Type DII (tram Timișoara)
| Type DII | |
|---|---|
| Number: | seven railcars |
| Manufacturer: | Tramvaiele Comunale Timișoara |
| Year of construction (s): | 1922 to 1924 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm |
| Length over coupling: | 8900 mm |
| Length: | 8100 mm |
| Width: | 2170 mm |
| Fixed wheelbase: | 2880 mm |
| Empty mass: | 9350 kg |
| Seats: | 22nd |
| Standing room: | 21st |
As a type DII a seven vehicles comprehensive series of biaxial will railcars the tram Timisoara in Romania called. The standard-gauge, two-way car with a wooden body was built between 1922 and 1924 by the local public transport company Tramvaiele Comunale Timișoara (TCT).
production
After the 1921 conversion of two small Weitzer railcars into larger D-railcars failed, the Timișoara tram company began in 1922 to manufacture completely new railcars as an alternative. These copies of the type D were designated as type DII to distinguish them from the first series and were the first self-built railcars ever to be built on site. Apart from that, however, the workshop gained experience with building new trailers earlier . So already emerged during the First World War the sidecar 01-03 the guys in the self-made, from 1921 or 1922 then AII and C . The seven DII cars were manufactured as follows, their electrical equipment was used from Weitzer railcars converted to sidecars built in 1899:
| 1922: | 45 |
| 1923: | 47 and 48 |
| 1924: | 49, 50, 51 and 52 |
The first DII car initially had a different number that has not been passed down. Before 1929 it was renumbered to 45 in order to close the previously created gap between the two D-cars that were classified under the numbers 44 and 46. After completion of the DII cars, the more modern Type F was developed in 1925 , which is why no more than seven copies were built. The DII wagons were also the last wagons to be put into service in Timișoara with a roller pantograph , but were fitted with more modern Lyra pantographs as early as 1925 - like all other types .
Mission history and whereabouts
The DII cars were used either solo or with two-axle sidecars of all types available in Timișoara at the time. From the beginning, these were types A , AII and C, and from 1928 also the more modern series CII . Five of the seven DII cars eventually built the company in the years 1959-1964 as follows spacious building cars of the types pioneer T.5 or T1-62 to where they - with the exception of the last modernized - first the numbers kept its donor car:
| 45 : | Converted to T1-62 in 1962 | from 1964 new number 71 |
| 49 : | 1959 converted to Pionier T.5 | from 1964 new number 147 |
| 50 : | In 1961 converted to Pioneer T.5 | from 1964 new number 153 |
| 51 : | Converted to T1-62 in 1962 | from 1964 new number 72 |
| 52 : | Converted to T1-62 in 1964 | new number 77 |
Irrespective of this, the wagons lost their Lyra pantographs in favor of double-arm pantographs between 1956 and 1960 . On the other hand, the two D-cars 47 and 48, which remained in their original condition, were converted into a permanently coupled twin railcar in 1959 , with car 47 losing its pantograph. The double car was needed as an additional reserve train for lines 4 to Freidorf (four circuits), 8 in the Mehala (three circuits) and 9 in the Ronaț (two circuits). At that time there were only ten bidirectional double railcars available for these, i.e. nine of the type FII and one of the type Fa . In 1964, car 47 was given the new number 165 and car 48 was given the new number 166.
The 1966 conversion of the Mehala line - now renamed Line 4 - to three -car trains based on the somewhat younger F-car made the use of the last two DII cars unnecessary. From then on they were used as staff cars, again driving individually . The tram company converted one of the two vehicles into a work vehicle between 1969 and 1973 . Here, analogous to the VS1 freight railcar and snow plow, a two-part sliding door was installed in the middle of the car on both sides; in return, the entry platforms were locked. The converted vehicle was given the designation VS2, where VS stood for vagon de serviciu - that is, company car. The first company car number 2 , however, was in use from 1964 without a car number . The last DII car was used as a work car until the second half of the 1970s.
Of the seven DII cars, only the former 45 car remained as a museum car , even if it was converted as a T1-62 railcar.
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.