Rühlermoor light railway

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Rühlermoor light railway
Rühlermoor field railway line
Route
Route length: 120 km
Gauge : 900 mm ( narrow gauge )

The Rühlermoor field railway is still operated today (2019) on a 120 km long (2013) rail network with a track width of 900 mm in the Rühle oil field in Bourtanger Moor , near the town of Twist . It is the largest contiguous light rail network in Germany and is used today for peat extraction and oil production.

history

The first light rail tracks were laid in 1913 by the Heseper peat factory. On a longer route to Meppen that went into operation in 1922, public passenger traffic and the transport of goods and general cargo were even limited until 1956. The route initially led to Meppen, where the wagons of the peat curtains were lifted with a cable crane over the Ems to a port and transshipment facility on the other bank of the Ems. The Rühler Moor peat power station was operated from 1926–1974 with black peat delivered via the field railway. The line from Groß Hesepe to Rühle was taken out of service in 1974 after the section leading to Meppen had been closed in 1970.

Klasmann-Deilmann field railway in the provincial moor

In 1927, the Heseper peat factory took over the Verhoeve'schen Torfstreufabriken GmbH Schöninghsdorf and called itself Annaveen GmbH. The networks of the two field railways were connected to one another during the Second World War. After Graf von Landsberg-Velen left Heseper Torfwerk GmbH as a co-owner in 1933, Georg Klasmann became the sole shareholder. In 1971 the two plants were combined to form Klasmann-Werke GmbH. After the merger with the Deilmann company, the company was renamed Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH in 1990.

Today, the route is mainly used by the oil companies ExxonMobil, Gaz de France and Jan Kwade & Sohn to reach more than 200 oil production sites in the Rühlermoor by rail.

Today's operator

  • ExxonMobil Production Germany GmbH (EMPG)
  • Gaz de France Production Exploration Deutschland GmbH / GDF Suez
  • Jan Kwade & Sohn, civil engineering, 49716 Meppen (Rühlermoor)
  • Klasmann-Deilmann peat plant

Former operators

  • West German Oil Pipeline GmbH
  • Brigitta and Elwerath trade unions
  • BEB Erdgas und Erdöl (Brigitta-Elwerath Betriebsführungsgesellschaft)
  • German shaft construction and deep drilling company
  • Deilmann crude oil and natural gas
  • Preussag Energie Rühlermoor

Rail vehicles

Locomotives

operator No. Manufacturer Factory no. Construction year Type power Weight Engine no. colour Remarks
Gaz de France / EMPG 10 Schöma 2615 1962 45 hp 5 t 3328667/69 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 13 Schöma 3396 1972 CHL40G yellow rebuilt
Gaz de France / EMPG 14th Schöma 3397 1972 CHL40G
Gaz de France / EMPG 15th Schöma 4082 1975 CHL20G 29 hp 4 t 5409822 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 17th Schöma 4084 1975 CHL40G 47 hp 6 t 5534314 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 21st Schöma 4247 1978 CHL30G 49 hp 6 t 5788447 yellow rebuilt
Gaz de France / EMPG 22nd Schöma 4251 1978 CHL30G 49 hp 6 t 5776235 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 24 Schöma 4306 1979 CHL20G 29 hp 4 t 5977466 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 25th Schöma 4311 1979 CHL30G 49 hp 6 t 6029222 yellow rebuilt
Gaz de France / EMPG 26th Schöma 4528 1982 CHL30G 36 hp 6 t 6562835 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 27 Schöma 4527 1982 CHL30G 36 hp 6 t 6562834 green
Gaz de France / EMPG 28 Schöma 5377 1993 CHL40G 46 kW 7 t 8312845 White
Gaz de France / EMPG 29 Schöma 5397 1994 CHL40G 46 kW 7 t 8312852 White
Gaz de France / EMPG 30th Schöma 5774 2003 CHL60G 82 kW 12 t 00796040 White
Kwade The MA 4893 1986 DFL30 / 1.9 19 kW 3 t 7230783 blue
Kwade The MA 4894 1986 DFL30 / 1.10 37 kW 6 t 7078108 blue
Kwade The MA 4895 1986 DFL30 / 1.10 37 kW 6 t 7078122 blue
Klasmann-Deilmann 8th Schöma 6317 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 9 Schöma 6318 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 10 Schöma 6319 2009 CHK40G orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 11 Schöma 6320 2010 CHK40G orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 57 The MA 6366 1955 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 58 The MA 6367 1954 DS 30 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 60 The MA 6369 1960 DS 30 orange converted to DFL 60 / 1.1
Klasmann-Deilmann 61 The MA 6370 1963 DS 30/3 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 64 The MA 6373 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 83 Schöma 6392 orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 84 Schöma 6393 1992 CHL40G orange
Klasmann-Deilmann 85 Schöma 6394 orange

dare

There are tank wagons, sword transport low loaders with Schöma bogies, special track construction wagons, tool wagons, rod transport wagons, collapsible and extendable drilling rigs as well as rolling office, recreation and sanitary containers.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans and Brigitte Männel: ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH - Gaz de France, Meppen-Rühlermoor.
  2. ^ A b Frank Pfeiffer: The peat works of Klasmann-Deilmann in 49744 Geeste-Groß Hesepe and 49767 Twist-Schöninghsdorf.
  3. ^ Stefan Kunzmann and Bart Donker: ExxonMobil Production Deutschland, Betriebsplatz 7, 49767 Twist / Emsland, formerly Preussag Energie GmbH.
  4. ↑ a b Ulrich Völz, Bart Donker, Stefan Kunzmann, Helge Deutgen: ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH (EMPG), Gaz de France Produktion Exploration Deutschland GmbH, Jan Kwade & Sohn, civil engineering, 49716 Meppen (Rühlermoor), formerly BEB Gas and petroleum / Preussag.
  5. ^ Frank Pfeiffer: Torfwerke Klasmann-Deilmann Emsland. Overview of all known locomotives.

Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ 55.4 "  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 43.8"  E