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Data sheet on the 187 012



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Parameter Value Unit Formula Comments
Running speed 60/60 Km/h Vmax fw/rw
Power transmission - - - hydraulic
Weight 34.20 t M ld with full reserves and engaged
Wheel arrangement B'B' - - -
Pivot pitch 11700 mm - -
Engines - - - 2x Büssing U11 D
Length 16130 mm - via buffers
Seats 48 no. - -
Standing spaces 40 no. - -
On-board voltage 24 volts Ub d.c. voltage
Brake design - - - Westinghouse
Heating - - - 2x Webasto
Manufacturer - - - H.Fuchs Heidelberg
Bend radius capability 50 m R -

The present-day 187 012 was built for the Mid-Baden Railways in 1955. It was used on the Zell-Todtnam line (formerly the Southern German Railway Company) as an MEG T15.

Fahrgastraum This railcar is unique among the HSB’s fleet. Outwardly it looks the same as the former NWE T3 at the front. There are doors at the front and back of the railcar, linking with adjoining railcars. The driver’s control panel was narrow as a result. The two engines were excluded from the wagon body and built under the floor, thereby creating a very spacious passenger area. The railcar was built with two folding grid doors on either side.

Unfortunately, the 18 km of line between Zell and Todtnau was shut down on 24th September 1967 because it was not economically viable. The MEG T15 was brought to the MEG’s main line between Bühl and Schwarzach. However, the T15 proved to be completely unsuitable for this line. It was simply too long to take the bends there.

Führerpult The MEG managed to find a buyer for the railcar. The Württemberg Railway Company bought it to run on its narrow-gauge railway on the Swabian mountain pasture on the line between Amstetten and Laichingen. The MEG T15 then became the WEG T35. However, it saw very little active service up to 1972.

It was modified. The linking door was taken from the back, and the railcar was only left with one engine; the second engine was removed. When after this conversion work, the WEG T35 merely remained as a spare engine as it could be used for transporting freight on this railway line.

The WEG then went looking for someone else to buy the T35 and sold it to the Langeoog Island Railway. Before the Southern German railcar was shipped off for island service, it underwent a thorough reconditioning at Bremer Waggonbau GmbH. It was fitted with two 210 h.p. engines, and the remaining linking door at the front was removed. The folding doors were removed on one side.

It became the T3 on Langeoog and made its maiden journey on the island in June 1976. It performed it "windy" service there for many years without complaint. However, this was not to be the final stage in its odyssey through Germany.

On 13th April 1995 the HSB signed an agreement to buy three railcars from Langeoog Island Railways, including the T3 (Langeoog).

In May 11995 the soon-to-be 187 012 was transported to Halberstedt on a low loader and made the rest of the journey to the Harz mountains by rail. However, it needed to undergo some more modifications to make it suitable to be used in the Harz. The refitting of the doors on either side of the railcar was particularly important because the HSB’s platforms were situated on both the left and right of the tracks. The old folding doors were taken out and replaced by new style doors in the process.

The 187 012 is mainly used nowadays for public local passenger transport between Nordhausen and Ilfeld.