City tram Freiburg 1 to 27

1-27
Car 8 in 1901
Numbering:	1-27
Number:	27
Manufacturer:	Hannoversche Waggonfabrik (HAWA)
Year of construction (s):	1901
Retirement:	1944-1954
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over coupling:	8020 mm
Width:	2000 mm
Empty mass:	9.0 t
Hourly output :	2 × 10 kW = 20 kW
Power system :	600 volts direct current
Power transmission:	Overhead line
Seats:	16
Standing room:	15th

The car 1-27 of the Municipal Tramway Freiburg were 27 from the hannoversche waggonfabrik biaxial produced (HAWA) tram - railcars in two-way design . They were delivered in 1901 and were the first vehicles on the Freiburg im Breisgau tram . In the mid-1950s, the scheduled use in passenger service ended, car 2 remained as a museum car.

history

History and procurement

In 1898 the decision was made to replace the previous horse-drawn buses with an electric tram. The former Freiburg municipal tram ordered 27 two-axle railcars from HAWA as initial equipment for the electric ones. The vehicles arrived in Freiburg in August 1901 and were therefore available for test drives even before the official opening on October 14 of the same year. The fleet at that time was supplemented by four also two-axle sidecars.

commitment

Cars 1 to 27 could each take 31 passengers, 16 of them seated on two wooden longitudinal benches. The two-axle vehicles received an ivory-colored paintwork and a teak paneling on the side with a metal city ​​coat of arms . Another special feature was the use of a lyre pantograph , while elsewhere mostly roller pantographs were still to be found.

During the morning rush hour , up to 18 railcars were in operation on the four Freiburg lines, the remaining nine were available as a reserve. After the delivery of 13 more railcars with the road numbers 28-40 in 1907 and 1909, respectively, they took over the service of the heavily frequented lines 2 and 3, while the cars 1 to 27 from now on mainly on the lines 1, 4, 5 and 6 to Use came.

In 1942, due to the steadily increasing number of passengers and the lack of staff, the management of the municipal tram decided to use cars 4 and 5 optionally together with another motor car as a control car for a push-pull train . An "A" was affixed below the vehicle number on both vehicles for better identification. This technology was only used comparatively seldom in trams, well-known examples include the Alexandria tram or the Idar-Oberstein tram, which has been shut down .

In the course of the air raid on Freiburg on November 27, 1944, four vehicles of this series were also destroyed. Car 1 was thrown from the rails by several detonations in the track storage area on Kaiserstuhlstrasse and finally shattered when it hit the ground. Car 7 was in the north depot at the time of the attack and was destroyed as a result of the bombing of this area. Cars 9 and 22 were also badly damaged and had to be scrapped.

In 1948 only 22 vehicles were available after car 23 had to be retired on November 8, 1947 due to a cable fire . The remaining two-axle vehicles in this series had to remain in service until the mid-1950s due to the acute shortage of vehicles. From this time, among other things, trips on line 3 and as electric cars are documented. Only with delivery of the dressing trolley vehicles of the series 1 to 27 retired permanently from from the regular passenger service.

Whereabouts

Car 2 with a GT8K on the occasion of the opening of the Stühlinger Bridge in 1983

Cars 3, 4, 6, 10, 18, 25 and 26 were converted into sidecars in our own workshop, while 12–15, 17, 21 and 27 were used as work cars from then on . Cars 5, 8, 16 and 19 had already been retired and scrapped. Cars 2 and 11 were also used as an advertising tram . In 1960 the converted sidecars 105–111 were finally retired, the last vehicles converted to work cars were withdrawn in 1962.

On the initiative of Thomas Hettinger, car 2 was preserved as a museum vehicle and was exhibited on the first open day of the Freiburg tram in 1965. The vehicle mentioned was also part of the vehicle parade on the occasion of the opening of the new line to Landwasser in December 1983. The vehicle passed into the possession of the Friends of the Freiburg Tramway (FdFS) and is now an exhibit in the southern depot. However, the vehicle can no longer drive on its own and can only be moved with outside help.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dietmar Gemander, Thomas Hettinger: The Freiburg tram. The time before the light rail. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-88255-845-8 , p. 14: The vehicle fleet from the first days of operation.
2. ↑ Dietmar Gemander, Thomas Hettinger: The Freiburg tram. The time before the light rail. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-88255-845-8 , picture no.84
3. ↑ Dietmar Gemander, Thomas Hettinger: The Freiburg tram. The time before the light rail. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-88255-845-8 , p. 37: November 27, 1944.
4. ↑ Dietmar Gemander, Thomas Hettinger: The Freiburg tram. The time before the light rail. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-88255-845-8 , picture no.85 and 89
5. ↑ Dietmar Gemander, Thomas Hettinger: The Freiburg tram. The time before the light rail. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-88255-845-8 , p. 53: List of vehicles
6. ↑ Description on fdfs.de