List of rolling stock of the Lawabahn
The list of rolling stock on the Lawabahn gives an overview of the rolling stock used on the Lawabahn in Suriname . Steam locomotives were initially used there, but in 1954, rail buses with diesel engines were used for passenger transport:
Steam locomotives
No. or name | piece | Construction year | Manufacturer | Service weight | Remarks | image |
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1-6 | 6th | Borsig | 16 t | Serial no. 5339-5344 with box construction like the Semarang-Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij |
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Maabo | 1 | 1905 | Young | 8.5 t | Serial no. PS 820. Low weight because they had to be disassembled and transported across the river by cable car. |
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Kadjoe | 1 | 1905 | Young | 8.5 t | Serial no. PS 889 | |
Gege | 1 | 1908 | Krauss | 16 t | Serial no. 6074. Monument in Onverwacht (2014). | |
Dam | 1 | 1908 | Krauss | 16 t | Serial no. 6075 |
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Para | 1 | 1916 | Backer & Rueb | 17 t | Serial no. 300. Received with two cars in Onverwacht station (2014). |
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1 | Two-axle steam crane |
Diesel railcars
No. or name | piece | Construction year | Manufacturer | power | Remarks | image |
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1 'LS3' | 1 | American make |
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2-4 | 3 | 1954 | Linke-Hofmann-Busch / Büssing | 160 hp | Three car set. Rail bus: 14 1st class seats. 26 2nd class seats. Intermediate car: 56 3rd class seats. End car: 31 3rd class seats and 3 tons of cargo. |
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5 'Ethel' | 1 | Rottenkraftwagen | ||||
6 'Lucia' | 1 | Rottenkraftwagen |
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11-12 | 2 | Motor trolley | ||||
12-13 | 2 | Draisine |
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Passenger cars
No. or name | piece | Construction year | Manufacturer | Remarks | image |
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15th | 1904 | Metallurgique | The passenger cars had a wooden structure with 12 windows each and permanently installed sun protection screens. |
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Buffet dining car |
Freight wagons
No. or name | piece | Construction year | Manufacturer | Remarks | image |
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1-6 | 6th | Metallurgique | Closed freight wagons |
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1-35 | 35 | Metallurgique | Ballast wagon | ||
71-76 | 6th | La Sambre | Tank wagons | ||
3 | Covered wagon |
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1 | Bogie flatbed wagon with private box body |
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100 | Four-axle tank wagons for the transport of kerosene from the port in Paramaribo to the airfield in Zanderij (until 1959) |
Web links
Commons : Lawabahn - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Onverwacht Station - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Photos of the rolling stock on the Nico Spilt website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q NVBS : Op de Rails. Duparc, H .: Recente reisindrukken bij de Landsspoorweg in Suriname. 6-1974.
- ↑ Handelingen the Staten-Generaal. Bijladen. 1923-1924. N °. 5. II. Sur. Hoofstuk L. Land- en Waterwegen en bejbehoorende Werken. ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 22.
- ↑ NVBS : Op de Rails. Luyken, R .: Spoorwegen in Surinam. 9-1961.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Surinam on www.internationalsteam.co.uk
- ↑ www.steamlocomotive.info/...12132
- ↑ Adjama, LS 5
- ↑ Groepsfoto in rijtuig van trein. (Group photo in the railway carriage: meal with the Calkoen couple)
- ↑ Bogie tank wagons
Coordinates: 5 ° 35 ′ 34.4 " N , 55 ° 11 ′ 42.9" W.