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Offline BR01097  
#1 Posted : 13 September 2018 23:09:10(UTC)
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Some layouts feature a DB Railbus towing not only its own trailers or ski wagon, but conventional boxcars as well. Is there precedent in the proto-type?BR 795-3.jpg

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Offline H0  
#2 Posted : 14 September 2018 07:48:49(UTC)
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Is there precedent in the proto-type?
I don't know.
BR 795 does not have a standard hook nor does it have standard brake hoses. And the motor does not have much HP.
I never heard of any regular service with a BR 795 and extra cars.

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#3 Posted : 14 September 2018 08:14:09(UTC)
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A link to the original site with the picture:
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:795-3.jpg

The photo was taken 1993 in a railway museum. It was published under the GNU license and the CC license. Uploading the image to other sites without proper credits could impose a violation of copyrights.
Without a link to the original site, a lot of photo-related information is lost.

Trains standing in a railway museum are exactly that: prototype examples for trains standing in a railway museum.
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#4 Posted : 15 September 2018 01:53:38(UTC)
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Some layouts feature a DB Railbus towing not only its own trailers or ski wagon, but conventional boxcars as well. Is there precedent in the proto-type?


Yes and no.

As H0 wrote correctly the Railbus was too weak by its one engine to pull more than 3 coaches beside the motor coach. Also it did not have the standard used couplers. So no other wagon like boxcars could be added. This was appropriate for the VT 95 and therefore the VT 98 was developed.

The VT 98 had more power because of now 2 Diesel inside and regular standard screw couplings. Also it got better breakes and a reinforced main frame. This Railbus now could pull boxcars and regular passenger cars too. What happened sometimes. But more often it was hanged after other trains to get pulled by them.

If you are interested in more information see the link

http://www.wittis-modellbahn.de/Retter_Nb_1.pdf

But you have to translate it

https://www.deepl.com/translator

or you may read more here at Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railbus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uerdingen_railbus

If you want to see more Railbus running, here are a few videos

https://www.youtube.com/...C3%BCrdinger+schienenbus

In Germany are still some sceduled lines by the Railbus available.

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Offline Jimmy Thompson  
#5 Posted : 14 February 2020 14:40:33(UTC)
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As TEEWolf mentioned the 98/798 had "More Power" (as Tim the Tool Man would say) and here is a nifty short video of one being pressed into service: Smile However, as HO mentioned, the 95...not so much possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuadpO_WfAc

And ein still-leben from bahnbilder:

https://www.bahnbilder.d...inem-gueterwagen-am.html

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Offline Jimmy Thompson  
#6 Posted : 14 February 2020 15:46:30(UTC)
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My own personal confusion comes quite easily from Mother M's own 3016 with regular couplers - I could put anything I want onto that precious little gem, but...prototypical for the VT 95 Wink ? (It could happen in my little world Sneaky )

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Offline RayF  
#7 Posted : 14 February 2020 16:29:11(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson Go to Quoted Post
My own personal confusion comes quite easily from Mother M's own 3016 with regular couplers - I could put anything I want onto that precious little gem, but...prototypical for the VT 95 Wink ? (It could happen in my little world Sneaky )

Jimmy


Actually the 3016 doesn't have regular couplers. Although they can be made to couple to Relex couplers they don't normally work together. The loop goes down instead of up, if you know what I mean?
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#8 Posted : 14 February 2020 16:37:42(UTC)
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Ray, Thanks! I was unaware of that little functional anomaly...I actually do not have a 3016, I was going off pictures, again with the just looking at the pictures.Blushing (Kind of a 'force fit?')

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#9 Posted : 14 February 2020 17:47:08(UTC)
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Ray, Thanks! I was unaware of that little functional anomaly...I actually do not have a 3016, I was going off pictures, again with the just looking at the pictures.Blushing (Kind of a 'force fit?')

Jimmy


Yeah! If you lift the end of the railbus you can get the loop over the hook on a Relex coupler. I've done it myself and pretended that my railbus had been modified to pull a couple of 4 wheel coaches for my imaginary branch line. It looked very strange though, as the railbus is so much lower than ordinary stock!
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#10 Posted : 14 February 2020 17:57:55(UTC)
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I guess it would look something like this? (I know it is the cat work car, but the same basic thing?)

