TN VT1-4

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TN 1-4
Numbering: TN : 1–4
BHE : T 176
Number: 4th
Manufacturer: DÜWAG Uerdingen
Year of construction (s): 1934
Retirement: until 1968
Axis formula : B'2 '
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 15,940 mm
Height: 3,585 mm
Width: 2,970 mm
Trunnion Distance: 9,800 mm
Bogie axle base: Machine
bogie 2,900 mm running bogie 2,200 mm
Total wheelbase: 12,350 mm
Service mass: 23,000 kg
Top speed: 60 km / h
Installed capacity: originally 99.5 kW (135 PS)
after conversion 103 kW (140 PS)
Wheel diameter: 900 mm
Motor type: 1 × KHD A6M517
Motor type: Six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine
Power transmission: mechanical with TAG gear
Brake: Compressed air brake type Knorr
Seats: 60
Classes : 3.

The railcars TN 1-4 of the Tecklenburger Nordbahn (TN) were built in 1934 by the Uerdingen wagon factory . They were lightweight vehicles.

history

Tecklenburger Nordbahn VT1–4

In 1934 the Tecklenburger Nordbahn received four brand-new four-axle railcars from the Uerdingen wagon factory. The very modern vehicles were painted red / cream, had 60 3rd class seats and were intended for sidecar operation. For this they had front sides with transition doors.

The last car of the series, No. 4, was badly damaged in an air raid in World War II and from then on served as a spare parts donor.

The railcars 1 and 3 received new engines in 1951. In 1958 they were modernized. The roof cooler was omitted. Instead, a low-lying radiator grille was installed on the machine side and the front face redesigned, which now only contained two windows without a transition door. Railcar 2 was not converted.

In 1962, railcar 1 was sold to the Buxtehude-Harsefelder Eisenbahn , where it was given the number T 176 . The remaining vehicles were in service until 1968 and were then taken out of service and scrapped.

BHE T 176

The Buxtehude-Harsefelder Eisenbahn bought railcar 1 as a replacement for the BHE T 160 which was destroyed in an accident . The motorization turned out to be too small for the desired use as a towing car .

The railcar stayed with the BHE until 1965 when it collided with a truck at a crossing that was secured with a flashing light and was trying to force the right of way. It was then dismantled in the autumn of the same year and sold as scrap in individual parts.

Constructive features

The railcars were the first with a self-supporting body, but had no corrugated side walls. The significantly reduced window pockets prevented rust damage from rainwater. These design principles did not become common practice until after World War II. They had transition doors on the front sides for the transition for the staff in the sidecar. The bogies were designed differently, the motor bogie was longer than the running bogie.

The railcar was equipped with a diesel-mechanical drive system; the engine was from KHD and originally made 135 hp. The TAG gearbox was used for power transmission . In 1951, railcars 1 and 3 received new engines from the same manufacturer with slightly greater power. In 1958, the roof radiators were removed from these two vehicles and instead a deep radiator grille was installed in the front of the drive side. In addition, the transition doors were removed and two rubber-framed windows that were smaller in height were installed on the front sides. The new side windows were more rounded and provided with skylight openings.

literature

  • Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges: German small and private railways. Volume 6: North Rhine-Westphalia northeastern part . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2000, ISBN 3-88255-664-1 , p. 176-179 .
  • Dieter-Theodor Bohlmann: A small train on the Lower Elbe - Buxtehude-Harsefelder Eisenbahn , Verlag Ingrid Zeunert, Gifhorn 1988, ISBN 3-924335-10-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photo of a railcar in its original version at www.bundesbahnzeit
  2. ^ Photo of a rebuilt railcar, Joachim Schmidt Railway Foundation
  3. ↑ a b Dieter-Theodor Bohlmann: A small train on the Lower Elbe - Buxtehude-Harsefelder Eisenbahn , Verlag Ingrid Zeunert, Gifhorn 1988, ISBN 3-924335-10-9 , page 75