Westfalenhütte factory railway
The Westfalenhütte works railway was a standard gauge works and connection railway of the Hoesch Iron and Steel Works ( Westfalenhütte ) which began operations on May 31, 1874, after the plant had existed since September 1, 1871. The narrow-gauge industrial railway of the Westfalenhütte , which had already been opened , remained organizationally subordinate to the machine department of the plant. The narrow-gauge and standard-gauge factory railways of the Westfalenhütte thus existed largely independently of one another as part of the Hoesch railways. This only changed when they were jointly taken over by the Dortmunder Eisenbahn on January 1, 1980. The main purpose of the railway, in addition to handling the transport between the individual parts of the plant, was to connect to the network of the Cologne-Minden Railway and the later Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920 -1945) . Through a contract signed in January 1878 with the Dortmund-Gronau-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , which opened the line from Dortmund-East to Lünen-North towards the end of 1874, the plant on its western side in the direction of the Eving train station had one second siding.
Due to the merger of the Dortmunder Hüttenunion with Hoesch AG in 1966, three factories working together had to be networked with one another using the standard track. At the same time, a new numbering scheme was introduced for all railways in the Westfalenhütte. Finally, in 1980, it was taken over by the Dortmunder Eisenbahn, as a result of which the numbering scheme for the rail vehicles taken over was changed again. With the shutdown and dismantling of the blast furnaces, the sintering plant and other parts of the plant from 2001, the task of the former plant and connecting railway has changed profoundly. Nevertheless, large parts of the railway continue to exist in the network of today's Dortmund railway or have merged into it.
The Hoesch Museum , located in the historic porter's house of the Westfalenhütte, shows in its permanent exhibition some historical photographs and models of the factory railway and the parts of the factory that are accessible through them. Since the redesign of the permanent exhibition in 2017, there has been a separate area on the subject of armaments, forced labor and war-related destruction. In the area of the industrial railway, forced laborers were used in particular to remove bomb damage to the track systems. A photo shows forced laborers or concentration camp prisoners together with a narrow-gauge steam locomotive, probably Hoesch No. 16, repairing standard-gauge tracks on the factory railway. In addition, the exhibition now also sheds light on the biography of Albert Ganzenmüller , one of those largely responsible for the organization of the deportation trains to the extermination camps at the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the Reich Ministry of Transport . After 1945 he evaded his responsibility by fleeing to Argentina, advised the nationalized railway there and was able to return to Germany unmolested in 1955 to work as a "transport specialist" for the railway department of Hoesch AG. Despite his involvement in the mass murder and repeated investigations against him for aiding and abetting murder, he remained employed as a transport engineer in a responsible position in the railway department of Hoesch AG until his regular retirement in 1968.
Route network
Construction of the rail network began around 1874 when the company was founded. A steam locomotive built in 1877 by Hoesch was the first locomotive to drive the newly established rail network. On April 30, 1885, the costs for the procurement of a second standard-gauge steam locomotive at Henschel in the amount of 12,250 marks were settled. As can be seen from a stock market prospectus from 1895, the length of the standard gauge network at that time was only 11 kilometers. As a result of numerous expansions, the route length by 1950 already amounted to an impressive 123.9 kilometers with 647 installed points. By the end of 1957, the network had been expanded again to 147.4 kilometers and the number of points rose to 788. Further extensive expansions and modifications have taken place until recently.
Railway building
From the documents for the business year 1885/86 it emerges that a "station guard's house" was built for 309.10 marks, although it is unclear whether this should serve the normal or the narrow gauge.
There was also a locomotive or main workshop with an upstream transfer platform that was used to repair both narrow and standard-gauge vehicles.
vehicles
Steam locomotives
The steam locomotives for the standard gauge of the Westfalenhütte were supplied by the companies Henschel , Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik , Krupp and the Hohenzollern corporation for locomotive construction.
Up to 1945 there were nominally 27 standard gauge steam locomotives. At least three steam locomotives received a second occupation, so that between 1877 and 1963 at least 30 different, standard-gauge steam locomotives were used on the Westfalenhütte. The first steam locomotive, available in the factory from 1877, was still a self-made one using a boiler from Henschel. In the course of the introduction of diesel traction on the standard gauge from 1954, the road numbers 1–27 assigned to the steam locomotives for these locomotives were partly occupied by newly acquired diesel locomotives for the second or third time. By May 1963, the last six steam locomotives still in operation at the Westfalenhütte were decommissioned.
