Industrial line Halle (Saale)
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| Route length: | 1.2 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 3.6 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The industrial line , most recently the official VEB Maschinenfabrik Halle connection line, in Halle (Saale) was a narrow-gauge connection line for connecting several factories in the south of the city to the standard- gauge Halle port railway . The length of the industrial line was 1.2 km.
history
The narrow-gauge industrial railway was opened on February 13, 1895. It initially connected seven factories as a branch line with the standard-gauge port railway. For this purpose, a depot with a trolley pit was built at the Turmstrasse intersection . The industrial railway ran with its tracks in very tight curves in some cases into the production halls. Like the Hafenbahn, the railway was operated by Halleschen Hafenbahn AG , which merged with the Halle-Hettstedter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in 1897 .
In 1949 the railway was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn . In 1980 there were still connections to factories 1 and 3–5 of the Halle machine factory. The railway was last operated on July 8, 1991, and a week later there was a special trip for railway enthusiasts. The track system was dismantled from spring 1992.
Route
The industrial station in Halle (Saale) most recently had a trestle and trolley pit as well as a locomotive shed . The locomotive shed is now used by businesses after renovations. From the train station, the route initially ran to the right along Turmstrasse in a northerly direction, crossed Lutherplatz to the west of the water tower south and then followed Turmstrasse to Pfännerhöhe. Here the train reached its end point on the grounds of the machine factory in Halle (Plant 1).
Locomotives
Initially, two small two-axle (coupled) wet steam locomotives of the Lenz type x manufactured by Hagans in Erfurt in 1894 were used. They had the company numbers 3x and 4x, with the Deutsche Reichsbahn the numbers 99 5801 and 99 5802. After the boiler deadlines were expired, de locomotives in 1966 and 1967 were retired and scrapped. Thereafter, the operation with the two diesel locomotives 100 903 and 904, from 1973 199 003 and 004 (first occupation), of the type LKM Ns 3 , which in turn went out of service in 1984.
In 1983, two Kö II shunting diesel locomotives were converted for meter gauge operation in the RAW Halle and used on the industrial railway from 1984 until they were closed. The locomotives were given the numbers 199 003 and 199 004 in a second occupation - the two previous machines were given the numbers 199 991 and 992 until they were retired.
In contrast to the central buffer couplings usually used on narrow-gauge railways, the Halle locomotives only received a long coupling rod that was connected to the trestles or trolleys.
Trolleys / trolleys
Originally only roll stands were used to transport the standard gauge wagons. In addition, transport on trolleys was introduced from 1985 . For this purpose, a trolley pit was converted into a trolley pit. Remnants of it can still be found at the former industrial train station. Since not all connections could be operated with trolleys, the trolley operation was continued in parallel until the end of operation. The nine trolleys were procured from the Federal Republic of Germany by the Hohenlimburger Kleinbahn through Friedrich Krupp AG .
literature
- Dietmar Franz: The Halle / Saale industrial railway. In: Hirzbergbahn -Infoblatt Heft 50 (2nd quarter 2019), pp. 11-18
- Klaus Kieper, Reiner Preuß: Narrow Gauge Railway Archive. Transpress, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-71405-2 (reprint of the 2nd edition 1982), pp. 229-231
- Holger Neumann: The last days of the Halle / Saale industrial railway. In: Werkbahnreport No. 19 (2018), pp. 20–31
- Holger Neumann: Industrial Railway Halle / Saale - Supplements. In: Werkbahnreport No. 20 (2019), pp. 36–42
Web links
- Photos from the operating time
- Information on the Halle (Saale) industrial railway including the provisional service instructions dated August 11, 1987 with a sketch of the location