Esslingen railbus
The Esslinger railcar is a first shipped in 1951 DMUs for non- state-owned railways.
History
The Esslinger railcar, short Esslinger, has been developed in the early 1950s by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen for small and private railways. He was in 50 copies as railcars ( VT), Sidecar (VB) and vehicles ( VS) built.
One can distinguish two model series. The first was built from 1951 to 1957. The cars had the windows partition 3-5-3, until 1954, three front windows and had a total of a little rounder. The second was built in 1958. The vehicles were 1.5 meters longer, the window arrangement was 4-4-4, they had next to the two front windows and one window in the corner, a deeper apron. Two double doors were mounted between the compartments, the stop was usually the center of the Einstieges, and not on the outer sides. Some railcars had at the end of a luggage compartment with a separate door. The vehicles of Bentheim railroad of the first series had front doors with a transition plate, it was added later, the narrow middle front window remained. Most vehicles were twin engine, each inner axis of the truck was driven by fluid coupling, gear and gearbox, with two cars all axes. Seven railcars were single engine, the engine worked on drive shafts and a Voith transmission to both axles of a bogie. While the engines were usually mounted under the floor, the engine in the single-engined railcars of Bentheim railway was built on the bogie, which was to be amplified and had a wheelbase of 3.6 meters, and sticking into the passenger compartment inside.
From the first production series 25 VT, VB 6 and 4 VS were put into operation, from the second series of 6 VT, VB 4 and 5 VS.
The car bodies were made of welded sections and sheets. The first vehicles were partially delivered with wooden slat benches.
A total of eighteen different railway companies were supplied with railcars. By setting mainly North German railways, most of the vehicles came to southern Germany.
* = Single
Eleven Esslinger railcars are still preserved operational, and two motorcycles and two control car. Among others, a railcar in the steam community Braunschweig- Weferlingen (formerly AKN ), a railcar at the Wutachtalbahn (formerly Rinteln Stadthagener railway and Hohenzollerische Landesbahn ) and a railcar (formerly narrow gauge railway Niebüll - Dagebüll ) and a sidecar (formerly German railway operating company) at the German Railway club. The circular path Mansfeld GmbH also sets daily a modernized Esslinger railcars ( the second series ) in the control traffic on the railway line Klostermansfeld - Wippra. Can be operated as a museum railway local train Endorf Obing (LEO ) is in the summer months regularly on all Sundays and public holidays, a VT 103.
- Esslinger different companies
VT 103 SWEG in Odenheim Station (1990 )
VT 114 SWEG in Menzingen Station (1989 )
VT 112 SWEG in Münzesheim Station (1992 )
VT 452 AVG on the Murg Valley (2002)