Railway accident in Ludwigsstadt

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Crashed freight car that was smashed into a residential building
Debris from the train in front of the Trogenbach Bridge
Crashed car in front of the Trogenbach bridge
Trogenbach Bridge (2005)

In the railway accident of Ludwigsstadt derailed on 18 February 1924 freight train after brake failure and crashed on the Trogenbach bridge on residences of Ludwig city . Two people died.

Starting position

The Trogenbach Bridge on the Hochstadt-Marktzeuln – Probstzella railway line was only passable on a single track from the beginning of 1923 to May 12, 1924 due to construction work - three parts of the iron box construction were exchanged for so-called fish belly girders. There was a speed limit of 30 km / h at the construction site.

The Eilgüterzug 6143 was supported by a steam locomotive of the 17 series drawn. The train consisted of 27 freight cars with 57 axles. Two of the cars were hand-braked. Of the remaining 53 axles, brakes only worked on 40 axles.

In the station Lichtenfels one was brake testing done that successfully passed some cars only after several attempts. During the ascent into the Franconian Forest , the pressure gauge still showed the prescribed pressure in the braking system.

the accident

In the following downhill section of 25 ‰, on the other hand, the pressure dropped rapidly until it ceased completely. When the train pulled into the construction site, it had reached a speed of about 100 km / h. The brake lines were probably iced up and no longer continuous. In front of the Trogenbach Bridge, the train derailed on a construction switch. 21 wagons fell off the bridge with the locomotive and some of them caught fire.

consequences

Two people were killed in the accident. The first victim was the 65-year-old engine driver from Saalfeld who crashed with the train. The second victim was a man from Berlin who was a passenger in one of the luggage vans . Although this car did not fall off the bridge, a coal stove was overturned by the impact when the train was torn apart. The glowing contents of the stove exploded flammable liquids in the car and started a fire.

The stoker from Saalfeld survived the fall from the bridge with serious injuries . With minor injuries from the survived Lichtenfels originating Schaffner and the Bamberger brakeman misfortune, as both could jump off the train in time. The train driver , who was also from Bamberg, was rescued from the burning baggage car, injured.

Although the Trogenbachbrücke leads over residential developments, so that a number of houses were damaged when parts of the falling train hit them, the accident did not claim any victims among the residents of Ludwigsstadt.

Because of the clean-up work, the railway line was completely closed for days. Rail traffic was partially resumed on February 23, 1924.

As a consequence of the accident, an additional brake test was ordered in Steinbach am Wald .

swell

  • Manfred Knappe: 100 years of the Frankenwaldbahn . In: Eisenbahn-Journal special. Special edition 4/1995 = 2nd, revised. and exp. Ed., P. 36ff: New bridge in Ludwigsstadt and the railway accident of February 18, 1924 .
  • Hans Joachim Ritzau: Railway disasters in Germany. Splinters of German history . Vol. 1: Landsberg-Pürgen 1979.
  • Gerd Fleischmann: Die Höllenfahrt des Güterzug 6143. inFranken.de, February 13, 2014, accessed on February 15, 2014 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Ritzau: Railway disasters in Germany. , P. 40.
  2. ↑ a b Ritzau: railway disasters in Germany. , P. 38.
  3. ^ The Trogenbach Viaduct on the official website of the city of Ludwigsstadt. Retrieved February 18, 2014

Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 3 ″  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 15 ″  E