TE T1 and 2
| TE T1 and 2 | |
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 Factory photo
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| Numbering: | TE T1 and 2 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Manufacturer: | mechanical: MAN electrical: AEG |
| Year of construction (s): | 1898 |
| Retirement: | T2 1961 |
| Axis formula : | Bo |
| Genre : | C PW 2L |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 10,000 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 4,000 mm |
| Service mass: | 14,700 kg |
| Friction mass: | 14,700 kg |
| Wheel set mass : | 7,350 kg |
| Continuous output : | 2 × 50 kW |
| Power system : | 600 V = |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | 2 |
| Brake: | el. resistance brake spindle hand brake |
| Seats: | October 2nd / 3rd 20th |
| Standing room: | 14th |
| Classes : | 2nd / 3rd |
The TE T1 and 2 are two - axle standard - gauge electric multiple units of the Trossinger Eisenbahn (TE) for their route from Trossingen train station to Trossingen city .
Together with the EL4 electric locomotive procured in 1902, both railcars were the only railcars on the Trossinger Railway for 40 years , which in the early years was called the Trossinger connecting railway . The TE T2 was scrapped in 1961, the TE T1 continued to be used as a work car. In 1990 the vehicle was historically refurbished. It is located as a museum vehicle at the Freundeskreis der Trossinger Eisenbahn e. V. and is used for special trips.
history
Three years after the Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft started electrical operation with the 360 and 361 railcars on the Meckenbeuren – Tettnang local railway , the Trossingen Railway also relied on this type of traction. Since there are 42 ‰ inclines to overcome in places on the short branch line , only electrical operation was considered at that time. With the railcars TE T1 and 2 three trailer cars were procured.
Technical improvements were soon made to the vehicles. In 1938, the TE T3, an approximately four times as powerful railcar, came on the line, which from then on handled heavy goods traffic. The T1 and 2 were only used for passenger transport. When in 1956 another railcar was procured with the TE T5 , they were parked. The TE T2 was scrapped in 1961, while the TE T1 was retained as a work car . For this purpose, he had a large snow shovel, an assembly platform for overhead line work in place of the second pantograph and a large tank for weed control .
For the 125th anniversary of the trade association of the city of Trossingen in 1990, it was decided to restore the two vehicles from the early days to their original condition. The TE T1 car is nicknamed the Zeug Christe and is one of the oldest operational electric vehicles in the world.
construction
Both cars were two-class when delivered, each with a 2nd class compartment for ten people and a 3rd class compartment for 20 people. There were also standing places for 14 people. A little off-center between the two passenger compartments was a baggage and mail compartment with a large sliding door. Due to the short driving distance, there is no toilet.
The base was a riveted steel structure. The car body was made of wooden profiles and clad with sheet metal on the outside. Originally the boarding areas were open and the engine driver performed his duties behind a windbreak. At an unknown point in time, the two open entry platforms on which the driver's cab was located were closed with a trapezoidal porch and two doors. They were delivered in a fir green paint, later they were given a two-tone paint in blue / beige.
The mechanical part is manufactured by MAN . The electrical equipment, which consisted of the vehicle control system and the two four-pole traction motors designed in tatzlager design , came from AEG . The motorization of the railcars of 2 × 50 kW enabled trailer loads of 80 tons downhill and 30 tons uphill. Initially, the railcars had a pantograph with a roller on the roof . In 1927 these were replaced by two Lyra pantographs before two double pantographs were finally installed in 1951 . For a museum refurbishment, the T1 was again completed with two Lyra pantographs.
literature
- Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges: German small and private railways. Volume 3: Württemberg . Eisenbahn-Kurier, Freiburg 1995, ISBN 3-88255-655-2 .
- Trossingen Railway . In: railway magazine . No. 10 , 1989, ISSN 0342-1902 , pp. 30-34 .
Web links
- Website about the Friends of the Trossinger Eisenbahn e. V. with mention of T1 / 2
- Photo of the TE T1 on track images
- Photo of the TE T1 on Railroadpictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Internet page about the T1 of the Trossinger Railway
- ^ Photo of the T1 as a special car
- ↑ a b c Photo of the T1 after the refurbishment
- ↑ a b c Trossinger Eisenbahn , in: Eisenbahn-Magazin , 10/1989, pp. 30–34
- ^ Photo of the T1 / 2 from the 1930s
- ^ View of the railcar from the first few years
- ↑ View of the railcar from 1927
- ↑ View of the railcar from 1951
