Wettin railcar
Wettiner railcars were two-axle railcars operated by private railways in Germany . The vehicles that remained with the Deutsche Reichsbahn after 1945 were added to the VT 135.5 series .
history
Their development was needed on short branch lines to streamline the operation, or because the used on many small railways since 1924 benzene mechanical railcars by DWK on the short distances could not be operated profitably.
They were designed and manufactured by Waggon- und Maschinenbau Görlitz (WUMAG) in Görlitz , and Gottfried Lindner AG in Ammendorf also built these vehicles.
The railcars got their name because one of the first of them started passenger traffic on the Wallwitz – Wettin line and this vehicle triggered a wave of rationalization among the small railways of the small railroad department of the Provincial Association of Saxony . They had a diesel-mechanical drive system with a Mylius gearbox . When they were put into service, many had no pulling and buffing device , but only a baffle plate on the front. It was only later that a lightweight pulling and buffing device was added to all of them to transport a sidecar.
They were divided into the small Wettiner with three side wall windows and a 4.5 m wheelbase and the large Wettiner with four side wall windows and a 5.8 m wheelbase. Within the deliveries for the various private railway companies, there were several distinguishing features such as engine power, number of seats, wheel diameter, speed and interior design, which can only be dealt with for the respective vehicle.
Tabular representation of the Little Wettins
| Vehicle overview Kleine Wettiner | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designation upon delivery |
Manufacturer | Designation provincial association |
Designation Deutsche Reichsbahn |
EDP name DR from 1970 |
number of pieces | Construction year | Retirement | Gauge |
| KWW T 1 | WUMAG | T 1 | VT 135 525 | 186 019-6 | 1 | 1934 | 1974 | 1,435 mm |
| Prettin-Annaburger Kleinbahn T 1 | Lindner | T 5 | VT 135 534 | 186 023-8 | 1 | 1934 | 1975 | 1,435 mm |
| Kleinbahn Schildau – Mockrehna T 1 | Lindner | T 8 | VT 135 535 | 186 024-6 | 1 | 1935 | 1973 | 1,435 mm |
| Small train Osterburg – Pretzier T 2 | Lindner | T 4 | VT 135 544 | 186 032-9 | 1 | 1935 | 1971 | 1,435 mm |
| Obereichsfelder Kleinbahn T 1 | WUMAG | T 3 | VT 135 547 | 186 034-5 | 1 | 1935 | 1972 | 1,435 mm |
| Kleinbahn Bebitz – Alsleben T 1 | WUMAG | T 2 | VT 135 549 | 186 035-2 | 1 | 1935 | 1971 | 1,435 mm |
| Kleinbahn Rennsteig – Frauenwald T 1 | Lindner | T 9 | VT 135 550 | 186 036-0 | 1 | 1937 | 1973 | 1,435 mm |
In addition to the vehicles mentioned, there were other deliveries to private railways that were not taken over by the state railroad.
Constructive features of the Kleine Wettiner
The railcars were part of a series for the small railroad department of the Provincial Association of Saxony, of which WUMAG in Görlitz had created the design in 1933. As a result, WUMAG , Waggonbau Dessau and Lindner produced several vehicles for these small railways.
The underframe and the box frame, which was clad on the outside with 1.5 mm thick sheet metal, consisted of electrically welded structural steel profiles. They were designed as solo vehicles. In return, some vehicles did not initially have a pulling and pushing device. For the sidecar operation, all of them were later provided with light pulling and bumpers. They had a one-way brake of the Knorr type , which was intended for use as a sidecar. The axles were only braked on one side. The drive axle was sanded if necessary. The interior was divided into the passenger compartment and the two driver's cabs. They were separated from one another by partitions and revolving doors. The floor was made of pine wood covered with linoleum. The machine system could be serviced via flaps in the floor. They had 35 upholstered seats with armrests. Due to the short distances, there was no toilet.
Depending on the setting, they were powered by the six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine OM 67 from Mercedes-Benz or the four-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine OM 65 from the same manufacturer. In the 1950s they were replaced by engines from the Kombinat Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (IFA). The power was transmitted via the Mylius gearbox and an axle reversing gearbox, which was provided with a torque bracket. They were heated by a hot water heater, which was designed so that the interior of the car could be heated to +20 ° C at an outside temperature of −20 ° C.
