Arlöfs Waggonfabrik

Aktiebolaget Arlöfs Mekaniska Verkstad & wagon factory was a Swedish machine factory in Arlöv.

History

In the late 1890s, the Swede Ludvig Roessel founded the company Ludvig Rössels Mekaniska Verkstad AB ( in short form. Ludvig Rössels Mek Verkstad ), the rail vehicles and trams produced. At the beginning of the work was in Malmö, but in 1898, the headquarters were moved to Arlöv in Skåne.

In addition to the railway technology to Ludvig knight tried in the construction of automobiles. In 1902 he showed a copy of a major exhibition in Copenhagen. It is not known whether these attempts were the ones who led the factory in the same year in bankruptcy.

Railway engineering

1902 Aktiebolaget Arlöfs Mekaniska Verkstad & wagon factory was formed from this insolvent company out. In the following years, the company focused back on the production of railway equipment, particularly freight wagons and passenger cars. A small series of nine steam railcar was built in 1907-1912 for Swedish private railways to standard gauge and narrow gauge version. One of them found its way to Denmark, as Langelandsbanen 1911 LB M 1 procured. This was there but not successful and was in 1914 converted into a baggage car. Some of the important parts for steam railcars such as boilers and prime movers were designed and manufactured by the French company Purrey in Bordeaux.

Maschinenfabrik made ​​at the beginning of the 1900s railroad cars of different types. Partial to 1918 about 1,300 new vehicles per year were built. A number of Danish private railways was supplied by Arlöv with cars. This applies to the Thisted - Fjerritslev Jernbane ( TFJ ), in 1908 several car received, and Silkeborg Kjellerup - Rødkærsbro Jernbane ( SKRJ ), which in 1913 was given a series of boxcars from the Swedish factory.

Some of the Arlöv cars have been preserved, including the cars of the museum railway Nordsjællands Veterantog OKMJ C 9 of 1911, which was built for Kertemindebanen. Also, OMB B 5 of Dansk Jernbane - club, which was founded in 1911 delivered to Bogensebanen is get on Lolland. Besides Denmark, Belgium was one of the most important foreign markets.

Motor vehicles

The company introduced only in 1901 or 1901-1902 automobiles in America. The brand name was Arlöv. The company produced automobiles, referring to the necessary parts of Peugeot. In addition, a truck was built in 1902 at an exhibition presented.

Takeover

Aktiebolaget Arlöfs Mekaniska Verkstad & wagon factory was acquired in 1918 by the Swedish company founded in 1907, AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna in Linköping. The factory in Arlöv remained and produced until 1965 railroad cars.