A total of at least 27 factory-owned, standard-gauge steam locomotives were in use at the Westfalenhütte over a period of around 85 years.
| No. | design type | Manufacturer | Type | Construction year | Serial number | at Hoesch AG since | in operation at Hoesch AG until | photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cn2t | Hoesch, boiler from Henschel | Self-made | 1877 | (1) | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 2 | ? | Henschel | ? | 1885 | ? | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 3? | Bn2t | Young | ? | 1885 | 3 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 6th | Bn2t | Young | similar pr. T 2 | 1896 | 247 | New | + 1961, whereabouts unknown | |
| 7th | Bn2t | Young | similar pr. T 2 | 1896 | 253 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 8th? | Cn2t | Young | Lenz T 3 b | 1897 | 305 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 9? | Cn2t | Young | Lenz T 3 b | 1899 | 365 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 10? | Bn2t | Young | pr. T 2 like no. 6 and 7th | 1907 | 1165 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 11? (ex Bay 5006/71 206) | 1'B1 'h2t | Krauss | Pt 2/4 H | 1907 | 5641 | 06/29/1943 | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 12 | Cn2t | Croup | Hannibal | 1949 | 2407 | New | + 1963, 1963-70 Hoesch Bergbau AG, Emil-Fritz composite mine, Essen-Altenessen "1"; 1970-74 RAG - Ruhrkohle AG, colliery railway and harbor operations Ruhr-Mitte, Gladbeck "D-311"; ++ May xx, 1974 [VEM Eisen & Metall AG, Essen] | |
| 13 | Cn2t | Croup | Hannibal | 1949 | 2421 | New | + 1963, 1963-70 Hoesch Bergbau AG, Emil-Fritz composite mine, Essen-Altenessen "2"; 1970-71 RAG - Ruhrkohle AG, coal mine railway and port operations Ruhr-Mitte, Gladbeck "D-312"; ++ March xx, 1972 | |
| 20th | ? | ? | ? | before 1945 | ? | New | + 1954–63, whereabouts unknown | |
| 21 (19 ?, ex WLE 85) | Cn2vt | Borsig | ? | 1909 | 7170 | Acquired by WLE through Erich in 1936 | 1950–63, whereabouts unknown | |
| 22 (ex 92 918) | Dn2t | Young | DRG 92 | 1922 | 3384 | 1957 | + 1957–63, whereabouts unknown | |
| 26th | Dn2t | Henschel | D600 | 1949 | 25722 | New | + 1963, September 9th, 1963-67 Hoesch Bergbau AG, Emil-Fritz composite mine, Essen-Altenessen "16" / Emil-Emscher colliery, Essen-Altenessen "16"; 1970-73 RAG - Ruhrkohle AG, Emil-Fritz colliery, Essen-Altenessen "D377" / RAG, Alma 1/5 colliery, Gelsenkirchen "D377" / RAG - Ruhrkohle AG, Essen, Ruhr-Mitte colliery and port operations, Gladbeck " D 377 "++ xx.05.1973 [VEM Erz + Stahl, Essen] | |
| 28 | German | Henschel / Krenau-Werke / FABLOK Chrzanow | Upper Silesia | 1941 | 971 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 29 | German | Henschel / Krenau-Werke / FABLOK Chrzanow | Upper Silesia | 1941 | 972 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 30? | German | Henschel / Krenau-Werke / FABLOK Chrzanow | Upper Silesia | 1941 | 973 | New | + 1949, copy restituted to Poland? | |
| 5 " | Cn2t | Hohenzollern | Leverkusen II | 1929 | 4578 | New | + before 1963, 2000 Herne tub available | |
| 8 "(" Jumbo ") | Cn2t | Young | Identical to No. 9 | 1950 | 10852 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown | |
| 9 " | Cn2t | Young | Identical to No. 8 | 1952 | 11568 | New | + before 1963, whereabouts unknown |
Electric locomotives
A total of ten electric locomotives are reported for the operating year 1938/39, one of which was in the factory before 1914. It is possible that this is the narrow-gauge electric locomotive built by Arthur Koppel in 1896 and converted into an accumulator locomotive in 1898 without a company number, which is said to have not proven itself in the blast furnaces due to the initially required overground line. Between 1914 and 1938 a total of nine standard-gauge electric locomotives were purchased, all of which were probably supplied by AEG. Two more electric locomotives were purchased between 1938 and 1942, increasing the number to eleven. With the arrival of another electric locomotive (possibly a bag locomotive ) from France, the number increased to twelve. In 1965, eight were still in service, the last of which, however, was retired in 1966.
| No. | design type | Manufacturer | Type | Construction year | Serial number | in operation at Hoesch AG until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | D-el | AEG | ? | 1914-38 | ? | before 1966 + |
Diesel locomotives
After the switchover of the factory line to diesel traction as part of an internal "modernization program", a new numbering scheme was introduced from around 1954, in which the standard-gauge diesel locomotives were given the road numbers 1-11 and 40-79, while the diesel locomotives of the narrow-gauge factory railroad Numbers 80-90 received. After the merger of DHHU with Westfalenhütte in 1966, the locomotives were given three-digit company numbers. Individual locomotives delivered to other plants in the group before 1966 were given new operating numbers outside the two- or three-digit scheme.