Tabular representation of the large Wettins
| Vehicle overview Große Wettiner | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designation upon delivery |
Manufacturer | Designation provincial association |
Designation Deutsche Reichsbahn |
EDP name DR from 1970 |
number of pieces | Construction year | Retirement | Gauge |
| Langensalzaer Kleinbahn T 2 | Lindner | T 15 | VT 135 519 | 186 013-9 | 1 | 1937 | 1972 | 1,435 mm |
| Delitzscher Kleinbahn T1 | Lindner | T 12 | VT 135 530 | 186 020-4 | 1 | 1937 | 1972 | 1,435 mm |
| Kleinbahn Ellrich – Zorge T1 | Lindner | T 11 | VT 135 533 | 186 022-0 | 1 | 1937 | 1971 | 1,435 mm |
| Genthiner Railway T 3 | Lindner | T 13 | VT 135 540 | 186 029-5 | 1 | 1937 | 1974 | 1,435 mm |
| KWW T 2 | Lindner | T 14 | VT 135 541 | 186 030-3 | 1 | 1939 | 1975 | 1,435 mm |
In addition to these, a large number of vehicles were used on private railways that were later not taken over by the State Railways, such as the Bunzlauer Kleinbahn and the Jizera Mountains Railway .
Constructive features of the big Wettiner
The big Wettiner have a greater length with a larger wheelbase. While the small Wettiners were produced by WUMAG and Lindner, the large Wettiners were manufactured by Lindner without exception. Compared to other vehicles from the same era, the Big Wettiners can be distinguished from the wheelbase of 5,800 millimeters, the four side wall windows, the sloping entry areas without side windows and the different roof shape. They go back to a design by WUMAG with the designation T 28 from 1934 according to drawing VT / A 3099 , this vehicle had an axle base of six meters and additional windows in the vestibules.
In the large Wettiners from Lindner , the windows in the vestibules are missing, the wheelbase is 200 mm shorter. Different technical data were possible for the different orders. All variants had a 1A wheel arrangement in common. In contrast to the Little Wettins, the vehicles of the Big Wettins had a toilet.
Use and whereabouts of the vehicles
Where the vehicles are used, see: DR series VT 135.5
During the Second World War , the vehicles continued to be used on their regular routes, provided that the diesel fuel quota did not mean that replacement steam trains had to be driven. After 1945 many were used as inspection vehicles in railway depots , as personal vehicles by presidents of the Reich Railway Directorate or in company traffic for commuting from train stations to the plants. Their period of use ended in the mid-1970s.
A railcar, which can be classified into the series of the Little Wettins , was in a very desolate condition in 2010 at the Česká Třebová repair shop . Otherwise there are only photos and models of the vehicles.
A large Wettiner , the Genthiner Kleinbahn T 3, was in poor condition in 2018 in the Dessau railcar museum . A sidecar that fits this vehicle in terms of size and was used on the routes of the Kleinbahnabteilung of the Provincial Association of Saxony has been preserved at the same location with the inventory number 140 510.
literature
- Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the lower Saale valley , Verlag Dirk Endisch, Korntal-Münchingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-936893-22-9
- Michael Kurth: Laura: History of the Kleinbahn Rennsteig-Frauenwald , EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1996, ISBN 3-88255-425-8
Web links
- Website with a report by Jarda Wagner about a small Wettiner that was preserved until 2010 at www.k-report.net
- Website with description and model of a small Wettiner
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the lower Saale valley , Verlag Dirk Endisch, ISBN 978-3-936893-22-9 , page 74
- ↑ Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the lower Saale valley , Verlag Dirk Endisch, ISBN 978-3-936893-22-9 , page 75
- ^ Siegfried Bufe: Railways in Silesia , Bufe Fachverlag Egglham, ISBN 3-922138-37-3 , page 191
- ^ Günther Fromm and Harald Rockstuhl: The history of the Langensalzer Kleinbahn-AG 1913-1969 , Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 1990, ISBN 3-932554-54-X , page 143
- ↑ Dirk Endisch: Small and private railways in the northern Harz foreland , Verlag Dirk Endisch, Korntal-Münchingen 2004, ISBN 3-936893-11-X , page 101
- ^ Andreas Knipping Die 6000er of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , EK-Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-88255-160-7 , page 312, 315
- ↑ Photo of the parked M 140.401, photographed on www.k-report.net
- ↑ Close-up of the parked M 140.401, photographed on www.k-report.net
- ↑ Photo of a small Wettiner on www.reichsbahntriebwagen.de
