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Heath Express
The Heide Express (literally: "Heath Express") is the name used by the Lüneburg Transport Society (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verkehrsfreunde Lüneburg) or AVL to market special railway trips with their historic trains on the East Hanoverian Railways (OHE) railway network in northern Germany. Activities In addition to running special trains, the society organises presentations, model railway swapmeets, film showings and exhibitions, usually in Lüneburg. These are accompanied by excursions. Operations today The Heide Express operates today on the OHE lines around Lüneburg, Winsen, Soltau and Celle as well as Walsrode. Services operate irregularly several times a year and, in the summer months for special occasions. There are no regular weekend services as, for example, on the Moor Express. The following routes are operated: *Winsen–Niedermarschacht railway, Winsen (Luhe)–Niedermarschacht (with bus connexions to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geesthachter Eisenbahn, Geesthacht Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depot Of Heide-Express
Depot may refer to: Places * Depot, Poland, a village * Depot Glacier (other) * Depot Island (other) * Depot Nunatak * Depot Peak Brands and enterprises * Maxwell Street Depot, a restaurant in Chicago, United States * Office Depot, an American office supply chain * The Home Depot, an American home improvement retail chain Computing and technology * Depot, an application in the Radio Service Software * Depot, the format for Hewlett-Packard's Software Distributor Military * Depot, or logistics center * Depot, or Main Operating Base, an overseas base for the US military * Regimental depot, the headquarters and training grounds of a regiment * Supply depot Transport * Depot, a transport hub for freight * Train depot or train shed, a place where locomotives and rolling stock are sheltered and maintained when not in use * Bus depot or bus garage, a place where buses are sheltered and maintained when not in use ** Bus station, whose name can include the word ''depot, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celle–Soltau Railway
The Celle–Soltau railway is a standard gauge railway in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany that belongs to the East Hanoverian Railways (''Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen'' or ''OHE''). It is the OHE's busiest line. History The initiative for the construction of a railway to Bergen came from the district of Celle district, Celle. The Garßen–Beckedorf–Bergen section was opened on 23 April 1902 by the ''Kleinbahn Celle-Soltau, Celle-Munster, Kleinbahn Garßen-Bergen''. Its terminus had to be at Garßen because they failed to reach agreement with the town of Celle on the route of the line through the town. Following the approval of the ''Kleinbahn Celle–Wittingen'' a solution emerged, however, in the shape of junction with that railway. So it was more than two years later, on 13 December 1904, that the line to Celle-Vorstadt on the Celle–Wittingen railway went into service, making through services to Celle possible. As a result, passenger services to Garßen we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothaer Waggonfabrik
''Gothaer Waggonfabrik'' (''Gotha'', GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building. World War I In World War I, Gotha was the manufacturer of a highly successful series of bombers based on a 1914 design by Oskar Ursinus and developed by Hans Burkhard. From 1917, the Burkhard-designed twin pusher biplane bomber aircraft were capable of carrying out strategic bombing missions over England, the first heavier-than-air aircraft used in this role. Several dozen of these bombers were built in a number of subtypes - the Ursinus-based Gotha G.I, and the succeeding Burkhard-designed G.II, G.III, G.IV, and G.V. This last variant was the most prolific, with thirty-six in squadron service at one point. Inter war years Whilst Germany was prohibited from military aircraft manufacture by the Treaty of Versailles, Gotha returned to its railway endeavours, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MaK 600 D
Mak may refer to: People *Mak Dizdar (1917 - 1971), Bosnian poet *Muhammad Arshad Khan, Pakistani painter popularly known as "MAK" *Alan Mak (director) (born 1968), Hong Kong film director * Alan Mak (politician) (born 1984), British Member of Parliament * Alice Mak, Chinese cartoonist and creator of McMug/McDull *Geert Mak, Dutch journalist, historian, and author * Marion Wang Mak (born November 7, 1926), American composer * Róbert Mak, Slovak football player *Mai (Chinese surname), transliterated as "Mak" in Cantonese Places * Mak, Kardzhali Province, village in Bulgaria * Mak, Masovian Voivodeship, village in Poland * MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, museum in Vienna, Austria Other * The Mak language of Guizhou, China * The Mak language of Nigeria * Ma. K., abbreviation for the science-fiction universe Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000 * Maksutov telescope, catadioptric telescope invented by Dmitri Maksutov * MaK (Maschinenbau Kiel), German engineering firm in Kiel * Mouvement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linke-Hofmann-Busch
Alstom Transport Deutschland, formerly Linke-Hofmann-Busch, is a German manufacturing company originally established in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) to produce locomotives and rolling stock. Its origins lay in the wheelwright business of Gottfried Linke, begun in 1834. After World War II, the company was reestablished in Salzgitter in West Germany. In 1994, Alstom, GEC Alsthom acquired a 51% shareholding.World Update ''Railway Age'', August 1994, p. 88. It is now part of Alstom; the name Linke-Hofmann-Busch ceased to be used in 2009 when it became Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH. Aircraft industry During World War I, it became one of many companies in Germany drawn into the aircraft industry even though they had no prior experience in aircraft design process, aircraft design. Linke-Hofmann-Busch first entered the aircraft industry by repairing and constructing aircraft designed by other established