Type C (Timișoara tram)
| Type c | |
|---|---|
| Number: | 14 sidecars |
| Manufacturer: | Tramvaiele Comunale Timișoara |
| Year of construction (s): | 1922 to 1926 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm |
| Length over coupling: | 7500 mm |
| Length: | 6700 mm |
| Width: | 2170 mm |
| Fixed wheelbase: | 2300 mm |
| Empty mass: | 6000 kg |
| Seats: | 18th |
| Standing room: | 21st |
As a Type C a 14 Vehicles comprehensive series of biaxial was sidecar of the streetcar Timisoara in Romania called. The standard-gauge wagons with wooden superstructures were built by the local transport company, then called Tramvaiele Comunale Timișoara (TCT).
history
As a replacement for the worn out type A sidecars - which in turn arose from the Weitzer railcars from 1989/1899 , which were demotorized in the years 1919 to 1921 - the TCT manufactured the vehicles discussed here in the years 1922 to 1926:
| 1922: | 4, 8 and 11 |
| 1923: | 17, 64, 65 and 66 |
| 1924: | 67, 68 and 69 |
| 1925: | 70 and 71 |
| 1926: | 72 and 73 |
After the wagons 01 to 03 from the time of the First World War, the A wagons and the two AII wagons from 1921, the series discussed here was the fourth type of sidecar that was built in-house by the Timișoara tram. In fact, they were replicas of the Weitzer railcars from 1898/1899, which is why the C-cars also had open platforms and lantern roofs . In the case of the C-cars, the Timișoara tram was given two-man car numbers for the first time. This concerned numbers 4, 8, 11 and 17 which were previously occupied by A-cars. In the years 1928 and 1929, four more cars of the successor series CII were built , but they already had closed platforms - albeit with open entrances.
commitment
The C sidecars - mixed with the types A, AII and CII - were used on all lines. All of the two-axle railcars that existed at the time were pre-tensioned for them. These were the series B (from the beginning), D (from the beginning), DII (from the beginning), F (from 1925) and FII (from 1927).
Reconstruction, renumbering and whereabouts
Twelve C-car eventually built the company in the years 1958-1966 as follows pioneer T.5 or railcars R.1 -Beiwagen order, in both cases they received this new steel car bodies and became the mover carriage . In parallel to this renovation program, a major renumbering campaign took place in the spring of 1964. The last eight cars that were not yet converted at the time were assigned the new numbers 3–10, although the new number has only been passed on for two cars:
| 4 : | from spring 1964 new number 6 | ||
| 8 : | from spring 1964 new number 10 | ||
| 11 : | from spring 1964 new numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9 | rebuilt to R.1 in 1964 and renumbered 24 | |
| 17 : | 1958 converted to Pioneer T.5 | from spring 1964 new number 143 | |
| 64 : | Converted to R.1 in 1962 | from spring 1964 new number 21 | |
| 65 : | Converted to R.1 in 1962 | from spring 1964 new number 22 | |
| 66 : | Converted to R.1 in 1963 | from spring 1964 new number 23 | |
| 67 : | from spring 1964 new numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9 | rebuilt to R.1 in 1964 and renumbered 26 | |
| 68 : | from spring 1964 new numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9 | rebuilt to R.1 in 1964 and renumbered 25 | |
| 69 : | from spring 1964 new numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9 | rebuilt to R.1 in 1964 and renumbered 27 | |
| 70 : | from spring 1964 new numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9 | Converted to R.1 in 1966 and renumbered 28 | |
| 71 : | from spring 1964 new numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9 | Converted to R.1 in 1966 and renumbered 29 | |
| 72 : | 1960 converted to Pioneer T.5 | from spring 1964 new number 149 | |
| 73 : | 1960 converted to Pioneer T.5 | from spring 1964 new number 150 |
After the C-cars were originally to be found on all lines, they ran in 1964 - together with the two identical AII sidecars - only on the ring line 7 to Fratelia . It has been operated in one-way traffic since it was switched to ring traffic in 1958, with the sidecars retaining their entrances on both sides. Like the two AII cars, the remaining C cars were designated as Type R.2 from 1964 onwards.
At the end of the modernization program in 1966, only the two cars 6 (formerly 4) and 10 (formerly 8) remained in their original condition. In the same year they were transferred to line 4 in the Mehala , for which the tram company then formed four firmly coupled three-car trains. In two of them, the last two C-cars served as middle sidecars , while the two AII-cars were used for the other two. Car 6 ran from then on between the two F-cars 103 and 104, and car 10 between the two Fa-cars 107 and 108 .
As early as the spring of 1969, the last two C-cars on line 4 were dispensable again and were replaced by the pioneer T.5 railcars 143 (instead of car 10) and 144 (instead of car 6), which at that time were converted into non-powered intermediate trailers. The tram company then converted both cars for the 100th anniversary of the horse-drawn tram in July 1969 , because the original horse-drawn tram was no longer available at the time. To do this , the side windows were removed from them - like on a summer wagon - and two horses each were harnessed for use in the anniversary parade. Furthermore, the wagons were given a new roof sheeting that covered the original lantern roof . Instead of their previous company numbers, they bore the inscription 1869 1969 and below it the property feature TCT. One of the two cars was then scrapped, while the other was used again as a horse-drawn tram car on the 110th anniversary in 1979. In 1989 this was still there, but was later scrapped as well. So not a single one of the 14 C-cars was preserved.
literature
- 60 de ani de la înființarea tramvaiului în Timișoara, monograph 1869–1929 . Timișoara 1929.
- Vasile Deheleanu, Sabin Indrieşu: Monografia întreprinderilor electromecanice municipale Timişoara . Timișoara 1944.
- 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.