T1-62
A series of nine Romanian tramway units , which were only found on the Timișoara tram , was designated as T1-62 . The standard- setting vehicles with steel structure was built by the local transport company, then still Întreprinderea de Transport Timişoara called (ITT), in the 1960s from older bidirectional railcars with wooden structure around.
The type designation T1-62 is based on the start of production of the vehicles in 1962. T1 stands for Tramvai 1 , Romanian for tram 1 . According to the new designation system introduced in 1964, the T1-62 were then also referred to as T.1 for short . From the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, the name Timiș 1 also appeared. The name given here was not the river of the same name , but the Timiș District , created in 1968 , whose capital is Timișoara . Thus, the railcars were nominally the forerunners of the Timiș-2 series produced from 1970 . However, apart from the production location, they had nothing in common with their successor series.
production
The T1-62 conversion wagons were created - following the pioneer railcars also converted from old wagons - as follows from series B (five), DII (three) and F (one) donor wagons manufactured before 1925 , with the first converted wagons initially kept the numbers of their donor cars and were only renumbered in spring 1964:
| 1962: | 71 72 |
formerly type DII, number 45, formerly type DII, number 51 |
| 1963: | 73 74 75 |
formerly type B, number 38 formerly type B, number 27 formerly type B, number 30 |
| 1964: | 76 77 78 79 |
formerly type B, number 28 formerly type DII, number 52 formerly type B, number 29 formerly type F, number 105 |
Each railcar was assigned a specific sidecar of the identical type R.1 , the association was recognizable by the same final number - for example train 71-21. Because the last two R.1 trailers were not delivered until 1966, two of the nine T1-62 railcars were temporarily used between 1963 and 1966 together with - much older - R.4 sidecars from 1911. Solo performances, however, are not recorded.
The design of the T1-62 model is strongly based on the type V54 large-capacity railcars , which were manufactured by Electroputere in Craiova from 1955 . It shares the front end with them, for example, even though the T1-62 only had one instead of two headlights.
Conversion to twin railcars with single-sided doors
In 1969 the previous ring line 7 was converted into a two-way line, at that time the section Piața Alexandru Mocioni - Piața Veteranilor was abandoned. As a result there was a sudden shortage of two-way trains; the remaining type F and FII cars were needed in their entirety for the other bidirectional lines 3, 4 and 5. For this reason, the ITT decided at the end of the 1960s to adapt part of the T1-62 accordingly.
Therefore, six of the nine T1-62 1969, the three festgekuppelten emerged twin railcars 71-72, 73-74 and 75-76. The six railcars concerned were not coupled one behind the other, but rear-to-rear. However, three railcars had to be converted beforehand to create these teams. This affected cars 72, 74 and 76, that is, the car with the higher order number within the pair.
On the one hand, the two folding doors of these three cars were moved to the other side of the car, and the pantograph was removed from them . From then on, they were also supplied with power from the other car via power cables. However, the roof platforms on which the pantographs were originally mounted were retained. The use of these teams on the bidirectional lines 3, 4, 5 and 7 was only possible because all platforms on the routes in question were on the same side at that time.
End of use
After line 7 was expanded to double track in sections from the mid-1970s, the three rear-to-rear coupled T1-62 double railcars became unnecessary. As a result, from then on they were also used in pure one-way traffic, for example on line 6.
In the second half of the 1970s, the T1-62 were finally replaced by the modern Timiș-2 open-plan trains. Although they were not created until the 1960s, the old age of the donor vehicles in particular must be taken into account - the chassis of certain vehicles dates from before the First World War .
The work car and today's museum car
Only car 71 remained; after the end of scheduled service, it was used as a work car , including as a snow plow and driving school car. The company car was initially called VS2 - vagon de serviciu , Romanian for company car. Since the first half of the 1990s, it has been used without a company number.
For use as a snow plow, it was previously converted into a two-way wagon, the plow was mounted at the rear and could therefore only be used when driving backwards. For this purpose, the vehicle was given a second front end with a second driver's cab. Furthermore, the rear of the two entrances was removed and replaced with an additional window, the doors were in the way of the recess for the plow.
Around 2000 the last representative of the type T1-62 was added to the museum's collection and has since been in the care of the Banat Tram Club ( TCB ). In 2008, car 71 was extensively restored and largely returned to its state of modification in 1962. He got his original interior and the second entrance back, the snow plow was removed. His original company number was not written down again.
literature
- 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.
Individual evidence