LEB G 3/3 8
| LEB G 3/3 8 | |
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 LEB G 3/3 Échallens in Blonay
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| Numbering: | 8th |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | SLM |
| Year of construction (s): | 1910 |
| Axis formula : | C. |
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 6 590 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 2,500 |
| Empty mass: | 18.0 t |
| Service mass: | 23.2 t |
| Friction mass: | 23.2 t |
| Top speed: | 30 km / h |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 850 mm |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 310 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 420 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 13 kg / cm² |
| Grate area: | 0.8 m² |
| Tubular heating surface: | 54.8 m² |
| Water supply: | 2.2 m³ |
| Fuel supply: | Coal 0.6 t |
In 1910 the Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher-Bahn (LEB) put a meter-gauge tank locomotive of the type G 3/3 with the road number 8 into service. The locomotive has been preserved and is used for nostalgic trains.
The steam locomotive, built as a single piece with the serial number 2095 by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur (SLM), has a service weight of 23.2 t and a top speed of 30 km / h .
history
After the opening of the route from Échallens to Bercher and the opening of the Nestlé milk powder factory in Bercher, freight traffic increased by leaps and bounds. The two-axle steam locomotives from the 1870s had to be replaced by new locomotives at the beginning of the 20th century due to their age. In 1903 and 1905, the SLM delivered the two identical tank locomotives G 3/3 6 Gros-de-Vaud and 7 Talent . In 1910, the G 3/3 8 twin steam locomotive with Walschaerts control , spindle and Hardy vacuum brakes, which was somewhat more powerful than the G 3/3 6 and 7, followed as a one -off. It was the last new steam locomotive to be delivered to the LEB. With their appearance, the two-axle steam locomotives were retired. Steam locomotives were probably still procured in 1920 and 1921. The G 2 × 2/2 1 to 3 Mallet locomotives built in 1893 by the Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden (EMBG ) were taken over by the Yverdon – Sainte-Croix Railway (YSteC).
Areas of application
After delivery in 1910, the steam locomotive ran passenger and freight trains from Lausanne-Chauderon via Échallens to Bercher . After the electrification of the LEB in 1936, the steam locomotive became redundant and drew in Échallens. From 1941 to 1945 it was stationed as a war reserve in Montbovon as a result of the Second World War .
From 1945 to 1977 the steam locomotive ran on the Bözingen – Mett works near Biel . It was owned by the Renfer woodworks ; it was also operated by its staff and, as far as the small maintenance was concerned, also maintained. From 1967, however, a Tm 2/2 diesel locomotive newly built by Moyse largely took over the works traffic.
In 1973 the steam locomotive briefly ran steam trains on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the LEB. After the main workshop of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in Biel could no longer maintain steam locomotives, the steam locomotive was handed over to the LEB in 1977. Since then, it has been stationed in Échallens operationally again.
Coloring
As of 2015, the steam locomotive is painted completely black.
Whereabouts
The steam locomotive has been running regularly in front of historic trains since 1977, currently between Cheseaux , Échallens and Bercher on its original route network. The C 2 10, B 2 11, C 2 12 and C 2 20 passenger cars as well as the Z 2 5 mail car , which has been converted into a bar car, are available for this purpose.
literature
- Gérald Hadorn, Jean-Louis Rochaix: Voies étroites de la campagne vaudoise. Bureau vaudois d'adresses (BVA), Lausanne 1986, ISBN 2-88125-004-1 .
- Michel Dehanne, Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne, Anette Rochaix, Jean-Louis Rochaix: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 1873-2000. La Raillère, Belmont 2000, ISBN 2-88125-011-8 .
- Jean-Louis Rochaix, Sébastien Jarne, Gérald Hadorn, Michel Grandguillaume, Michel Dehanne and Anette Rochaix: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 2000–2009, 10 ans de modernization. La Raillère, Belmont 2009, ISBN 978-2-88125-012-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Ziegler: Bieler Strassenbahnen - Tramways of Biel Switzerland; Biel municipal tram, Biel municipal transport company, Biel-Meinisberg-Bahn, Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn. Gut Vorhard, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villingen 1977, ISBN 3-85649-027-2 , description of pictures 258 and 259 (Renfer works area)
- ^ Werkbahn of Drahtwerke AG, as well as Renfer AG. Biel Mett - Bözingen In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar, accessed on May 18, 2015.
- ^ Peter Willen: Locomotives and railcars of the Swiss railways. Volume 2: Private railways in Western Switzerland and Valais . 2nd, revised edition. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01474-3 , p. 24 LEB G 3/3