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Our 98 026 was built by Waggon- und Maschinenbau
AG Görlitz in 1929. It
was delivered to the Kleinbahn
Freienwalde-Zehden (KFZ) in 1930 as a 3rd-class
passenger coach. From drawings of the class
Ci-25, the construction of the class follows the
pattern of 2-axle gangwayed carriages for
secondary lines of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Gesellschaft (DRG). Nevertheless certain
components, for example the windows, were built
according to the production rules of 1929. The
heating departed from Reichsbahn practice by
using circulating water heated by a separate
boiler. To accommodate this, the 3 sets of seats
opposite the toilet were dispensed with and in
their place stood the boiler. Similarly,
lighting was not provided by an on-board
generator but by a supply from the baggage
coach, a common practice on the KFZ. Also
noticeable are the Flettner ventilators and the
roof-mounted water tank. Remember, too, that
this 3rd-class coach had a flushing toilet and a
hand-basin with running water – something you
would not find in similar carriages on the DRG.
Scheduled use of the coach came to an end on 25
May 1968. After passenger travel ceased, the
carriage was robbed of its heating equipment and
the non-smoking- compartment was stripped of its
interior fittings. The coach became a baggage
and service vehicle on the KWD and was bought in
Summer 1980 by the Dampfeisenbahn Weserbergland
e.V. (DEW) in Rinteln. In Rinteln seating was
returned to the non-smoking compartment,
although unfortunately this was not in the
original style. Windows were replaced, the
water tank removed and the wooden roof replaced
by a new canopy. In this ‘preserved’ condition
the DEW ran the coach, now numbered 25, on its
line from Rinteln to Stadthagen from 1982 to
2000. As a result of revision of its needs, the
DEW put the carriage up for sale early in 2001
and was bought by Eisenbahn-Tradition e.V. on 29
June that year. After overhaul of the bodywork
and running gear during Autumn 2001 and Winter
2002, the carriage first ran in the
Teuto-Express on Ascension Day 2002 between
Bielefeld and Halle (Westf.). Before the
following Winter season, the hot-water heating
was reinstalled and the smoking compartment
revarnished. For Summer 2004 the non-smoking
compartment is to get its original wooden seats
and half-height compartment dividing
walls. Further restoration work will continue
with the toilet and the fitting of the water
tank on the roof.
 Type:
...........................................Ci-25
Manufacturer:
........................... WUMAG
Year:
......................................... 1929
Lenght over
buffers: .............. 12.300 mm
Total weight:
............................ 16,0 t
Seats:
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3rd-class: 48
Maximum speed:
................... 90 km/h
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