companies under licence, such as the Roland C.IIa, Albatros B.IIa, Albatros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diesel Locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover (locomotive), power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. The most common are diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–hydraulic. Early internal combustion engine, internal combustion locomotives and railcars used kerosene and gasoline as their fuel. Rudolf Diesel patented his first compression-ignition engine in 1898, and steady improvements to the design of diesel engines reduced their physical size and improved their power-to-weight ratios to a point where one could be mounted in a locomotive. Internal combustion engines only operate efficiently within a limited power band, and while low-power gasoline engines could be coupled to mechanical transmission (mechanics), transmissions, the more powerful diesel engines required the development of new forms of transmiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunter (locomotive)
A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), station pilot (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move trains over long distances. Instead, they typically assemble trains in order for another locomotive to take over. Switchers often operate in a railyard or make short transfer runs. They may serve as the primary motive power on short branch lines or switching and terminal railroads. A hybrid type known as a road switcher can both shunt and haul trains. Switchers are optimized for their role, being relatively low-powered but with a high starting tractive effort for getting heavy cars rolling quickly. Switchers are geared to produce high torque but are restricted to low top speeds and have small diameter driving wheels. Switchers tend to be durable and to remain in service for a long time, such as the Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutz KS55 B
Deutz may refer to: People * Emmanuel Deutz (1763–1842), German-born French rabbi * Rupert of Deutz, (–), Benedictine theologian and writer * Simon Deutz (1802–1852), German-born French courtier Places * Deutz, Cologne, a former town, since 1888 a quarter of Cologne, Germany * Deutz Abbey, a Benedictine abbey in Cologne, Germany * Deutz–Gießen railway, a line between Deutz and Gießen * Deutz Station, after 2004 Köln Messe/Deutz station, a railway junction in Cologne, Germany. * Deutz Suspension Bridge, former bridge in Cologne destroyed in World War II. Companies * Deutz AG, a diesel-engine manufacturer based in Cologne, Germany ** Deutz-Allis, former subsidiary in North America. ** Deutz-Fahr, a brand of tractors and other farm equipment established in 1968. ** Deutz Power Systems, former subsidiary (1985–2007) today part of Caterpillar Energy Solutions Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH, is a mechanical engineering company based in Mannheim, Baden-Württembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutz AG
Deutz AG is a German internal combustion engine manufacturer, based in Porz, Cologne, Germany. History The company was founded by Nicolaus Otto, the inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine, and his partner Eugen Langen on 31 March 1864, as N. A. Otto & Cie, later renamed to Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz after moving operations in 1869, from Cologne to Deutz, located on the opposite side of the Rhine. In the early years, Otto and Langen were interested only in producing stationary engines, not automobiles. Georgano, G.N. ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930''. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985) The technical director, Gottlieb Daimler, was eager to produce automobiles. In the middle of the 1870s, it was suggested that he transfer to the company's St. Petersburg factory to reduce his influence. He resigned, taking Wilhelm Maybach with him. Deutz also produced agricultural machines such as Combine harvesters and Tractors, as well as Commercial Vehicles such as Truck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleinlok
{{Short description, German locomotive A ''Kleinlokomotive'' or ''Kleinlok'' (literally: "small locomotive"; plural: ''Kleinlokomotiven'' or ''Kleinloks'') is a German locomotive of small size and low power for light shunting duties at railway stations and on industrial railways. Most are powered by diesel engines, but ''Kleinloks'' with steam, petrol, or electric engines were also produced. After testing several trials locomotives, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) placed various types of such locomotives into service from 1930 onwards. Industrial lines and railway workshops generally procured engines of the same design. In Switzerland ''Kleinlokomotiven'' were used as light rail motor tractors. History In order to speed up goods traffic and meet the challenges posed by emerging competition from road traffic, various national railways in Europe carried out trials with small diesel-powered shunters starting in 1923. Until then, all shunting movements for goods wagons at small st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umbauwagen
The Umbau-Wagen or Umbauwagen was a type of German railway passenger coach operated by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) which appeared in the mid-1950s. The name means "rebuild coach" and they were made by rebuilding or converting former state railway ('' Länderbahn'') compartment coaches, many of which were over 30 years old. Origins After the Second World War, the DB, like the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany, had a serious deficit of stock as well as a very aged fleet of coaches, a situation which lasted into the 1960s. In the 1950s the bulk of the fleet for local and '' Eilzug'' (semi-fast) trains was still made up of 22,345 four-, six- and eight-wheeled compartment and open coaches of the former Prussian state railways, Prussian and Royal Bavarian State Railways, Bavarian classes from the period before and after the First World War. The few Eilzugwagen#Städtewagen / yl coaches, city coaches bought for ''Eilzug'' services at the beginning of the 1950s were nowhere ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
