Lindnerwagen (Karlsruhe tram)
| Lindner car | |
|---|---|
| Numbering: | 51-69 |
| Number: | 19th |
| Manufacturer: | Waggonfabrik Lindner / Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft , Siemens-Schuckertwerke |
| Year of construction (s): | 1899-1900 |
| Retirement: | 1931-1959 |
| Axis formula : | Bo |
| Type : | Two-axle tram railcar |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 9,470 mm |
| Length: | 8,615 mm |
| Width: | 2,100 mm |
| Bogie axle base: | 2,500 mm |
| Empty mass: | 11.0 t |
| Service mass: | 14.2 t |
| Top speed: | 25 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 2 × 18 kW, later 2 × 26 kW |
| Power system : | 750 volts direct current |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | two |
| Drive: | DC motor |
| Brake: | Block brake, short circuit brake |
| Control: | Slip ring travel switch with crank |
| Coupling type: | Trumpet clutch |
| Seats: | 20th |
| Standing room: | 27 |
The Lindner wagons , together with the Herbrand wagons, were the first trams used on the electric tram in Karlsruhe . Due to their low engine power, the vehicles were replaced by more modern railcars and retired from 1931.
construction
mechanics
The vehicles were designed as two-axle, two-way railcars with a rigid chassis in standard gauge . The car bodies, made of wood and clad with sheet metal, initially had open platforms that were glazed between 1910 and 1913. By converting them to closed platforms, the vehicles were lengthened from 8,615 mm to 9,470 mm. The passenger compartment had two wide and one narrow windows on each side. The roof was designed as a lantern roof . The trams were equipped with trumpet couplings for carrying sidecars . The passenger compartment was equipped with longitudinal benches on the outside and offered space for 20 people. The destination and line number were indicated by badges on the platform, later by roof signs and line lanterns.
technology
The electrical equipment was supplied by the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft and consisted of two catenary motors with 18 kW power each, slip ring travel switches and a roller pantograph for power transmission from the overhead line. Between 1910 and 1913, the weak AEG engines gave way to new SSW engines with an output of 26 kW. In 1913 the roller pantographs were replaced by lyre pantographs and in 1936/37 by scissor pantographs .
Coloring
The vehicles were originally painted with green ribbon windows and a gray body . The vehicles were repainted as part of the delivery of the trams known as Nürnberger and were given a white ribbon of windows and a yellow car body.
history
procurement
After the AEG had taken over the Karlsruhe horse-drawn railway, in addition to the 27 Herbrand cars, a further 19 railcars were ordered from the Lindner wagon factory for pure overhead line operation .
Conversions
- 1910–1913 conversion to closed platforms.
- 1910–1913 Installation of new underframes.
- 1910–1913 Installation of the new electrical equipment.
- 1913 conversion to lyre bar.
- 1933–1936 conversion to pantograph.
commitment
The railcars were used on the external routes from the Durlacher Tor to Durlach and from the Mühlbuger Tor to Mühlburg, to the Rhine port and to the Kühlen Krug. In order to reach their operational routes in the west of the city, the overhead power units had to be towed through the city center by the Herbrand wagons on their way to and from the depot in the mornings and evenings . After the city center was electrified in 1903, they also ran on the inner-city routes between Durlacher Tor, Mühlburger Tor, Moltkestrasse and the train station.
Retirement and whereabouts
While the wagons initially handled the bulk of the traffic with the Herbrand wagons and the Nuremberg wagons, from 1913 they were pushed into subordinate services by the new, more powerful residence wagons . The weak motorization of the railcars always restricted the use of sidecars, so that they were mainly used on less frequented lines.
After enough residence and mirror cars had been delivered, the first vehicles were withdrawn from 1931. Five cars were sold to Posen in 1940 , the rest were withdrawn from service by 1959. Some cars were used as work cars for a few years.
numbering
The cars were redesigned between 1908 and 1910 in the course of the conversion to closed platforms and more powerful engines in 28, 29, 40-56, the order being lost. Wagons used as power trains were given vehicle numbers between 394 and 411.
literature
- Manfred Koch (Ed.): Under power. History of local public transport in Karlsruhe. Badenia Verlag, Karlsruhe 2000, ISBN 3-7617-0324-4 ( publications of the Karlsruhe City Archives 20).
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany. Volume 6: Bathing. EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1999, ISBN 3-88255-337-5 .
- Modellisenbahn-Club Karlsruhe eV: Our rail vehicles. Self-published, Karlsruhe 1968.