LMH 15
| LMH 15 | |
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 Monument 2015
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| Numbering: |
LMH 15 BSM 15 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: |
AEG (manufacture no.4029) |
| Year of construction (s): | 1928 |
| Retirement: | 1980 |
| Axis formula : | Bo |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 6,840 mm |
| Length: | 5,540 mm |
| Height: | 3,560 mm (roof edge) |
| Width: | 2,800 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 2,500 mm |
| Service mass: | 36.5 t |
| Friction mass: | 36.5 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 18.25 t |
| Hourly output : | 2 × 121 kW (2 × 165 PS) |
| Power transmission: | electric |
| Power system : | 800 V = |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | 2 |
| Brake: |
Indirect brake type Knorr, hand brake |
The LMH 15 is a two-axle industrial locomotive of the AEG , which was manufactured in 1928 and used in shunting and factory traffic on the Kleinbahn Langenfeld-Monheim-Hitdorf (LMH) - since 1963 railways of the city of Monheim (BSM).
The electric locomotive was in use by the company until the end of electrical operation. The locomotive is erected as a memorial in the city center of Monheim am Rhein .
History and commitment
Because the transport volume on the railways of the city of Monheim rose sharply in the 1920s, the railroad needed stronger and heavier locomotives. The LMH 15 was put into service in 1928 as the last electric locomotive for freight transport .
The locomotive could move trains with a load of 500 t. When it was commissioned, the compressed air brake was also introduced on the railways of the city of Monheim.
The heavy handover trains to the Shell refinery , which was the main area of application for the locomotive, were carried with a leader by the LMH 14 if required . In order to be better perceived when driving through narrow streets, it was given an orange-yellow paint job and special signaling devices such as a rotating beacon and a bell. Until the end of electrical operation, it carried the main load of freight traffic.
The locomotive was then placed on a playground in Leverkusen , and later it was returned to the BSM by exchanging it. After it had been repainted green in the Opladen repair shop , it was erected as a memorial in 1995 on the depot and in 2001 on Rathausplatz in Monheim.
technology
The locomotive was designed in direct current technology and equipped with a pantograph . The two traction motors with 121 kW each were traction motors in the cradle .
In addition to a handbrake, the locomotive had a compressed air brake and was equipped with a shunting platform on the circumferences at the front. The front section in the driver's cab was designed with wide glazing to improve the driver’s view. The locomotive was later equipped with a shunting radio .
literature
- Stefan Kunig, Gunter Mackinger: The railways of the city of Monheim . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2008, ISBN 978-3-933613-94-3 , pp. 54-55 .
Web links
- Website about the electrical operation at the railways of the city of Monheim
- Photo of locomotive 15 with delivery train, 1979 on eisenbahnstiftung.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Stefan Kunig, Gunter Mackinger: The railways of the city of Monheim . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2008, ISBN 978-3-933613-94-3 , pp. 54-55 .
- ↑ Freight train with double covering at BSM on eisenbahnstiftung.de
- ^ Articles about the locomotives of the BSM with mention of the BSM 15
