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Update 2019/2020:
The old loco shed was victim of an arson attack in 2019. The historic vehicles inside have been seriously damaged - most of them beyond repair. Let's hope that loco shed and the vehicles will be all rebuild, but I doubt that there is sufficienti interest and funding for railway heritage... |
Prior to 1900, the depot was next to the main railway station where the bus station is located today. But a larger depot was necessary, also to cope with additional trains when the railway bridge over the Rhine finally opened in 1900. This new train maintenance depot was constructed by the Joint Hessian Ludwigsbahn and the Royal Prussian Railways. Among others, it had two turntable and two large loco sheds.The last remaining turntable was sold to the Railway Museum in Neutstadt/Weinstraße...
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Akkumulatorentriebwagen // Battery electric multiple unit / accumulator railcarBattery multiple units were already developed in the late 19th century. Already prior to the First World War, a battery mutliple unit was developed that was buiild in more than 160 units: the "Wittfeld-Akkumullatortriebwagen" (which became the ETA 177/178/180 of the DB). These were already used on many branch lines around Worms in the 1920s and 30s; many of them were damaged in the 2nd World War, but rebuild. Unfortunately, only one of them has survived (in Poland).
In 1954, a new type was built: the ETA 150 (later renumbered as 515), with a maximum speed of 100 kph! A battery charge could last between 250 and 400 km! More than 200 of these railcars were built and they continued to work well into the late 1980s when they were replaced by diesel multiple units (notably the 628 type which is now also largely 'extinct'). Hier ein externer Link mit Bildern zur Unterhaltung der Akkutriebwagen 150/515 im Bahnbetriebswerk Worms in 1987: hier clicken.
Für den ETA150 gibt's auch eine Wikipedia Seite. |
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