Steam loco

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Home-made" construction from 1998 to 2001 to the model of a Blanc-Misseron locomotive of the Tramways de la Sarthe (France). The engine is a 2-cylinder steam motor from a 141 R  American-French war locomotive.

Boiler built by Dupuis & Co in Mönchengladbach (Germany) to plans drawn by  Andreas Scholz

volume:                    49 litres

steam production:      40 litres/h

pressure:                  10 bars

heating suface:            1 m²

 

Weight of the loco: 1280 kg

Service weight:      1450 kg

Overall length:        2,50 m

1st service:            May 21st, 2001

 

Gmeinder 4460

 

1948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bought in 1983 from the ancient tileworks in Murr as the MSGB's first loco.

Original 1-cylinder 12 HP Kaelble Diesel engine, no electric equipment.

3 gears and reverse, monodisc clutch operated by a pedal. 

Weight 3,2 t

 

This loco had rather suffered from hauling heavily loaded dumpers between the clay-pit and the factory. All 4 wheels were worn out by more than a centimeter and had to be reprofiled in order not to damage the points of my layout. At the same time the "cabriolet" got a simple roof and a vertical exhaust.

The engine leaks a bit and the pinions of the chain-drive should be renewed. 

Diema 833

type DL 12

 

1937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weight 2,2 t

2-cylinder Deutz Diesel engine (replaced)

3 gears and reverse, plate-clutch operated by horizontal handwheel.

Front-axle driven by a cardan shaft 

 

In 1989 I exchanged this ready-to run loco for a scrap O&K, but I had to rebuild it to its original shape, i.e. overhauling the electric wiring and removing a huge ballast-box added at the front and putting the rear end back onto the frame so that the coupling hooks could be used properly.       

O&K 9798

 

1939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weight: 2,5 t

Original 12 HP 1-cylinder Diesel engine

3 gears with cone clutches operated by handwheel

 

I bought this loco in 1989 together with an other but almost scrapped one from Kiener's sandworks in Goldshöfe near Ellwangen. Sand had to be removed from the gearbox and a damage done by frost on the cylinder mended. I also fixed a vertical heat-protected exhaust pipe     

O&K 8375

 

 

1934 (?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly the same model as O&K 9798, but with a flat belt drive of the ventilator. The loco has large spring-loaded bumpers. The lever for the 3rd gear is missing.

 

The original plates in French indicate that this loco was part of a command by a French retailer, probably in Paris. Nothing is known about where this loco worked. My friend Bernard Bommert in Le Mans bought it from a scrapyard in the 1970s, overhauled it for service on his "TVE" in Etival and the "Petit Train de Semur-en-Vallon". Here I drove it when I visited Bernard for the first time in 1982.

In 2005 he exchanged it for a Decauville TMB which I had stored at his TVE     

Railcar

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of seats:    12 - 14

Overall length:        5,60 m

Length of body:       5,00 m

Weight:                  1320 kg

3-cylinder 45 HP Kubota engine D 722

Hydrostatic drive of the motors (1 per boggie)

Electric command by a control panel which can be fixed in either cabin

(planned and realized by Ludwig Rommel)

Particularity: Remote control panel

 

To date, the railcar is functional but not finished.