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and that has all the cat equipment on the roof so it is higher than a regular 98...
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#11 Posted : 14 February 2020 18:20:27(UTC)
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Even I, with my rather prodigious capacity for "Voluntary Suspension of Disbelief", am having a little trouble with this VT 98 from bahnbilder:

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Blink

might just be sitting there, but...
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Offline TEEWolf  
#12 Posted : 14 February 2020 18:26:39(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson Go to Quoted Post
Ray, Thanks! I was unaware of that little functional anomaly...I actually do not have a 3016, I was going off pictures, again with the just looking at the pictures.Blushing (Kind of a 'force fit?')

Jimmy


See the spar parts sheet #24 for the coupler.

http://www.maerklin-samm...016/03016_explo_0000.pdf

a bit more infos

http://www.maerklin-samm...omotiven/03016/03016.htm
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#13 Posted : 15 February 2020 09:18:08(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson Go to Quoted Post
Even I, with my rather prodigious capacity for "Voluntary Suspension of Disbelief", am having a little trouble with this VT 98 from bahnbilder:

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Blink

might just be sitting there, but...


Hi Jimmy,

This is a VB oder VS, not a VT. At the VT you would see the motor under the car.

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#14 Posted : 15 February 2020 12:39:23(UTC)
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Thanks Markus ThumpUp I guess even bahnbilder can make a mistake...just like me Wink

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#15 Posted : 15 February 2020 12:52:46(UTC)
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#16 Posted : 15 February 2020 13:37:04(UTC)
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Brilliant river! I love it! Drool

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Offline TEEWolf  
#17 Posted : 15 February 2020 16:39:43(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson Go to Quoted Post
Thanks Markus ThumpUp I guess even bahnbilder can make a mistake...just like me Wink

Jimmy


Why shall the picture be a mistake?

VT was the railbus Triebwagen
VB was the railbus Beiwagen
VS was the railbus Steuerwagen. The pretty early version of a cab forward control car.

BTW it must be a VB, because it does not show wipers at the front screen.

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#18 Posted : 15 February 2020 18:41:05(UTC)
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Well, perhaps not so much "mistake" as "misnomer" as Bahnbilder has separate entries for VT, VB, and VS...Blushing (not really my call as to where any particular picture ends up, I guess, it merely added to my already confused state Blink and in that particular instance it merely says Ein VT 98 der Kasbachtalbahn in Linz am Rhein ) and given the picture would any of the VT/S/B 98 be taking on a string of wagens as that, even empties (in prototype)? Confused Confused

By the way, I do recognise that I have strayed farther and farther from the original intent of the thread (VT 95) for which I profusely apologize...Blushing , but to me this VT series has been a small puzzle which you all are helping me to understand. Hearty "Thanks!" to all!
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Offline TEEWolf  
#19 Posted : 16 February 2020 04:49:10(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson Go to Quoted Post
Well, perhaps not so much "mistake" as "misnomer" as Bahnbilder has separate entries for VT, VB, and VS...Blushing (not really my call as to where any particular picture ends up, I guess, it merely added to my already confused state Blink and in that particular instance it merely says Ein VT 98 der Kasbachtalbahn in Linz am Rhein ) and given the picture would any of the VT/S/B 98 be taking on a string of wagens as that, even empties (in prototype)? Confused Confused

By the way, I do recognise that I have strayed farther and farther from the original intent of the thread (VT 95) for which I profusely apologize...Blushing , but to me this VT series has been a small puzzle which you all are helping me to understand. Hearty "Thanks!" to all!


Not really, because a VT 98 is just a VT 95 plus. Stronger motor and standard couplers, but the railbus remaind.

V stands for Verbrennungsmotor (combustion engine). Although a Diesel loco has a similar Diesel engine inside, but these engines were and are developed especially for trains. The railbus had a truck Diesel engine from Buessing (today it is MAN) inside. Therefore the V.

As mentioned before T stands for Triebwagen means the car with the motor underneath.

B stands for Beiwagen. This was just a car and only for people transportation without any technical train function.

S was the Steuerwagen. The same as the Wendezüge, these cab forward cars, have today.
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#20 Posted : 16 February 2020 10:30:50(UTC)
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V stands for Verbrennungsmotor (combustion engine).


I don't know if this is correct or not; but it doesn't make sense to me Confused

Why would you call it a "Verbrennungsmotor-Beiwagen" or "Verbrennungsmotor-Steurwagen" if there's no engine? Blink

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Originally Posted by: TEEWolf Go to Quoted Post
V stands for Verbrennungsmotor (combustion engine).


