|
►
In 1929 the Deutsche Reichsbahn began developing
more lightly-built carriages for branch lines.
After 2 trial series, from 1931 onwards a total
of 301 vehicles of type Pwi were built by
various manufacturers. Our
117 662 Münster came from Vereinigte
Westdeutsche Waggonfabrik AG in Mainz in 1933. This
type of wagon saw service, eventually under the
Deutsche Bundesbahn, until the mid-1970s. Our
carriage was sold in 1977 to the Teutoburger
Wald-Eisenbahn and ran as TWE 63 – including as
part of the 'Teuto-Express'. In 1985 the
carriage was sold on to the Eisenbahnfreunde
Wetterau in Bad Nauheim. But by 1993 they no
longer had a use for this kind of carriage and
our group brought it back to Lengerich. Any work
on it is unthinkable due to limited workshop
capacity. We do, though, harbour the hope that
we can make the vehicle fit to run again with
the help of local financial support or though a
Euregio project.
 Type:
...........................................Pwi-31a
Manufacturer:
........................... Westdt. Waggonfabrik
Mainz
Year:
......................................... 1933
Lenght over
buffers: .............. 12.600 mm
Total weight:
............................ 16,7 t
Maximum speed:
................... 90 km/h
|
