Simmeringer car of the Timișoara tram
| Simmeringer car of the Timișoara tram | |
|---|---|
| Number: | 7 cars |
| Manufacturer: | Maschinen- und Waggon-Fabriks-Aktiengesellschaft Simmering |
| Year of construction (s): | 1872 |
| Axis formula : | 2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
The Simmeringer carriages of the Timișoara tram were a series of Hungarian horse-drawn carriages . The seven freight wagons , which had no company numbers, were procured by the then Temesvári Közúti Vaspálya Részvénytársaság (TeKöVa Rt.) On the occasion of the start of goods traffic on the Timișoara tram network in May 1872 . In contrast to the passenger cars acquired three years earlier , this time the machine and wagon factory stock company Simmering was awarded the contract.
They were small, open flat wagons that cost 920 forints each. They were used to transport the beer kegs from the local beer factory in the Fabric district , which at that time had no rail connection, to Gara Timișoara Nord in the Iosefin district at the other end of the city. This traffic ended with the electrification of the horse-drawn tram in 1899.
From then on, a Simmeringer car served as a tower car for overhead line repairs and was still used as such in the 2000s. The tram company used two more as transport vehicles for internal purposes until at least 1969. One of them still existed in 1995, parked in the outdoor area of the depot on Bulevardul Take Ionescu, but has since been scrapped.
See also
literature
- 60 de ani de la înființarea tramvaiului în Timișoara, monograph 1869-1929 . Timișoara 1929.
- Vasile Deheleanu, Sabin Indrieşu: Monografia întreprinderilor electromecanice municipale Timişoara . Timișoara 1944.
- Dorin Sarca, Gh. Radulovici: Centenarul tramvaielor din Timișoara, monograph 1869-1969 . Timișoara 1969.
- 1869 −1994, 125 de ani de circulație cu tramvaiul în Timișoara, monograph . Timișoara 1994.
- Regia Autonomă de Transport Timișoara, 130 de ani de activitate, 1869–1999, monograph . Timișoara 1999.
- Mihály Kubinszky, István Lovász and György Villány: Régi Magyar Villamosok . Budapest 1999.