installed capacity: | 100 hp |
| Cylinder pressure: | 12 atü |
| Radiant heating surface: | 31 m² |
| Operating mode: | steam |
| Seats: | 67 |
| Classes : | 2nd and 3rd |
The Krauss steam bus was a double-decker steam powered rail car that was built by Krauss under the serial number 1181 for the Bavarian State Exhibition of 1882 in Nuremberg.
At the end of the exhibition, the unique piece was handed over to the Royal Bavarian State Railways for testing, which used it in the Würzburg and Bamberg areas . The steam railcar was only used briefly and was not taken over by the state railways.
The steam railcars had the B'2 ' wheel arrangement, so one pair of axles was driven by connecting rods . The boiler was transverse, the gross operating weight was 28 tons. Stephenson regulator and brakes could be operated from both ends. The vehicle had 67 seats on two levels, with the second car class on the lower level and the third car class on both the lower and upper levels.
literature
- Krauss-Maffei AG and German Museum Munich (ed.): Locomotives in the German Museum. Munich, no year (circa 1977).
- Deutsche Reichsbahn: A hundred years of German railways. Anniversary publication for the 100th anniversary of the German railways . Berlin 1935, p. 245, ill. Next to p. 248.