One day this will return to the layout
It has gone to the Netherlands to be rebuilt. CLICK HERE
The SVT as it is now, too many problems that require new wheels, motor, decoder, however it is able to be repaired/upgraded.
The new motor
Wiring done...
Keeping
the original bulbs as they work just fine, including the interior
lights. All connected to a function output, so you can choose whether to
turn them on or off.
The
original bulbs are rated 16V and only get a half wave as i don't use
the blue wire on the decoder but the chassis as a return (connected to
the rails).
The background
It
is intended to recreate the SVT 137’s one-off visit to the Rennsteig in
September 1951. Please note that Frauenwalde is not a replica, but
simply a fond tribute to the small railways of the Thuringian Forest.
The unique journey of a three-carriage SVT 137 from Berlin to the
Rennsteig in September 1951. Here it is stopping at Ilmenau-Bad station
on the return journey. The second gentleman from the right is the
driver, Mr Schmidt, the railway manager of Frauenwalde and current train
dispatcher, and the owner of the Berlin travel agency Tramando and
current tour guide, Mr Ellersiek.
Some more background
Parallel
to the development of the Hamburg design, the three-car Breslau
variant, later renamed Leipzig, was being developed for planned use in
East Prussia and Silesia. These cars featured, for the first time,
third-class seating, a larger kitchen, and a sideboard. Catering was to
be provided by Mitropa, as usual. Like the Hamburg design, the three-car
train ran on Jacobs bogies. The new Maybach GO 6 diesel engine was
chosen as the power unit. While retaining the same basic design
principles as the GO 5 engine, it delivered an increased output of 600
hp through exhaust gas turbocharging. This power increase was essential
for building the three-car train, which also had a top speed of 160
km/h.
Two
SVT railcars were ordered from Linke-Hofmann-Busch in Breslau following
the four two-car Hamburg-type vehicles with operating numbers 137
153-154 a/ b/c. The delivery contract 03.077/24.314 was concluded on
July 25, 1934. Both vehicles, according to company overview drawing TK
5100 r, were to be delivered with hydrodynamic power transmission, a
technology largely developed by Triebwagenbau AG Berlin. A year later,
the order was expanded to include two further vehicles with electric
transmission, which received the operating numbers 137 233-234. The
delivery contract 03.966/24.315 was concluded on June 21, 1935. The
railcars largely corresponded to the hydraulically operated version in
terms of their structural components, and were therefore included under
the same drawing sheet number. Although ordered much later, the
diesel-electric cars according to company overview drawing VTe 422 c
were delivered before the hydraulic cars; however, their acceptance was
delayed until mid-1936
Random images of the damage to the model
The
model is about 40-50 years old, dimensionally accurate but the
materials were not as good as contemporary western products nevertheless
it is worth saving.
