NWE T 1 to 3

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Four-axled, narrow gauge railcar
187 025.JPG
187 025 im März 2006 in Gernrode
Type and origin
BuilderWaggonfabrik Wismar / BBC Mannheim
ModelToday: 6-cylinder turbo-diesel
Build date1939
Total produced3
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICBo’Bo’
Gauge1,000 mm
Wheel diameter800 mm
Minimum curve40 m
Wheelbase:
 • Bogie
1,900 mm
Pivot pitch11,100 mm
Length:
 • Over beams15,600 mm
Height3,450 mm
Service weight32.2 t
Loco brakeCompressed-air brake
Performance figures
Maximum speed60/60 km/h
Installed powerToday: 242 kW
Career
NumbersNWE T 1 to 3
DR VT 137 561, 565, 566
DR/HSB:187 025
Retired2 um 1965

The four-axled, driving railcars NWE T 1 to 3 were intended to provide more cost-effective railway services for the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft during times of low traffic demand. Only the T 1 had seats, the other two only a luggage compartment.

On their takeover by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War they were given the numbers VT 137 561, 565 and 566. Due to a shortage of spare parts, T 1 and 2 were scrapped around 1965 and only T 3, which is still preserved today, was given a computerised number, 187 025, by the DR in 1972. Since 1993 it has been in the possession of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) and was restored to working condition in 1999 after over 20 years in storage. Unlike the other HSB railcars, this one is painted uniformly in wine red and, with the exception of the 2007 programme, has been used exclusively for special services (during the inspections of the new railcars ).

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