WLE VT 1 and 2
| WLE VT1 and 2 | |
|---|---|
| Numbering: | VT1 and 2 VT1001 and VT1002 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Manufacturer: | DWK Kiel |
| Year of construction (s): | 1928 |
| Axis formula : | 1A |
| Length over buffers: | 13,600 mm |
| Length: | 12,300 mm |
| Height: | 3,760 mm |
| Width: | 2,980 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | originally 7,000 mm after conversion 8,000 mm |
| Smallest bef. Radius: | 140 m |
| Service mass: | 23,600 kg |
| Top speed: | 45 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | originally 81 kW (110 PS) after conversion 132 kW (180 PS) |
| Wheel diameter: | 850 mm |
| Motor type: | Originally TIVa after conversion KHD AA8M517 |
| Motor type: | Originally six-cylinder four-stroke petrol engine after conversion of eight-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine |
| Rated speed: | originally 1,000 / min after conversion 1,500 / min |
| Power transmission: | mechanical with TAG gear after hydraulic conversion |
| Tank capacity: | 500 l |
| Brake: |
Indirect brake as a block brake hand brake |
| Seats: | 39 + 6 folding seats |
| Standing room: | 20th |
| Floor height: | 1,350 mm |
| Classes : | 3. |
The combustion railcars VT1 and 2 of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn were manufactured in 1928 by the German works in Kiel . They were purchased to rationalize passenger transport and were used as railcars until 1958. Then they were converted into driveless control cars and were in operation until the 1970s.
history
The railcars were put into operation in 1928 with the DWK serial numbers 160 and 161. They were among the first private railcars in West Germany. They were initially used on the Münster – Neubeckum railway line . The operating costs were almost half that of other railways. At times they performed services on the Borken – Burgsteinfurt railway line .
In 1935 and 1937, respectively, both cars were equipped with a diesel engine and redesignated. After the war, both cars were modernized again with newer diesel engines, whereby the wheelbase was enlarged. With the delivery of new railcars, the cars were only used on the Münster – Warstein route, then used as reserve vehicles and finally parked. In 1958 they were converted into control cars and continued in operation into the 1970s. By 1974 both cars were scrapped.
Constructive features
The vehicles belonged to the few of the German works in Kiel with two axles. In 1954 the wheelbase was increased by one meter and the running gear was designed with steering axles .
The car body was made of all-steel construction as a rivet construction. The roof was made of galvanized sheet steel. The inside of the side walls below the window parapet were made of pine wood with linoleum covering, above that made of polished plywood, the floor of the car consisted of 30 millimeter thick pine planks. The passenger compartment originally consisted of a third class compartment with wooden seats, the seat divider was 3 + 2. It was joined at the ends by the boarding rooms where the driver had his place of work. A total of 39 seats were available. In addition, there were six folding seats in the driver's cabs. The doors in the tapered ends were designed as sliding doors. In 1954 the passenger compartment was redesigned; An additional compartment of the 2nd carriage class with eight seats was installed, at the same time the luggage compartment was omitted. With this conversion, the vehicles received a transition door in the front wall.
The machinery was rebuilt several times. The cars were delivered with a DWK benzene engine and a mechanical TAG gearbox . In 1935 and 1937 210 hp diesel engines were installed, although the type or make is not known. In 1954, she received her third mechanical equipment in the Lippstadt workshop with the KHD AA8M517. The power transmission was converted to a hydraulic transmission. The running gear was changed and at the same time the regular pulling and buffing device was replaced by a Scharfenberg coupling .
The names of the vehicles changed several times. In order to avoid confusion with other WLE vehicles, only the first and the last designation are given. The roofs were painted an aluminum color, the base frames black, the upper part of the box between the windows ivory and the lower part dark red. After 1954 they had the usual WLE color combination in signal red with several horizontal white stripes.
literature
- Rolf Löttgers: The railcars of the Deutsche Werke Kiel . Uhle and Kleimann, Lübbecke 1988, ISBN 3-922657-61-3 .
- Friedrich Risse: The diesel locomotives and railcars of the WLE, Volume 2 . DGEG Medien, Hövelhof 2011, ISBN 3-928959-28-X .
Web links
- Vehicle register of the vehicles of the WLE with mention of the VT1 and 2
- Article about the railcar VT1 on loks-aus-kiel.de
- Article about the railcar VT2 on loks-aus-kiel.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Friedrich Risse: The diesel locomotives and railcars of the WLE, Volume 2 . DGEG Medien, Hövelhof 2011, ISBN 3-928959-28-X , p. 179 .
- ↑ Rolf Löttgers: The railcars of Deutsche Werke Kiel . Uhle and Kleimann, Lübbecke 1988, ISBN 3-922657-61-3 , p. 139 .
- ↑ a b Vehicle register on the vehicles of the WLE with mention of VT1 and 2
- ↑ Friedrich Risse: The diesel locomotives and railcars of the WLE, Volume 2 . DGEG Medien, Hövelhof 2011, ISBN 3-928959-28-X , p. 183 .
- ↑ Friedrich Risse: The diesel locomotives and railcars of the WLE, Volume 2 . DGEG Medien, Hövelhof 2011, ISBN 3-928959-28-X , p. 181 .
- ↑ a b Rolf Löttgers: The railcars of Deutsche Werke Kiel . Uhle and Kleimann, Lübbecke 1988, ISBN 3-922657-61-3 , p. 140 .