KSH T1

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KSH T1
Original state
Original state
Numbering: KSH T1
Number: 1
Manufacturer: Talbot wagon factory in Aachen
Year of construction (s): 1936
Retirement: 1957
Axis formula : B'2 '
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over coupling: 10,900 mm
Length: 10,350 mm
Height: 3,500 mm
Width: 2,700 mm
Trunnion Distance: 7,050 mm
Bogie axle base: MD: 2,150 mm
LD: 1,800 mm
Empty mass: 12,500 kg
Top speed: 50 km / h
Installed capacity: 81 kW (110 PS)
Motor type: KHD A6M 317
Motor type: Six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine
Power transmission: mechanical with TAG gear
Train brake: Knorr-type compressed air brake as block brake
Coupling type: Balance lever coupling
Seats: 32
Standing room: 34
Classes : 3.

The four-axle railcar KSH T1 of the Kleinbahn Selters – Hachenburg was built in 1936 by the Talbot wagon factory in Aachen . The railcar was the only one on the Kleinbahn and was only used on its route. Shortly before the entire company was shut down, it was involved in an accident and was retired in 1957. The whereabouts are unknown.

History and commitment

In order to make passenger traffic on the Kleinbahn more economical, the Kleinbahn company purchased this railcar from the Talbot wagon factory in Aachen.

After a thorough overhaul of the superstructure and a simultaneous increase in the maximum speed to 40 km / h, the travel time with the railcar for the entire route could be reduced from 80 minutes to 60 minutes. The number of people transported doubled to 49,881 in the first year of its operation. In 1938 103,931 tickets were sold, in 1941 there were even 212,000.

In heavy traffic, the railcar carried a sidecar, for which it was equipped with an air brake. The passenger traffic was operated until the end of the Second World War , but with constantly decreasing transport numbers. There was a plan to convert the railcar to liquid gas due to the shortage of fuel . On the other hand, the railway supervisory authority had concerns about fire protection.

In 1951 the Herschbach – Hachenburg section was shut down and dismantled, the railcar only drove the remaining section from Selters to Herschbach. The number of passengers carried continued to fall due to increasing individual traffic and bus routes introduced by the small train company.

The railcar was involved in accidents several times. In 1948, he collided with a truck at a level crossing . In 1952 and 1954, too, he collided with a car at level crossings. In 1954 he hit the obstacles that had been laid on the tracks. In 1956 the T1 ran into a steam locomotive and was severely damaged. A reconstruction would have incurred high repair costs and a new engine would have had to be procured. The railcar was then taken out of service and the car body was sold to a private person as a weekend home. His whereabouts are not known. A diesel locomotive and three passenger cars were purchased from the Rendsburger Kreisbahn for the remaining traffic, which handled all operations until 1960.

Technical features / equipment

The car body was a wooden structure that was clad with sheet metal on the outside. In addition to the passenger compartment, there were two driver's cabs, which were separated by partition walls with sliding doors. The outside doors were also sliding doors. The car had a roof rack with a ladder, luggage nets above the side windows, electric ceiling lights and sun protection curtains. The seating arrangement was 3 + 1, which meant that the centrally mounted diesel engine, which partially protruded into the passenger compartment, could be covered by a bench seat.

The diesel-mechanical machine system consisted of the six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine KHD A6M 317 and a TAG gearbox from Deutsche Werke Kiel . A motor bogie was driven by a cardan shaft. The other bogie was a running bogie. The exhaust system was installed on one side of the car on the railcar roof.

The car was heated by the cooling water from the diesel engine. The railcar had an on-board system for 24 V and was equipped with a balancing lever coupling. Originally the roof was painted aluminum, the base black, the upper part of the box between the windows ivory and the lower part dark red. Shortly before it was retired, it had been given a new paint job with a black frame, red car body and gray roof.

literature

  • Willi Merzhäuser: The small train Selters-Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9
  • Rolf Löttgers: The railcars of the Deutsche Werke Kiel , Uhle and Kleimann, Lübbecke 1988, ISBN 3-922657-61-3

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willi Merzhäuser: The little train seltzer Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 26
  2. ↑ a b Willi Merzhäuser: Die Kleinbahn Selters-Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 29
  3. ↑ a b c d Willi Merzhäuser: Die Kleinbahn Selters-Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 52
  4. ↑ Willi Merzhäuser: The little train seltzer Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 34
  5. ↑ Willi Merzhäuser: The little train seltzer Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 44
  6. ↑ Willi Merzhäuser: The little train seltzer Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 45
  7. ↑ a b Willi Merzhäuser: Die Kleinbahn Selters-Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 51
  8. ↑ Data sheet about the Kleinbahn Selters-Hachenburg with mention of the T1
  9. ↑ Willi Merzhäuser: The little train seltzer Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 27
  10. ↑ Willi Merzhäuser: Die Kleinbahn Selters-Hachenburg , Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-921679-72-9 , page 32