Post4 Bay 91
| Post4 Bay 91 | |
|---|---|
| Number: | 61 |
| Year of construction (s): | 1891-1897 |
| Genre : | post Office |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 16,424 mm |
| Length: | 14,000 mm |
| Height: | 4,035 mm |
| Width: | 2,700 mm |
| Trunnion Distance: | 10,800 mm |
| Fixed wheelbase: | 2,500 mm |
| Payload: | 8,000 kg |
| Service mass: | approx. 26,000 kg |
| Brake: | Hand spindle brake |
| Train heating: | Furnace heating |
| Coupling type: | Screw coupling |
| Floor height: | 1,272 mm |
The Bavarian Post4 Bay 91 (according to DRG generic conventions ) and Post 4-b / 15 (according to DBP generic conventions) were four-axle bogie mail wagons which, according to sheet no. 123 of the wagon directory from 1897 (sheet no. 198 of the directory from 1913) was the first type of the generation of mail wagons to be built for use in express trains.
development
From 1890, various railway companies - including K.Bay.Sts.B - procured the first four-axle cars for express trains. This also resulted in the need for adequate types of wagons for transporting mail.
procurement
Between 1883 and 1926 a total of 144 four-axle wagons with a uniform, fifteen-meter-long body and diverging equipment were procured. 61 of them belonged to the type according to sheet no. 198. They were built in six lots between 1891 and 1897.
Whereabouts
All cars were taken over by the Reichspost. At the DBP, this type of wagon together with the wagons according to sheet no. 199, 200, 201, 202 and 202a still 71 pieces. All cars of these types were taken out of service by around 1965.
Constructive features
Underframe
The frame of the car was completely riveted together from rolled iron profiles and sheet metal. The outer side members had a lying U-shape with outward-facing flanges. The wagons had VDEV screw couplings as the towing device, and the drawbar was spring-loaded throughout. The wagons were equipped with rod buffers with an installation length of 650 mm, the buffer plates had a diameter of 370 mm. The buffers were exchanged for sleeve buffers during renovations in 1929–1932. Due to the long wheelbase of 10,800 mm, the outer side members were reinforced with trusses.
drive
The cars had Bavarian standard bogies of the type with a 2,500 mm wheelbase riveted together from sheet metal and angles. The axles were stored in split sliding axle bearings. The wheels had spoked wheel bodies of the Bavarian shape 38. The longitudinal suspension springs had a length of 1,130 mm with a cross section of 76 mm × 13 mm. The transverse suspension springs had a length of 940 mm with a cross section of 90 x 9 mm. The longitudinal suspension springs were 9 layers thick, the transverse suspension springs were 5 layers.
The spindle handbrake in the raised brakeman's cab acted on all wheels of both bogies on both sides. The cars were all fitted with Westinghouse brakes.
Car body
The car body framework consisted of a wooden frame work. It was clad with sheet metal on the outside and wood on the inside. The side walls were slightly indented on the underside, the end walls straight. The wagons had a flat arched roof that protruded over the side walls. A skylight structure was placed on the roof, which went directly into the raised brakeman's cab. This was only accessible from the outside on both sides. The wagons all had continuous side walkways and stop bars. The interior was accessed on both sides through two two-part, outward-opening wing doors.
Furnishing
The interior was continuous and without a partition. The packing room was on the side of the brakeman's cab, and the letter sorting room on the opposite side. In the middle of the car there was also the stove that worked on both halves of the car and the toilet. In addition to steam heating, the wagons also had an oven heating system. The lighting was initially provided by gas or gas incandescent lamps. As early as the second construction lot, electrical lighting designs were also installed.
comment
Between 1929 and 1932 a total of seven cars were converted into pure parcel mail cars. They were dismantled in 1947.
Wagon numbers
| Manufacturing data | Car numbers for each era, generic symbols |
landing gear | Furnishing | Additional information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| construction year |
manufacturers manufacturers |
from 1875 | from 1909 (1907) |
Rep. (1919) |
DR (from 1923) |
DRG (from 1930) |
Ausgem. | Brakes | Number Ax. |
Steering axle. |
Bl. | Hz. | Number Abortion |
Number Rooms per type | comment | ||||
| Sheet number. 198 | post Office | Post4 | Post4 Bay 91 | Post 4-b / 15 |
(see legend) |
(see legend) |
B. | D. | G | P | Z | ||||||||
| 1891 | 15 245 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | G | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 246 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 247 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 248 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 249 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 250 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1891 | 15 251 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | in addition to gas, also electric lighting with accumulators | ||||||||||
| 1891 | 15 252 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | G | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 253 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 254 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 255 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 256 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 257 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 15 259 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 260 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 261 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 262 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 263 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 264 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 265 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 266 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1892 | 15 267 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | G | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 268 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 269 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 270 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 271 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 272 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 273 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 274 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 275 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1893 | 15 276 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | G | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 277 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 278 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 279 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 280 | <1913 | no longer listed in the 1913 directory | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 281 | <1913 | no longer listed in the 1913 directory | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 282 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 283 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 284 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 285 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 286 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 287 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 288 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 289 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 290 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 291 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 292 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 293 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1895 | 15 298 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | G; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1896 | 15 299 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1891 | 15 251 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | in addition to gas, also electric lighting with accumulators | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 15 300 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 301 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 302 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1897 | 15 303 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | in addition to gas, also electric lighting with accumulators | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 15 305 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1897 | 15 306 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Electric lighting type Stone | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 15 307 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl; El | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | in addition to gas, also electric lighting with accumulators | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 15 308 | BrH, Wbr | 3 | Ggl | O, D | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 309 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brakes legend | Handbrake types | BrH = brakeman's cab; Pl = handbrake on platform; Fsbr = free seat brake | |||||||||||||||||
| Air brakes | Hnbr = Henry Brake; Kp. = Knorr Brake; Sbr. = Grinder brake; Wbr = Westinghouse brake; Wsbr = Westinghouse quick brake; | ||||||||||||||||||
| Suction air brakes | Hbr = Hardy brake; Ahbr = Autom. Hardy vacuum brake | ||||||||||||||||||
| Legend BL | Types of lighting | P = kerosene lamp; G = gas lamp; Gg = gas incandescent lamp; El = electric lighting | |||||||||||||||||
| Legend HZ | Types of heating | O = furnace heating; D = steam heating; Pr. = Compressed coal heating; L = line only | |||||||||||||||||
| Legend rooms | Types of rooms | B = letter compartment; D = service compartment; G = luggage compartment; P = parcel compartment; Z = customs compartment | |||||||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deppmeyer / Kirsch / Wagner; Small type customer of German rail mail cars
- ↑ Deppmeyer / Kirsch / Wagner; Small type customer of German rail mail cars
- ↑ Deppmeyer / Kirsch / Wagner; Small type customer of German rail mail cars
- ↑ The data are taken from the rolling stock registers of the Royal Bavarian State Railways, drawn up on March 31, 1897 and 1913
literature
- Emil Deppmeyer / Kirch / Wagner: Small type customer of German rail mail cars . 2nd Edition. Transpress Verlag, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-613-71215-6 .
- Emil Konrad: The passenger coaches of the German national railways . 1st edition. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung W. Keller & Co., Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-440-05327-X .
- Vehicle fleet directory of the Royal Bavarian State Railways . (Compiled according to the status of March 31, 1897).
- Vehicle fleet directory of the Royal Bavarian State Railways . (Compiled according to the status of March 31, 1913).