Stendal-Tangermünder Railway VT 01
| StTE VT 01 | |
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 VT 137 552
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| Numbering: |
StTE : VT 01 DR : 137 552 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Wismar wagon factory |
| Year of construction (s): | 1932 |
| Retirement: | 1965 |
| Type : | Bo'2 'de |
| Genre : | BCPw4ivT |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 21,000 mm |
| Length: | 8,725 mm |
| Bogie axle base: | 3,500 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 16,355 mm |
| Service mass: | 30,000 kg |
| Top speed: | 50 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 117 kW (160 PS) |
| Starting tractive effort: | 33 kN |
| Motor type: | Humboldt-Deutz |
| Motor type: | Four-stroke diesel engine |
| Rated speed: | 1,100 rpm |
| Power transmission: | electric |
| Brake: | Compressed air brake type Knorr |
| Seats: | 78 |
| Standing room: | 45 |
| Floor height: | 1,240 mm |
| Classes : | 2nd, 3rd |
The railcar StTE VT 01 was a vehicle of the Stendal-Tangermünder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft .
It was procured as a tow car for operation on the small railroad in order to rationalize operations on this line after the global economic crisis . At the time of its construction it was a highly regarded vehicle and featured on numerous advertising posters. The railcar was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR in 1949 as VT 137 552 and was retired after an accident in 1965.
history
After numerous smaller railway companies had made in Germany with the operation of railcars good experience who wanted Stendal-Tangermünde railway company the freight from passenger disconnect. Shortly before the order was placed for the railcar, more than 300,000 people and 320,000 tons of goods were transported each year.
Therefore, a vehicle was created for the private railway company at the Wismar wagon factory whose design was reminiscent of the DR 853… 871 series vehicles that appeared five years earlier . For the drive system, Waggonbau Wismar relied on cooperation partners Humboldt-Deutz for the diesel engine and BBC Mannheim for the electrical equipment.
The developed vehicle had a service weight of 30 t and was able to transport 150 t of trailer load at a speed of 50 km / h. Two older cars from 1910 were converted into sidecars for passenger transport. At the end of 1932, the vehicle was shown during demonstration drives to the company, and it was officially handed over on January 4, 1933. With the new railcar, the Stendal-Tangermünder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft achieved a significant increase in its transport services. While these had declined sharply with the beginning of the global economic crisis, the level of the time ten years earlier was slowly reached again in the mid-1930s.
The railcar was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR in 1949 and designated as VT 137 552 . He was always at home in Stendal . In 1958 the vehicle was involved in an accident and was parked on July 2, 1958. The railcar was then retired in 1965. The scrapping dates are not available. There is a photo of the vehicle in the literature.
technical description
Compared to ten years earlier at the wagon factory Wismar incurred DR 853 ... 871 the service weight was about eight tonnes lighter out, he was sent to the Broad lightweight manufactured. Nevertheless, the vehicle is described as heavy in the literature . With a total service weight of 30 t, the diesel engine and its system accounted for 3.3 t, the electrical equipment required 4.2 t. The diesel engine and generator were placed in the machine bogie, the two traction motors of the vehicle in the motor bogie.
The Humboldt-Deutz diesel engine developed 160 hp at 1,100 rpm. For a short time its output could be increased to 180 hp at the same speed. It was controlled via 16 speed levels, up to an output of 110 hp it worked with 800 / min, up to 140 hp with 950 / min and beyond that with 1,100 / min. The main generator, a DC machine , and the other electrical equipment, consisting of the auxiliary generator and the two traction motors, were manufactured by BBC. The main generator was designed as a self-ventilated component and weighed 1,445 kg. The traction motors, which are also self-ventilated, weighed 930 kg each including the pinion and the gear boxes and were designed as a pawl bearing drive . The models were tram designs of the time. With a wheelbase of 3,500 mm in the bogie, there was enough space to accommodate the traction motor abutments and for their maintenance.
literature
- Rolf Löttgers: Stendal-Tangermünde, as if made for railcars . In: Lok-Magazin . No. 3 , 1998, ISSN 0458-1822 .
- Andreas Knipping: The 6000 series of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. EK-Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-88255-160-7
Web links
- Website with a photo of the VT 137 552
- Photo of the VT 137 552 on the Joachim Schmidt Railway Foundation
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rolf Löttgers: Stendal-Tangermünde, as if made for railcars , in: Lok-Magazin. 3/98, page 81
- ↑ Model of a Wismar railcar from 1928
- ↑ a b c d Rolf Löttgers: Stendal-Tangermünde, as if made for railcars , in: Lok-Magazin. 3/98, page 83
- ↑ a b Andreas Knipping: The 6000 series of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. EK-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-88255-160-7 , page 317
- ↑ a b c Rolf Löttgers: Stendal-Tangermünde, as if made for railcars , in: Lok-Magazin. 3/98, page 82
