GBS 58… 1195
| B 03/26 "Convertible Cars" |
|
|---|---|
| Numbering: | 58 II –157 II , 1154 II –1163 II , 1176–1195 (GBS) , 178 (WBV) 1088–1218 (BSt / BVG) |
| Number: | 131 sidecar |
| Year of construction (s): | 1902-1904 |
| Retirement: | 1932-1935 |
| Axis formula : | 2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 9640 mm |
| Length: | 9200 mm |
| Width: | 2150 mm |
| Fixed wheelbase: | 2600 mm |
| Empty mass: | 6.6 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 3.3 t |
| Wheel diameter: | 817 mm |
| Brake: |
Solenoid brake (service brake) Crank brake (parking brake) |
| Coupling type: | Albert coupling (after 1920) |
| Seats: | 22nd |
| Standing room: | 39 |
| Floor height: | 960 mm (interior) 720 mm (platform) |
| State 1928 | |
Also known as the "Convertible Cars" ( changing carriage hereinafter) sidecar with the numbers 58 ... 1195 the Great Berlin tram (GBS), were a series of 130 sidecar, which were delivered from 1902 to 1904. The Westliche Berliner Vorortbahn (WBV) received another car , which classified it under the number 178.
history
The “Convertible Cars” were the second sidecar series procured for the electric operation of GBS. The cars were based on the GBS summer cars delivered from 1898 to 1900 . Unlike these, the new wagons were designed for year-round operation. While the cars drove open in the summer months, the windows were used for the cold season. The cars had open entry platforms and were painted in the GBS color scheme (fir green / ivory).
| Construction year | Number (GBS / WBV) |
Number (BSt) |
Number window |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 1154 II -1163 II | 1188-1197 | 8th |
| 1186-1195 | 1208-1217 | ||
| 1903 | 1176-1185 | 1198-1207 | 6th |
| 1903/04 | 58 II -157 II | 1088-1187 | 8th |
| 1904 | 178 | 1218 | 6th |
As with the summer-winter wagons designed later, operating the wagons proved to be cumbersome, as the vehicles were not available twice a year due to the conversion. The Berliner Straßenbahn (BSt), the successor company of the GBS, therefore took the step of equipping the cars with closed platforms and using permanent windows in 1926. For test purposes, some sidecars, including the 1097 (ex GBS 67 II ) and 1106 (ex GBS 76 II ), were converted into railcars . These received bent pantographs , line number boxes and directional signs.
In the second half of the 1920s, the Berlin tram operating company gradually phased out the cars with the addition of new vehicles. Some of the retired vehicles are said to have been used as work vehicles. In 1934, the remaining wagons were given the designation B 03/26 according to the BVG type code . In May that year, the last 63 sidecar were in a allotment of the BVG in the Cyklopstraße in Wittenau set up as gazebos. The last cars were removed there in 1986. Car body 1103 (ex GBS 74 II ) was located in Wilhelmsruh in 1989 , where it served as a shed. It could be recovered with the help of the Märkisches Museum , which provided the owner with a metal shed as a replacement. The car has since been in the vehicle collection of DVN Berlin and is waiting to be refurbished.
literature
- Siegfried Münzinger: Tram profile. Episode 7 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . 22nd year, no. 9 , 1975.
- Lothar Schwarz: Summer sidecar of the Great Berlin Tram . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . 8th year, no. 5 . Berlin 1981.
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Münzinger: Tram profile. Episode 7 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 9 , 1975, p. 187 .
- ↑ a b Lothar Schwarz: Summer sidecar of the great Berlin tram . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . No. 5 . Berlin 1981, p. 105-109 .
- ↑ The Berlin tram fleet. II. Sidecar . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 11 , 1969, p. 192-199 .
- ↑ Michael Günther: End of the line in the flowerbed. A chapter in tram history in Wittenau . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . No. 2 , 2009, p. 30-41 .
- ↑ Reinhard Demps: Gazebo 1103 from Wilhelmsruh. Expansion for the "BVG Historical Tram Car Collection" . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . No. 2 , 2009, p. 42-43 .