Neuss Railway
The Neuss railway (NE) is a public railway infrastructure companies (EIU) and public railway company for freight (PSC), based in Neuss . Neusser Eisenbahn is part of Neuss Düsseldorfer Häfen GmbH & Co. KG . The original field of activity is the service of the regional area of the industrial and commercial areas in the Central Hafen Neuss and its surrounding area. In addition, NE offers train services on public route networks such as international block train connections in combined transport. It also carries out cooperation transports with other railway companies and operates locomotives on railway construction sites. It also offers maintenance of freight wagons and wagon technical examinations. It employs over a hundred people.
Infrastructure
The Neusser Eisenbahn operates the Neuss Hessentor and Düsseldorfer Hafen stations. It includes 80 kilometers of operating tracks and 22 kilometers of private sidings with a total of 276 points. In 2005 the traffic volume was 6.2 million tons.
Locomotives and wagons
To handle the traffic, the Neuss Railway owns numerous locomotives and 78 of its own freight cars.
| Locomotives of the Neuss Railway (04/2008) | ||||||
| number | Manufacturer / serial number | power | Wheel alignment | Construction year | Type | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Krauss-Maffei / 19815 | 515 kW | C. | 1975 | M 700 C | Currently out of order after an accident |
| II | MaK / 700025 | 470 kW | C. | 1978 | G 761 C | |
| III | MaK / 700061 | 500 kW | C. | 1982 | G 761 C | |
| IV | Deutz / 57801 | 808 kW | B'B ' | 1965 | DG 1000 BBM | Sold to Italy in 2018 |
| V | MaK / 1000244 | 956 kW | B'B ' | 1965 | G 1300 BB | |
| VI | MaK / 1000890 | 1180 kW | B'B ' | 1993 | G 1205 BB | |
| VII | Vossloh / 1000906 | 1180 kW | B'B ' | 1997 | G 1205 BB | |
| VIII | Vossloh / 1001113 | 1500 hp | B'B ' | 2001 | G 1700 | |
| 9 | Vossloh / 1001040 | 2240 hp | B'B ' | 2002 | G 2000 | |
| X | MaK / 700060 | 500 kW | C. | 1982 | G 761 C | |
| XI | Orenstein & Koppel / 26929 | 176 kW | B. | 1977 | Köf III | ex DB 335 219 |
| XII | Vossloh / 1000897 | 1180 kW | B'B ' | 1995 | G 1205 BB | |
| 481 005 | Adtranz / 33392 | 5600 kW | Bo'Bo ' | 2000 | TRAXX | rented from Dispolok |
| 481 006 | Adtranz / 33393 | 5600 kW | Bo'Bo ' | 2000 | TRAXX | rented from Dispolok |
| 11 | Windhoff / 260081 | B'B ' | 1991 | RW 110 DH | ||
| 12 | Windhoff / 260084 | B'B ' | 1991 | RW 90 DH | ||
| 14th | Windhoff / 260108 | B'B ' | 1994 | RW 60 DH | ||
| 15th | Zephyr | B. | 2001 | Tractor | ||
| Vollert / 80/090 | 1980 | DR 8000 | ||||
photos
Locomotive V ( MaK G 1300 BB )
Locomotive VIII ( MaK G 1700 BB )
history
After the expansion of the Erft Canal to the port (1837–1839), the upswing in the industrial city of Neuss and increasing handling numbers made an improved connection to the Prussian railway network (1853) necessary. After they rebuilt their route network and terminated the operation of the port railway, the city founded its own ring and port railway in 1905 and built a route network with a connection to the relocated freight station of the Prussian Railway. The handling of coal, ore and wood increased steadily.
Both world wars abruptly ended the boom and destroyed parts of the facilities. They were then rebuilt.
In the second half of the twentieth century, transport sales fell as the transport of food and grain by truck was faster and, above all, cheaper. The transport volume of ores, steel and coal also decreased overall.
At the turn of the millennium, the main task of the Neuss Railway was so-called combined cargo traffic (KLV), i.e. the handling of standardized containers and swap bodies between barges, trucks and railways. After the Deutsche Bundesbahn network opened up , the Neuss Railway found new fields of activity in local freight transport.
At the beginning of 2003, the ports of Neuss on the left bank of the Rhine and Düsseldorf ports on the right bank merged. The Neusser Eisenbahn now operates both track networks, which are connected to one another via a Rhine bridge on the DB route network.
To mark the centenary of the Neuss Railway in October 2004, numerous historic steam and diesel locomotives could be viewed on the tracks of the Neuss Railway. Visitors had the opportunity to explore the port from the perspective of the port railway with a RegioBahn railcar .