With the takeover of the Werkbahnen Hoesch AG by the Dortmunder Eisenbahn on January 1, 1980, the diesel locomotives that were taken over were redrawn according to the DE XXX numbering scheme used there, whereby the previously assigned three-digit numbers were otherwise initially retained.
| No. | design type | Manufacturer | Type | Construction year | Serial number | in operation at Hoesch AG until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (701 / DE 701) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1962 | 18846 | + 1997, 2016 i. E. Mosbach (Baden) |
| 2 (702 / DE 702) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1962 | 18847 | + 1999, 2016 i. E. Duisburg |
| 3 (703 / DE 703) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1962 | 18848 | + 1988, 200x i. E. Pisa |
| 4 (704 / DE 704) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1962 | 18849 | + 1997, 2007 i. E. Berlin
|
| 5 (705 / DE 705) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1962 | 18850 | + 1999, whereabouts unknown |
| 6 (706 / DE 706) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1963 | 18988 | + 1988, 1988 i. E. Bologna |
| 7 (707 / DE 707) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1963 | 18989 | + 1997, 2005 - 2018 NEWAG GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhausen; 2018 offered through Dechow auctions, lot number 425 |
| 8 (708 / DE 708) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1963 | 18990 | + 1998, ++ 2005 |
| 9 (709 / DE 709) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1963 | 18991 | + 1988, 2009 i. E. Latina |
| 10 (710 / DE 710) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1963 | 18992 | + 1998, 2002 i. E. Altenbeken |
| 11 (711 / DE 711) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 700 C | 1963 | 19085 | + 1988, 2000 i. E. Rome |
| 40 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 10 | 1962 | 26157 | + 1989 ++ 2013 |
| 41 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 10 | 1962 | 26154 | + 1970, 2002 Duisburg-Hamborn available |
| 42 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 10 | 1961 | 26123 | + 2000, 2003 swords available |
| 43 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 10 | 1961 | 26122 | +?, Whereabouts unknown |
| 44 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 10 | 1960 | 25982 | + 1966, 1983 Dortmund present, whereabouts unknown |
| 45 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 10 | 1960 | 26104 | + 1982, 1983 available, ++ 198x |
| 46 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 9 | 1958 | 25810 | + before 1980, whereabouts unknown |
| 47 (222 / DE 222) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 9 | 1958 | 25825 | + 1980/81, whereabouts unknown |
| 48 (M 2) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 9 | 1958 | 25826 | + 196x, 20xx Switzerland available |
| 49 (221 / DE 221) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 9 | 1960 | 25958 | + 1982, 2017 i. E. Dortmund |
| (50) | B-dm | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 4 a | 1954 | 25394 | + after 1966, 199x i. E. Harpstedt |
| 51 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 6 b | 1956 | 25621 | Double locomotive with No. 52, + 1969, ++ 2010 |
| 52 (32) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 6 b | 1956 | 25622 | Double locomotive with No. 51, + before 1972, ++ 2010 |
| 53 | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 6 b | 1956 | 25623 | + 1969, 2011 i. E, Wandlitz-Basdorf |
| 54 (141) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 6 b | 1957 | 25762 | + after 1986, 19xx Hoesch-Estel Rohr, Dortmund-Barop "141"; 19xx Mainische Feldbahnen, Schwerte; 199x Museum Railway Paderborn MEP [dealer, 1993 vh]; 200x ETM Binz; before 2004 Railway Museum Prora / Rügen [09.2004, 07.2005, 04.2009 vh] |
| 55 (142) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 6 b | 1957 | 25763 | + 1972, 2001 Radevormwald-Dahlhausen [2001 vh] |
| 56 (143) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 6 b | 1957 | 25764 | + after 1966; 09.1994 BLEFA-Felser GmbH, Attendorn "143"; before 04.1998 Van Leer, Attendorn "1" [04.1999 iE]; 2003-04 Greif Germany GmbH, Cologne plant; 07.11.2007 Rheinisches Industriebahn Museum eV RIM, Cologne-Nippes [2007 vh] |
