Talbot type Taunus
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 Taunus-Tw T 1 on a special trip in Zülpich 2014
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| Number: | 3 |
| Manufacturer: | Talbot wagon factory |
| Year of construction (s): | 1952 |
| Axis formula : | A'1 ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 14,000 mm |
| Height: | 3,560 mm |
| Width: | 2,911 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 8,000 mm |
| Service mass: | 14, t |
| Top speed: | 64 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 106 kW |
| Wheel diameter: | 920 mm (new) |
| Motor type: | Humboldt-Deutz A8L 614 |
| Motor type: | Eight-cylinder |
| Brake: | Hand spindle brake, Westinghouse brake |
| Seats: | 61 + 3 |
| Standing room: | 46 |
The Taunus type is a two-axle internal combustion engine , three of which were manufactured in 1952 in the Talbot wagon factory in Aachen , one of them for the Jülich Kreisbahn (JKB). This vehicle is the only one of the Taunus type that has survived to this day. After the JKB merged into the Düren Kreisbahn and this later into the Rurtalbahn , it was restored in 2009 and has occasionally been used for special trips since then.
history
The Talbot Taunus was produced in 1952 in a small series of three vehicles. A railcar was delivered on March 21, 1952 in red / beige livery to the Jülich Kreisbahn, which started using it on May 10 of the same year between Jülich- Nord and Puffendorf . Since passenger traffic on this route was discontinued in 1971 and traffic was henceforth carried out with buses , the Taunus was only occasionally used for shunting trips with light freight wagons or occasional special trips. In the spring of 1978, the T 1 was parked subject to mandatory inspection, but due to its low mileage, the deadline was again extended by one year. The engine was then removed and, from October 8, 1981, the T1 was used as a VB 1 trailer for special services.
When the Jülich Kreisbahn was taken over by the Dürener Kreisbahn (DKB) on January 1, 1984, they restored the Taunus railcar. He received a new engine, a new color scheme in the blue / white color scheme of the Düren circular path and a large lettering "De Heggeströfer" (the hedge scraper, local name for the small train). On September 24, 1984, the new design of the T 1 was presented to the DKB supervisory board and the press for the first time in Jülich; the participants in a special steam locomotive run the day before were not allowed to inspect the renovated T 1. From this point on, the Taunus was occasionally used for special trips, but was parked inoperable in 1994 at the latest.
In 2003, after the partial privatization of the Dürener Kreisbahn, the newly founded Rurtalbahn GmbH became aware of the vehicle. The railcar was then restored again by apprentices as part of their vocational training in the Talbot plant, which was owned by Bombardier Transportation at the time . The processing was supported by funding from the European Union in the amount of 35,000 euros as part of the LEADER project. The T 1 completed its "second maiden voyage" under its own steam in the summer of 2009 between Düren and Zülpich after a standstill for more than 15 years. During the restoration, the Taunus got its original color scheme red / beige, but now with the Rurtalbahn logo and decorative stripes on the side under the windows. It was also equipped with a train control system necessary for journeys on DB routes , so that it has since been used for special journeys in the Düren area, in particular to Heimbach (Eifel) and Euskirchen ( Bördebahn ). At the 25th anniversary of the Rurtalbahn in September 2018, it was on public inspection of the inside and outside of the central workshop in Düren-Distelrath.
Another Taunus railcar was used by the Meppen-Haselünner Railway as the VT 11. Also delivered in 1952, it ran as a railcar until 1967, then as a sidecar, in 1973 it was sold to the Museum Buurtspoorweg , where it was no longer available in 2015.
From 1954, the type was revised, offered with the same engine, but changed front (windows drawn around the corner), and was in use on several private railways.
Technology and equipment
The car body is designed as a frame construction; the frame is made of profiled iron . The diesel engine manufactured by Humboldt-Deutz and the Mylius reversing gearbox are housed below the frame . Power is transmitted to one of the two wheel sets via a cardan shaft . The drive components are controlled pneumatically .
In the interior of the railcar there are continuous wooden benches on each side of the vehicle; the driver's cab is not spatially separated from the passenger compartment. At one end of the vehicle there is a luggage compartment which is separated from the rest of the vehicle by a partition and which was taken into account when calculating the available standing space. The number of seats is given as 61; there are also three makeshift seats. Electrical lighting and underfloor heating from Pintsch are also installed.
Web links
Historical film recording of a special trip of the T1 on May 17, 1982 as a sidecar in the tow of the JKB diesel locomotive V 35 (departure from JKB station Jülich Nord)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Naß: The Jülich circular path. The history of the Kleinbahn Jülich – Puffendorf . Verlag Schweers + Wall, Aachen 1978, ISBN 3-921679-07-9 , pp. 45-48.
- ↑ a b Jörg Abels: Talbot-Taunus goes on its second maiden voyage. Website of the Aachener Zeitung , August 28, 2009, accessed on March 23, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Reinhard Gessen: Diesel multiple unit VT 212 (VT 1 Jülich Kreisbahn) on gessen.de , accessed on March 23, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Maiden voyage of the Talbot-Taunus rail bus. Website of the district of Düren , accessed on March 23, 2015.
- ↑ Wolfgang Naß: Winter trip on the Jülich circuit on Saturday, January 29, 1983 . Ed .: Interest group for historical rail traffic eV (= information accompanying the special trips of the IHS ). Aachen 1983, p. 7 .
- ↑ De Heggeströfer: Old railcar in new splendor . In: Aachener Nachrichten , local edition Jülich . September 21, 1984.
- ↑ DSO user "Bahnenring" (WDN): Re: Locomotive 146 of the BLE 1983 on the Jülich circular path (17 + 3 pictures). In: Drehscheibe-online.de. April 10, 2017, accessed June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Historical railcar is running again ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on leader-eifel.de , August 26, 2009, accessed on March 23, 2015.
- ↑ Gerd Wolff: German small and private railways. Volume 9: Lower Saxony 1 - Between Weser and Ems. Eisenbahn Kurier Verlag, Freiburg 2005, ISBN 3-88255-668-4 , p. 318
