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GWL Caine
The GwL class vans of the Royal Bavarian State Railways were goods vans built for branch lines in the Kingdom of Bavaria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Procurement The branch lines in Bavaria were generally known as ''Lokalbahnen'', literally "local railways", and were of particularly light construction entailing the use of lightweight rolling stock. Between 1884 and 1906, 258 vans of the class GwL were built for this purpose in a number of batches each with a different designation.Konrad (1984). Description The GwL class were covered vans which had the appearance of ''Lokalbahn'' coaching stock, including similar lettering. The vans were had open platforms at both ends. Access to the loading area was either via a pair of hinged doors or a single door in the centre of the side walls. On either side of the doors was a window. The wheelbase of the earliest vans was 3.63 m, but was later increased to 3.8 and eventually 4.5 m. The overall length also increased from 8. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CL Bay 06b
The Bavarian CL Bay 06b was a short open coach for branch line services with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (k.Bay.Sts.B.). It was listed in their 1913 fleet register under Design Sheet No. 570. Development With the growth of the branch line network in the Kingdom of Bavaria, there was a need for suitable coaches on the so-called '' Lokalbahnen'' or local railway lines. Since the only available locomotives were tank engines with low tractive power, such as the Class PtL 2/2, passenger coaches of a particularly light design were required. These coaches were not suitable for military transport. Procurement Between 1905 and 1911 a total of 281See also Sheet no. 499, 523, 568, 569, 570, 605 and 606 of the 1913 Bavarian railway fleet register wagons of classes ''BL'', ''BCL'', ''CL'' and ''PPostL'' were procured, all of which - except for the wagons of Class ''PPostL'' - had a uniform floor plan, open platforms at each end with Dixi gates on the steps and gangways only protect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Bavarian State Railways
The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German state railways (after that of the Prussian state railways) with a railway network of 8,526 kilometres (including the Palatinate Railway or ''Pfalzbahn'') by the end of the First World War. Following the abdication of the Bavarian monarchy at the end of the First World War, the 'Royal' title was dropped and on 24 April 1920 the Bavarian State Railway (''Bayerische Staatseisenbahn''), as it was now called, was merged into the newly formed German Reich Railways Authority or Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen as the Bavarian Group Administration (''Gruppenverwaltung Bayern''). The management of the Bavarian railway network was divided into four Reichsbahn divisions: Augsburg, Munich, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The former Palatinate Railway formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goods Van
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 (UIC). Since the introduction of the international classification for goods wagons by the UIC in the 1960s a distinction has been drawn between ordinary and special covered wagons. Other types of wagon, such as refrigerated vans and goods wagons with opening roofs, are closely related to covered wagons from a design point of view. Similar freight cars in North America are called boxcars. Covered goods wagons for transporting part-load or parcel goods are almost as old as the railway itself. Because part-load goods were the most common freight in the early days of the railway, the covered van was then the most important type of goods wagon and, for example, comprised about 40% of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingdom became a federated state of the new empire and was second in size, power, and wealth only to the leading state, the Kingdom of Prussia. The polity's foundation dates back to the ascension of prince-elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach as King of Bavaria in 1805. The crown would go on being held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom came to an end in 1918. Most of the border of modern Germany's Free State of Bavaria were established after 1814 with the Treaty of Paris, in which the Kingdom of Bavaria ceded Tyrol and Vorarlberg to the Austrian Empire while receiving Aschaffenburg and Würzburg. In 1918, Bavaria became a republic after the German Revolution, and the kingdom was thus succeeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavarian Branch Lines
Bavarian branch lines comprised nearly half the total railway network in Bavaria, a state in the southeastern Germany that was a kingdom in the days of the German Empire. The construction era for branch lines lasted from 1872, when the first route, from Siegelsdorf to Langenzenn, was opened, to 1930, when the last section of the branch from Gößweinstein to Behringersmühle went operational. History The first German railway line was opened in Bavaria in 1835. This was the '' Ludwigsbahn'' (Ludwig's Railway) from Nuremberg to Fürth which opened on 7 December 1835. This was the start of a railway building frenzy, which rapidly spread across the state. The second Bavarian railway line, from Munich to Augsburg, soon followed. The early railways were private lines, but from 184?, the Bavarian state oversaw the construction of railways, through its state-owned railway company, the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The most important routes were established first, of course, and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokalbahnen
