DRG Glrhs
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The covered goods wagon
s 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.
The vehicles were of welded design and could be used in trains travelling at up to 90 km/h.
The suspension
comprised nine-layered leaf springs with a length of 1,650 mm and a cross section
of 120 mm x 16 mm. The springs were attached to their supports by means of rectangular suspension rings. The vehicles had an axle base of 7,000 mm. 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.
Both sides of the wagon had three loading or ventilation hatches and a sliding door measuring 2 metres x 2 metres. Its loading length was 10.72 metres, its width 2.74 metres and its loading height 2.845 metres to the highest point of the roof. The side walls were 2.12 metres high and the loading area was 29.4 m². Its loading volume was 79.1 m³ including the roof space and 62.3 m³ to the height of the walls.
The carrying capacity of the goods van was 17.5 tonnes, the maximum load 15 tonnes.
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 and an unladen weight of 13.95 tonnes.
After the war these wagons went into the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn
as Class Glrhs 33 and East German Deutsche Reichsbahn
as Class 12.
Covered goods wagon
A covered goods wagon or van is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof. They are often referred to simply as covered wagons, and this is the term used by the International Union of Railways...
s of classes Glrhs Dresden and Gltrhs Dresden were first placed in service in Germany by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft in 1937. The wartime (Kriegsbauart
Kriegsbauart
The German term Kriegsbauart refers to railway goods wagon classes that were developed during the Second World War for the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The start of the war was an arbitrary dividing line for the classification of goods wagons, and did not represent any technological change...
) wagon, the DRB Glmhs Leipzig, and the wartime passenger wagon, the DRB MCi-43, were based on the Dresden classes.
The vehicles were of welded design and could be used in trains travelling at up to 90 km/h.
The suspension
Suspension (vehicle)
Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose — contributing to the car's roadholding/handling and braking for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupants...
comprised nine-layered leaf springs with a length of 1,650 mm and a cross section
Cross section (geometry)
In geometry, a cross-section is the intersection of a figure in 2-dimensional space with a line, or of a body in 3-dimensional space with a plane, etc...
of 120 mm x 16 mm. The springs were attached to their supports by means of rectangular suspension rings. The vehicles had an axle base of 7,000 mm. 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
Broad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
railways.
Both sides of the wagon had three loading or ventilation hatches and a sliding door measuring 2 metres x 2 metres. Its loading length was 10.72 metres, its width 2.74 metres and its loading height 2.845 metres to the highest point of the roof. The side walls were 2.12 metres high and the loading area was 29.4 m². Its loading volume was 79.1 m³ including the roof space and 62.3 m³ to the height of the walls.
The carrying capacity of the goods van was 17.5 tonnes, the maximum load 15 tonnes.
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 and an unladen weight of 13.95 tonnes.
After the war these wagons went into the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
as Class Glrhs 33 and East German Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
as Class 12.