Row suit
A row suit is a train composition built according to the Rowan system . The design goes back to the Irishman William Robert Rowan , who developed it as director of the Danish wagon factory Scandia A / S in Randers . He had the first passenger car supported on the locomotive's chassis. This increased the axle loads on the tractor and with it the stability. Rowan was also the inventor of Rowan's steam powered rail car . However, the rowan suit locomotive is usually an electric locomotive, so a rowan suit does not necessarily include a rowan car.
In Sweden, in the southern, relatively densely populated part of Skåne, five steam-powered railcars ( Ångspårvägar in Swedish ) were built. These were railway lines that were built as cheaply as possible for reasons of cost. Lighter rails were used and steam railcars were used in train operations according to this system. In addition to his duties, the conductor also performed that of the stoker. The railcars could carry a few freight or passenger cars. These included the Tomelilla – Simrishamn railway and the Börringe – Anderslöv railway .
Use with mountain railways
In this system, there is a usually two-axle locomotive on the valley side that pushes a passenger car up the hill. The passenger car only has its own wheels on the mountain side, on the side facing away from the locomotive, and is supported on the same on the locomotive side.
In Switzerland, the following railways were operated with such rowan suits:
- Gornergratbahn
- Jungfrau Railway
- Brunnen-Morschach-Axenstein Railway
- Lauterbrunnen – Mürren cable car on the Grütschalp – Mürren section
In addition, the Schwabenbergbahn operated in Budapest with rowan suits.
The Jungfrau Railway announced in October 2007 that it would hand over its last Rowan suit to the Kerzers / Kallnach Railway Museum. It was in Kallnach until April 2017, now it is in the Kořenov Rack Railway Museum. Another row suit of the Jungfrau Railway can be seen in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Jungfrau Railway's rowing suit is retiring. (No longer available online.) Www.jungfrau.ch, October 16, 2007, archived from the original on January 10, 2014 ; accessed on January 10, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ Swiss Railway Review, issue 6/2017 (page 274)