| 57 (101) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 2 a | 1956 | 25676 | + after 1966, whereabouts unknown |
| 58 (102) | B-ie | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 2 a | 1956 | 25677 | + after 1966, ++ 19xx |
| 59 | B-dm | Orenstein & Koppel | MV 3 | 1961 | 26115 | + after 1964; 19xx FIAT, Waterloo [B] "103" [08.2001 a vh in Locorem-Sclessin]; 200x memorial, Sprimont station [B] [08.2004 vh] |
| 60 (511) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1954 | 17962 | + after 1978, whereabouts unknown |
| 61 (512/2) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1954 | 18145 | + 2005 ++ 2006 |
| 62 (513) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1954 | 17964 | + 1978, whereabouts unknown (++?) |
| 63 (516) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1956 | 18216 | + 1983, whereabouts unknown |
| 64 (517) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1956 | 18311 | + 1985, whereabouts unknown |
| 65 (518) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1956 | 18319 | + 1984, whereabouts unknown |
| 66 (519) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1957 | 18358 | + 1985, whereabouts unknown |
| 67 (520) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1957 | 18360 | + 1983, whereabouts unknown |
| 68 (521 / DE 521) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1957 | 18361 | + 1983, preserved (Kelheim) |
| 69 (522 / DE 522) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1957 | 18441 | + 1983, whereabouts unknown |
| 70 (525 / DE 525) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1958 | 18320 | + 1983, whereabouts unknown |
| 71 (526 / DE 526) | C-ie | Krauss Maffei | ML 500 C | 1960 | 18725 | + 1983, whereabouts unknown |
| 74 (DE 74) | 1A-bm | FKF | E 892 | 1962 | 12664 | + 1989, ++ 1989 after an accident |
| 721 (DE 721) | D-ie | Henschel | DH 700 D | 1960 | 26589 | new to Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion AG, Dortmund-Hörde, DHHU "192"; January 1, 1966 Hoesch Hüttenwerke AG, Dortmund "721" [merger of DHHU and Westfalenhütte]; January 1, 1980 Dortmunder Eisenbahn GmbH, Dortmund "DE 721" [merger of Hoesch-Werksbahn and municipal port railway]; 02.1981 to Mec-Gas, Cremona [I] [via WBB, Hattingen]; 1984 to Crivellaro, Venezia [I]; 19xx to Fer 80 srL, Milano [I] "L 2"; 2002 to Valsecchi Armamento Ferroviario Srl, Eupilio [I] "T 2067" |
| 722 (DE 722) | D-ie | Henschel | DH 700 D | 1960 | 26590 | new to Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion AG, Dortmund-Hörde, DHHU "192"; January 1, 1966 Hoesch Hüttenwerke AG, Dortmund "722" [merger of DHHU and Westfalenhütte]; January 1, 1980 Dortmunder Eisenbahn GmbH, Dortmund "DE 722" [merger of the Hoesch works railway and the municipal port railway]; April 30, 1981 to unknown [I] [via HSI - Handels- und Industriebedarf, Recklinghausen]; 19xx to Liquigas, Cremona [I]; after 1995 to CEMESSpA (Costruzioni - Elettroferroviarie - Meccaniche - Edili - Stradali), Pisa [I] "Tk 1685"; 200x to Ing. De Aloe Costruzioni Srl, Brescia [I] "DD FMT MI 7066 F" [12.2009 in Caldonazzo vh] |
| 751 (DE 751) | C. | Orenstein & Koppel | MC 700 N | 1976 | 26817 | at Dortmunder Eisenbahn i. E. |
| 752 (DE 752) | C. | Orenstein & Koppel | MC 700 N | 1976 | 26818 | at Dortmunder Eisenbahn i. E. |
| 802 (DE 802) | B'B ' | Henschel | DHG 1200 BB | 1975 | 31951 | at Dortmunder Eisenbahn i. E. |
| 803 (DE 803) | B'B ' | Henschel | DHG 1200 BB | 1975 | 31952 | at Dortmunder Eisenbahn i. E. |
| 804 (DE 804) | B'B ' | Orenstein & Koppel | MBB 1200 NN | 1975 | 26814 | at Dortmunder Eisenbahn i. E. |
See also
literature
- Hans Dieter Hüttmann: The Hoesch railways, in: Lok Magazin 60. Ed .: Wolfgang Messerschmidt. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung W. Keller & Co., Stuttgart 1973, p. 186-196 .
Web links
- http://www.rangierdiesel.de
- https://www.dortmund.de/de/freizeit_und_kultur/museen/hoesch_museum/start_hoesch/index.html
Individual evidence
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 186.
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 196.
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 190.
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 195.
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 189.
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 189.
- ^ Hüttmann, Hans Dieter: Die Hoesch-Eisenbahnen, in: Lok Magazin 60, 1973, p. 190.