Osterwieck-Wasserleben Railway T 01
| OWE T 01 | |
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 original state
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| Numbering: | T 01 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | OWE workshop in Hornburg |
| Year of construction (s): | 1930 |
| Retirement: | 1965 |
| Type : | Floor |
| Genre : | BCivT |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 14,800 mm |
| Height: | 4,000 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 8,500 mm |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | originally 110 HP after conversion 150 HP |
| Wheel diameter: | 1,000 mm |
| Motor type: | Büssing |
| Power transmission: | electric |
| Brake: | Compressed air brake type Knorr |
| Seats: | 57 |
The OWE T 01 was a combustion railcar of the Osterwieck-Wasserleben Railway . It was built in the company's workshop in Hornburg by converting it from a type Bi 33 passenger car. Later, the railcar was also used as a tow railcar and retired in 1965 after an engine failure.
history
As a result of the global economic crisis , the Osterwieck-Wasserlebener Eisenbahn was to be introduced to railcar operations in 1930. In order to avoid development costs, the then head of the machine technology department, Hans Ahrens, had a conventional passenger train car converted into a diesel-electric powered rail car in the OWE workshop .
Since the power of the railcar was ample, a passenger or baggage car could be taken along. Therefore, from June 1930 on, freight and passenger train services were separated, which led to an improvement in passenger train services with shorter travel times. The savings in operating costs amounted to 380,738 marks in 1929 and 230,696 marks in 1933. The simple diesel-electric drive system based on the GEBUS system was convincing. It was easy to use, the driver was not distracted by any switching operations.
After the Second World War, the railcar remained in Hornburg . Its indestructibility on the now divided and thus shortened route was given here with the nickname of old Adenauer . In 1963 the generator caught fire . The car was rebuilt with the interior removed. From 1964, the railcar was only used as a towing car, with two passenger cars being added for use in passenger transport. In 1965 the engine broke. The railcar was then cannibalized and scrapped.
technical description
The basis for the conversion was a two-axle type Bi 33 passenger car with closed end platforms. Two rooms in the passenger compartment were converted into a narrow machine compartment. In it, the diesel-electric drive system was set up according to the GEBUS system transversely to the direction of travel. The machine system was mounted on a base frame made of profiles and sheet metal and originally consisted of an 81 kW (110 PS) diesel engine from Büssing and the traction generator from GEBUS. Both machine parts were connected by a torsionally elastic rubber swivel disc. The power transmission took place via the two traction drive motors in a pawl bearing design .
The conversion was easy and only took a few weeks, and the cost was 33,000 Reichsmarks . Thanks to the savings in operating costs, the conversion costs were already paid for after two years of operation.
literature
- Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the northern Harz foreland. Verlag Dirk Endisch, 2004, ISBN 3-936893-11-X .
- Verkehrstechnik magazine , 1932
Web links
- Data sheet about the vehicles of the OWE with mention of the OWE VT 01
- Website about the Reichsbahn multiple units with a brief mention of the OWE VT 01
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Photo of a Bi33 passenger car at the Hasetal Railway Friends
- ↑ Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the northern Harz foreland. Verlag Dirk Endisch, 2004, ISBN 3-936893-11-X , page 29
- ↑ a b c d e Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the northern Harz foreland. Verlag Dirk Endisch, 2004, ISBN 3-936893-11-X , page 58