A ''Lokalbahn'' or ''Localbahn'' ("local line", plural: -en) is a Secondary route, secondary railway line worked by local trains serving rural areas, typically in Austria and the south German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. ''Lokalbahnen'' appeared at the end of the 19th century before the use of cars became widespread. Development Because the construction and operation of main line (railway), main line railways was not always covered by their income, simpler solutions were sought. As early as 1865 the engineering conference of the Union of German Railway Administrations (''Verein Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen'') had set out the principles for secondary lines. These were enshrined in law in 1878 with the Railway Act for German Railways of Secondary Importance (''Bahnordnung für deutsche Eisenbahnen untergeordneter Bedeutung''). Bavaria By the 1880s, the Bavarian main line network was largely completed and attention now turned to its expansion into the hinterland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokalbahn
A ''Lokalbahn'' or ''Localbahn'' ("local line", plural: -en) is a secondary railway line worked by local trains serving rural areas, typically in Austria and the south German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. ''Lokalbahnen'' appeared at the end of the 19th century before the use of cars became widespread. Development Because the construction and operation of main line railways was not always covered by their income, simpler solutions were sought. As early as 1865 the engineering conference of the Union of German Railway Administrations (''Verein Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen'') had set out the principles for secondary lines. These were enshrined in law in 1878 with the Railway Act for German Railways of Secondary Importance (''Bahnordnung für deutsche Eisenbahnen untergeordneter Bedeutung''). Bavaria By the 1880s, the Bavarian main line network was largely completed and attention now turned to its expansion into the hinterland. On 21 April 1884 the first Bavarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BCL Bay 09
The Class BCL Bay 09 were open coaches for branch line services with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (K.Bay.Sts.B.) that were built in the early 20th century. They included those coaches listed in the 1913 fleet register under design sheet nos. 521, 6055.2 and 6055.3. As a result of remodelling they were reclassified according to the DRG’s 1930 engineering drawing register as classes CL Bay 09/21, BCL Bay 13a, CL Bay 13a/21, BCL Bay 14 and CL Bay 14/21. Development With the growth of the Bavarian branch line network known as ''Lokalbahnen'', there was a need for suitable coaches for local passenger services. Between 1909 and 1929, coaches were procured that had the characteristics of normal passenger coaches on mainline railways. In contrast to other local railway coaches, these were suitable for military transport. Procurement In the period 1909–1929, 411 wagons in classes ''BL'', ''BCL'', ''CL'', ''DL'' and ''PPostL'' were procured.Konrad: ''Reisezugwagen der deutsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CL Bay 11a
The CL Bay 11a and CL Bay 14a were a class of open coach built for the Bavarian branch lines (Lokalbahn in the early 20th century. They were listed under Design Sheet 554 in the 1913 Fleet Register of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (K.Bay.Sts.B.). In the engineering register of the Deutsche Reichsbahn they were listed as the Class CL Bay 14II under Sheet No. 6056.3. Development With the growth of the ''Lokalbahn'' branch line network in Bavaria, there was a need for suitable coaches for local passenger services. Between 1909 and 1929, coaches were procured that had the characteristics of normal passenger coaches for mainline railways. In contrast to other branch line coaches, these were suitable for military transport. Procurement In total, in the period between 1909 and 1929, 411Konrad: ''Reisezugwagen der deutschen Länderbahnen'', page 24. class ''BL'', ''BCL'', ''CL'', ''DL'' and ''PPostL'' coaches were procured. They all had a standard floor plan, open end-platform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PwPost Bay 06
The PwPost Bay 06 was a combined mail and luggage van designed for ''Lokalbahn'' branch line train services with the Royal Bavarian State Railways in the early 20th century. It was built to their Design Sheet Number 606. Development As Bavaria's network of ''Lokalbahn'' railways grew so did the requirement for suitable coaches for local passenger transport. Because the only motive power available were tank locomotives with low tractive power, such as the PtL 2/2, coaches of a special lightweight construction were needed. Procurement Between 1905 and 1911 a total of 281 wagons of classes ''BL'', ''BCL'', ''CL'' and ''PPostL'' were procured, all of which - except for the wagons of Class ''PPostL'' - had a uniform floor plan, open platforms at each end with Dixi gates on the steps and gangways only protected by a single iron railing. Large window panes were fitted instead of the composite windows that had been usual up to that point. They are sometimes referred to as 'the shorts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
