Otto von Bismarck's saloon car
| Saloon car | |
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 Exterior view, Nuremberg Transport Museum
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| Number: | 1 |
| Year of construction (s): | 1871 |
| Retirement: | 1898 |
| Axis formula : | 2 |
| Genre : | (WS) |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 9,000 mm |
| Seats: | 9 + 1 loungers |
The lounge car Otto von Bismarck is now part of existence of the Nürnberg Transportation Museum .
history
The saloon car was a gift from the Association of German Railway Administrations , an association primarily of German private railways . The association first sent a delegation to Otto von Bismarck to ensure that he would accept such a gift. It is not known whether Bismarck had or was able to influence the design of the passenger car . The car was handed over to him on January 14, 1872.
The official reason for the donation was his services to the founding of the German Empire in 1871. It was also a gift from the lobby organization of the private railways to the relevant German politician in order to influence him in the beginning discussion about the nationalization of the private railways.
The home station of the car was Friedrichsruh station . Immediately after Otto von Bismarck's death in 1898, the car came into the collection of the Royal Railway Museum in Nuremberg (today: Nuremberg Transport Museum). It was the first original vehicle in the museum's collection to be shown to the public since 1899. The car was damaged in World War II and then partly looted. During a restoration in the 1950s, the stolen equipment was replaced and damaged items were replaced. As a result, the vehicle hardly shows any traces of use that it used to be and looks brand new.
description
The exterior of the car was hardly distinguishable from that of a high-end passenger car . It was done in the same dark green tone.
The car has five rooms: almost half is taken up by the salon. It takes up the entire width of the car and entrance doors - without a vestibule - lead directly in at the end of the car. At this end of the car there are sideboards in the salon with hot plates that were fed directly from the train's steam line, where food could be kept warm. At the head of the salon, a door in the middle leads into a short passage in the middle, on the right and left of which there is a toilet and a washroom. The following room, which again extends the width of the entire vehicle, contains a couch on one side and a desk with an armchair on the other. The other end of the car closes off an entry area, which in turn has entrances from both sides, three seats for staff, and a cooling compartment that is let into the floor and covered by a carpet. It was to be filled with ice and was used to cool drinks, including wine. Most of the furniture in the car is made of dark mahogany .
use
Bismarck often used the car for trips between Berlin and his Friedrichsruh Palace near Hamburg , for trips to his Varzin estate and for vacation stays in Bad Kissingen and Bad Gastein . Trips by family members are also occupied. Usually, the car was on a scheduled trains running express appended who then lodged an unscheduled stop times when Bismarck wanted off or climb. The journey as a separate special train , however, was rare. The saloon car had its best-known appearance - also through images in the daily press - when Otto von Bismarck drove from the Lehrter Bahnhof in Berlin to Schloss Friedrichsruh on March 29, 1890 after his dismissal as Chancellor by Kaiser Wilhelm II .
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- Labeling on the object in the Nuremberg Transport Museum