Small train Philippsheim-Binsfeld 1–2
| Small train Philippsheim-Binsfeld 1–2 | |
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| Number: | 2 |
| Manufacturer: |
Heilbronn serial numbers 370 and 371 |
| Year of construction (s): | 1899 |
| Retirement: | 1965 |
| Type : | C n2t |
| Gauge : | 750 mm |
| Length over buffers: | 6,400 mm |
| Length: | 5,350 mm |
| Height: | 3,400 mm |
| Width: | 2,100 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 1,900 mm |
| Empty mass: | 16.5 t |
| Service mass: | 21 t |
| Friction mass: | 21st |
| Wheel set mass : | 7 t |
| Top speed: | 25 km / h |
| Indexed performance : | 110.4 kW (150 PS) |
| Driving wheel diameter: | Locomotive 1: 850 mm Locomotive 2: 840 mm |
| Control type : | Heusinger control |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 300 mm |
| Piston stroke: | Locomotive 1: 430 mm Locomotive 2: 420 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 12 bar |
| Grate area: | 0.7 m² |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 38.6 m² |
| Water supply: | 1.9 m³ |
| Fuel supply: | 0.9 t |
| Brake: | Hand block brake later vapor barrier |
The tank locomotives Kleinbahn Philippsheim-Binsfeld 1–2 were built by the Heilbronn engineering company for the Kleinbahn Philippsheim – Binsfeld . They were in use from 1899 until they ceased operations in 1965.
The locomotives kept their numbers under the management of the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . Both locomotives were preserved as memorials after the railway line was dismantled.
History and commitment
The only locomotives of the Philippsheim – Binsfeld small railway were ordered by the government master builder Höschele, who was the construction manager of the General German Small Railway Company and the leaseholder of the small railway.
The three-axle wet steam locomotives with the serial numbers 370 and 371 are internally designated by the manufacturer as Type VIIa . During operation in passenger and freight train services, with the driver's cab always facing towards Philippsheim , there were never any attempts to replace the locomotives with other types of vehicle. It is noteworthy that there were gradients of up to 30 ‰ on the route and the trains did not have a continuous brake . The locomotives received a vapor barrier only later .
Smaller repairs to the locomotives were carried out in the Binsfeld locomotive shed , larger repairs in the Andel plant of the Mosel Railway. The Trier branch of the Koblenz steam boiler association was responsible for boiler tests .
The log book for locomotive 2 has been preserved. After that, the locomotive was parked for 337 days from 1931 to 1932 and 435 days from 1941 to 1944. From the beginning of July 1965, locomotive 1 was no longer operational, so that locomotive 2 had to handle operation on its own until it was decommissioned. The number 1 is now in the historic Gerolstein depot, locomotive 2 was erected as a memorial at the former locomotive shed in Binsfeld. It has a weatherproof roof.
technical description
The locomotives were built according to type series VIIa from the Heilbronn mechanical engineering company . The locomotive manufacturer, who had started building construction and industrial locomotives in 1859, had developed unit types early on in order to keep production continuously in the event of fluctuating sales figures.
The number of units built in this series is not known. The locomotives were equipped with an outer frame, the three cast iron disc wheels with steel bandages were driven by the drive and coupling rods via Hall cranks . They were equipped with a cylindrical sandpit with a straight cover plate and had a split smoke chamber door and rectangular cab windows. The suspension was designed with leaf springs above the wheels and the frame .
The steam engine works according to the wet steam process . It is controlled with Heusinger type flat slides , which were almost straight.
A pulsometer could be used to take water from a stream or well on the way. Further equipment features were a steam jet pump of the Strube type for an output of 80 l / minute, a hand-held sand spreader, a lubricating oil press and a bell of the Latowski type . Initially, the locomotive had kerosene lighting , which was replaced in 1961 by electrical lighting with a turbo generator . The machines only had a throw lever brake, a vapor barrier was retrofitted only later . With a central buffer coupling with a draw hook and chain, driving through narrow curves was possible without any problems.
See also
literature
- Lothar Riedel: The Philippsheim-Binsfeld small train . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1999, ISBN 3-933613-03-5 , pp. 44-49 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lothar Riedel: The small train Philippsheim-Binsfeld . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1999, ISBN 3-933613-03-5 , pp. 44-49 .
- ^ Forum about both locomotives