LAW Tr4
| LAW Tr4 | |
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 Tr 4, around 1939
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| Numbering: | LAW Tr4 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Wismar wagon factory |
| Year of construction (s): | 1937 |
| Retirement: | 1947 |
| Type : | A1 dm |
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 10,300 mm |
| Length: | 9,400 mm |
| Height: | 3,140 mm |
| Width: | 2,520 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 5,160 mm |
| Top speed: | 55 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 48 kW (65 hp) |
| Motor type: | 1 × four-stroke diesel engine |
| Power transmission: | mechanical with Mylius gear |
| Brake: |
Indirect brake handbrake |
| Seats: | 32 + 12 folding seats |
| Standing room: | 26th |
| Classes : | 3. |
The railcar LAW Tr4 of the small web empty Aurich-Witt mouth (LAW) was a diesel railcar type Friesland the waggonfabrik wismar . The vehicle was in operation for ten years and was completely destroyed by fire.
history
The type Friesland from the Wismar wagon factory was named after the first person who ordered the vehicle. It was procured for the small railroad because the Wismar rail buses had too little space. In terms of size, the railcar is between the Wismar rail buses and the Frankfurt type . The car was equipped with a balancing lever coupling for narrow-gauge railways and could take sidecars.
There were no other Friesland vehicles .
vehicle description
The body had four windows with a bevel on the upper side of the front wall and short entry spaces.
The railcar was powered by a 65 hp diesel engine that was connected to a Mylius gearbox , which delivered the power to an axle of the chassis. The machinery was built under the floor of the car.
The interior of the vehicle consisted of the entry areas and the open-plan compartment in between. It offered 32 passengers in a 1 + 3 seating arrangement. The railcar was equipped with a roof rack. The driver's workplace was on the right-hand side and sat on a seat similar to a bicycle saddle.
commitment
The railcar was the last car of the Leer – Aurich – Wittmund small railway procured before the Second World War . In 1940 he was with the Wismar railcar SK3 on LPG converted -drive. These two cars were the only operational internal combustion railcars well into the world war.
During the night of February 6th to 7th, 1947, when a fire broke out in the Aurich railcar shed, the railcar was completely destroyed together with the Wismar SK3 rail bus.
literature
- Hinrich Rudolfsen, Wolf-Jobst Siedler: The Leer-Aurich-Wittmund small train . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1997, ISBN 3-927587-46-X , p. 123, 127 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Designation "Tr4" according to photo
- ↑ a b Contributions to the history of locomotives and railways. Kreisbahn Leer-Aurich-Wittmund. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Hinrich Rudolfsen, Wolf-Jobst Siedler: The small train Leer-Aurich-Wittmund . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 1997, ISBN 3-927587-46-X , p. 64-67 .