I don't know if this is correct or not; but it doesn't make sense to me Confused

Why would you call it a "Verbrennungsmotor-Beiwagen" or "Verbrennungsmotor-Steurwagen" if there's no engine? Blink

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If it is correct what TEEWolf wrote it is understandable: how else would you describe it ? if you don't include the V and just mention the B or S, I assume because it is related to the VT and the T stands for Triebwagen it would be naturally in the German language to leave the V and replace the T with either the B or S., whether or not it stood on its own e.g. VB or VS is a question hopefully some one can answer. I would rather think it was VT/B or VT/B/S or VT/S

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#22 Posted : 16 February 2020 20:09:36(UTC)
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If it is correct what TEEWolf wrote it is understandable


I think it's correct; i just find it funny / not logical BigGrin

And when you then think of Arbeitstriebwagen, Posttriebwagen, Gepäcktriebwagen and Gütertriebwagen, it gets even more confusing Confused

It must be quite hard to be Lokführer in an Arbeitstriebwagen..................... BigGrin Laugh LOL

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#23 Posted : 16 February 2020 21:29:09(UTC)
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And then the little VB 141 anhänger 2-axle trailer

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from https://www.stummiforum.de/viewtopic.php?t=36049

(Whisper Mode On: maybe the "V" being a kind of overall a category for 'Verbrennungsmotor' and anything with a "V" can be used with anything else with a "V"?? Whisper Mode Off)
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#24 Posted : 16 February 2020 22:47:20(UTC)
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And our own "alma mater" has helped us along (although with the "98" version) in Z 88313:

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and here is another short discussion on RoG Forum with a few prototype pictures:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/...a-schienenbus-t7179.html

I have seen a few photos of what looks like a VT pulling a few wagons, and then the following photo shows a helper lok which was out of sight in the first photo (usually a 212 or similar, which leads me to believe they may be using the VT in its VSteuerwagen application).

As Alice would say, curiouser and curiouser...Blink
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#25 Posted : 17 February 2020 04:14:32(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: river6109 Go to Quoted Post
If it is correct what TEEWolf wrote it is understandable


I think it's correct; i just find it funny / not logical BigGrin

And when you then think of Arbeitstriebwagen, Posttriebwagen, Gepäcktriebwagen and Gütertriebwagen, it gets even more confusing Confused

It must be quite hard to be Lokführer in an Arbeitstriebwagen..................... BigGrin Laugh LOL

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Well on the first sight it is confusing, even to me. So the VT was not named by the type of motor. I think now it is named by the place of the motor combined with the type of train. V is the Diesel class and T is Triebwagen and so on as above stated. Means the motor is built in or under a car for a "closed" train, like the VT 11.5, the German luxury train TEE. See here at Wikipedia in an overview of the German loco classes and its name changes in 1968.

https://de.wikipedia.org...der_Deutschen_Bundesbahn

and the systematic of the DR/DB locomotive classification

https://de.wikipedia.org...der_Deutschen_Reichsbahn

Well, Posttriebwagen, Gütertriebwagen etc., never exists because these special cars were always connected or trailered with a loco in front of the complete train.
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#26 Posted : 17 February 2020 09:36:31(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Purellum Go to Quoted Post
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Originally Posted by: TEEWolf Go to Quoted Post
V stands for Verbrennungsmotor (combustion engine).


I don't know if this is correct or not; but it doesn't make sense to me Confused

Why would you call it a "Verbrennungsmotor-Beiwagen" or "Verbrennungsmotor-Steurwagen" if there's no engine? Blink
The V stands for Verbrennungsmotor.

A Silberling control car can be configured for use with Diesel trains or for use with electric trains - but does not support both at the same time. Different cable connection, different motor control. It can be reconfigured at the BW.

A VB has the cable connection for Diesel trains. So yes, it makes some sense. I assume it could not be used between an ETA and and ESA because the cable configuration does not match.
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#27 Posted : 18 February 2020 09:41:58(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Purellum Go to Quoted Post
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Originally Posted by: river6109 Go to Quoted Post
If it is correct what TEEWolf wrote it is understandable


I think it's correct; i just find it funny / not logical BigGrin

And when you then think of Arbeitstriebwagen, Posttriebwagen, Gepäcktriebwagen and Gütertriebwagen, it gets even more confusing Confused

It must be quite hard to be Lokführer in an Arbeitstriebwagen..................... BigGrin Laugh LOL

Per.

Cool


One takes words as you've learned them and never give it another thought unless you analyze them and find them somewhat confusing especially people who translate it into English.

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