ELNA 1

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ELNA 1
ELNA 1 (Südzucker AW) .jpg
Number: 1-2
Year of construction (s): 1927-1931
Axis formula : C.
Type : C h2t
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Fixed wheelbase: 3,000 mm
Total wheelbase: 3,000 mm
Top speed: 45/50 km / h
Driving wheel diameter: 1,100 mm
Number of cylinders: 2
Piston stroke: 550 mm
Boiler overpressure: 12 bar

ELNA 1 is the designation for a tender type of locomotive for private and industrial railways, according to the standards of the E lengthier L okomotiv- N ormen- A OMMITTEE ( ELNA ) was built. The machine has the axis arrangement C and is designed for light road service.

The only documented example of this rare type is in the exhibition holdings of the Adorf railway depot . Another machine is based on the ELNA 1 design.

WZTE 8 / WZTE 350 / Südzucker 3 / LAG Hof 3

The locomotive was built by Hanomag in Hanover in 1931 and delivered to the Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Eisenbahn (WZTE) as locomotive no.8. In 1949, WZTE renamed the machine as no.350. The new number corresponded to the numbering scheme of the Lower Saxony State Railway Authority .

In 1951 the Zuckerfabrik Franken GmbH, Ochsenfurt / Main acquired the locomotive and designated it as No. 3. In 1964 the locomotive finally came to Südzucker - Süddeutsche Zucker-AG, Regensburg plant and was again listed as No. 3. It was shut down by Südzucker Regensburg in 1971.

The sugar factory sells the unique specimen to a private person from Hof. It was intended as a museum locomotive on the Höllentalbahn in the Franconian Forest , which was planned by the Local Railway Working Group (LAG) Hof. The machine was first parked in the Hof Bahnbetriebswerk . It was an exhibit at the 16th BDEF Association Day from May 31 to June 3, 1973 in Hof. From 1982 the ELNA 1 was back in the engine shed at Marxgrün station . In 1999 she came to the Vogtland Railway Association in Adorf (VEA) at the Adorf depot . It is currently being completely overhauled there (2016/17).

Theag 2 / DR 89 6280 (variant)

Another locomotive is based heavily on the ELNA 1 design. It is the C-coupler built in 1927 at the Hohenzollern locomotive factory with the serial number 4600, which was delivered to the Boizenburg city and port railway . In 1933 she came to Neuhaldensleber railroad as # 2. From 1934, it belonged to the inventory of Osterwieck water Lebener Railway until on August 28, 1940 to the Thuringian railway AG came and (Theag) as no. 2 on the Ruhlaer railway used was . In 1950 the private railway was nationalized. The Deutsche Reichsbahn then ran the machine as 89 6280. On April 15, 1965, the DR decommissioned the locomotive.

literature

  • Karl-Ernst Maedel, Alfred B. Gottwaldt: Deutsche Dampflokomotiven , Transpress, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-344-70912-7
  • Klaus-Peter Quill, Jürgen Ebel: Private railways in the GDR, owned by the Reichsbahn since 1949 ; Kohlhammer 1982, ISBN 3-17-007518-7

Web links

Commons : ELNA 1  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Quill, Klaus-Peter, Ebel Jürgen; Private railways in the GDR owned by the Reichsbahn since 1949; Kohlhammer 1982; P. 93, ab. 77
  2. http://www.lokomotive.de/lokomotivgeschichte/privatbahnen/d_owe.htm
  3. http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?17,1410237,1410237