The covered goods wagons of classes Glrhs Dresden and Gltrhs Dresden were first placed in service in Germany by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft in 1937. The wartime (Kriegsbauart) wagon, the DRB Glmhs Leipzig, and the wartime passenger wagon, the DRB MCi-43, were based on the Dresden classes.
| DRG Glrhs DR Glrhs 12 DB Glrhs 33 | |
|---|---|
| Constructed | from 1937 |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 12,800 mm (41 ft 11+7⁄8 in) over buffers |
| Height | 4,100 mm (13 ft 5+3⁄8 in) |
| Wheelbase | 7,000 mm (22 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | Empty: 13.95 tonnes (13.73 long tons; 15.38 short tons) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The vehicles were of welded design and could be used in trains travelling at up to 90 km/h (56 mph).[1]
The suspension comprised nine-layered leaf springs with a length of 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) and a cross section of 120 mm × 16 mm (4+3⁄4 in × 5⁄8 in). The springs were attached to their supports by means of rectangular suspension rings. The vehicles had an axle base of 7,000 mm (22 ft 11+1⁄2 in). The external sole bars had a strut frame as additional bracing.
The wagons were equipped with a heating pipe and constructed so that they could be converted for use on Russian broad gauge railways.[1]
Both sides of the wagon had three loading or ventilation hatches and a sliding door measuring 2 m × 2 m (6 ft 6+3⁄4 in × 6 ft 6+3⁄4 in). Its loading length was 10.72 metres (35 ft 2 in), its width 2.74 metres (8 ft 11+3⁄4 in) and its loading height 2.845 metres (9 ft 4 in) to the highest point of the roof. The side walls were 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) high and the loading area was 29.4 m2 (316 sq ft). Its loading volume was 79.1 m3 (2,790 cu ft) including the roof space and 62.3 m3 (2,200 cu ft) to the height of the walls.
The carrying capacity of the goods van was 17.5 tonnes (17.2 long tons; 19.3 short tons), the maximum load 15 tonnes (15 long tons; 17 short tons).[2]
The wagon was also deployed in a variant with double end-doors, the Gltrhs on which the hand brake had to be omitted.
These vehicles had a length over buffers of 12.1 metres (39 ft 8+1⁄2 in) and an unladen weight of 13.95 tonnes (13.73 long tons; 15.38 short tons).
After the war these wagons went into the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn as Class Glrhs 33 and East German Deutsche Reichsbahn as Glrhs 12.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Behrends, H.; Hensel, W.; Wiedau, G. (1989). Güterwagen-Archiv 1, Länderbahnen und Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. transpress. p. 162. ISBN 3-344-00184-1.
- ^ Behrends, H.; Hensel, W.; Wiedau, G. (1989). Güterwagen-Archiv 1, Länderbahnen und Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. transpress. p. 275. ISBN 3-344-00184-1.