Thu 56
Thu 56 | |
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Numbering: | 001-105 (Berlin) |
Number: | 105 |
Manufacturer: | Waggon construction Bautzen |
Years of construction: | 1957-1959 |
Retirement: | 1974 (Berlin) |
Engine type: | EM6 |
Power: | 88 kW (120 PS) |
Displacement: | 9,036 cm² |
Coupling: | Single-disc dry clutch |
Transmission: | 5-speed gearbox |
Brakes: | 2-circuit compressed air |
Suspension: | Leaf suspension |
E-system: | 24 V |
Length: | 10,005 mm |
Width: | 2,550 mm |
Height: | 4,080 mm |
Seats: | 52 |
Standing room: | 20th |
Empty mass: | 10.4 t |
Payload: | 4.6 t |
Under the designation Do 56 leading Berlin Transport in East Berlin a 105 double-decker buses full vehicle series. Smaller numbers of cars went to Leipzig , Halle , Magdeburg , Rostock , Dessau , Merseburg , Stralsund , Zwickau and Hoyerswerda . As the successor to the Do 54, the cars were the last new development of a double-decker bus in the GDR .
commitment
Like its predecessor, the Do 54, the Do 56 is based on the IFA H6 truck model . In contrast to the Do 54, the superstructures are no longer made of wood, but of steel . Visually, the Do 56 differs from the Do 54 in that the front panels extend into the sides. In addition to 105 buses that were delivered to BVG-Ost, a smaller number also went to various transport companies in the GDR. A copy was in 1959 together with two tractor biplanes type dosa as a gift to the Soviet Union delivered, where they were used after their arrival in the Moscow city traffic. In 1963, the back entrances, which were previously open, were closed by a folding door on all cars.
By 1974 the remaining 104 wagons were decommissioned, some of which were then acquired by private individuals and continued to be used as gazebos . Two of the vehicles are now in the inventory of the heritage preservation association Nahverkehr Berlin (DVNB), of which the 088 bus is available as a roadworthy copy for special trips. Car 010 was owned by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe until 1997 and was registered as a technical monument in the Treptow district monument list in 1978. It has been temporarily suspended since 2005.
literature
- Berlin Heritage Preservation Association V. (Hrsg.): Historic local transport vehicles in Berlin and Brandenburg . GVE, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89218-027-X , p. 88 .
- Sigurd Hilkenbach: The use of the East Berlin Do 56 in Moscow . In: City traffic . 1961, p. 229 f .
- Hans-Joachim Hütter: The DO 54/56 double-decker buses . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . Issue 06, 1978, pp. 86 ff .
- Ivo Koehler: whereabouts of the double-deck buses and DO54 Do56 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . Issue 02, 2003, pp. 21st ff .
- Carl W. Schmiedeke: DO 54 and DO 56 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . Volume 11, 1975, pp. 223 ff .
Web links
- Double-deck omnibus Do56 car 010. Monument preservation association Nahverkehr Berlin e. V., archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; Retrieved June 14, 2010 .
- Michael Frenzel: Thu 56. Retrieved June 14, 2010 .
- Markus Jurziczek from Lisone: Omnibus Berlin. Thu 56. In: Berliner Verkehrsseiten. Retrieved September 1, 2012 .