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Here is the rolling stock of Vesuvius Railway:
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Type |
Number |
Entrance |
Seats |
Constructor |
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Push Engine |
1-2 |
1903 |
- |
SLM
of
Winterthur |
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3 |
1906 |
- |
SLM
of
Winterthur |
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Elettric
carriages |
1-2-3 |
1903 |
24 |
Schweizer Waggon AG |
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4-5 |
1913 |
34 |
Schweizer Waggon AG |
|
6-7 |
1929 |
44 |
O.F.M.
of Napoli |
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Goods
wagon |
2 |
n.d. |
- |
n.d. |
Electric carriage n°1, 2 and 3
Carriage n°1 (Funiculì
funiculà - Gamboni, Neri)
Carriage n°2
Carriage n°3
They were built by Schweiger Waggon AG of Schlieren (Zurich).
Each carriage, with the same size of a tram contained 24 seats distributed in three compartments open at window level provided with lateral doors, and
curtains to be used in case of sun or rain. The driving platforms which were
originally open, were closed after about 1910, keeping a strange projection.
They were provided with four indipendent braking system: an electromagnetical
brake on the track, a driving brake, a manual one and a seven position
aerostatic one with a returning gear. The operating tension was 550 Volts. Later
on they were set aside in new railcars favour.
Electric carriage n° 4 and 5
Carriage n°4
Carriage n°5
In 1913 F.V. bought two new carriage built by Schweiger Waggon AG of Schlieren
(Zurich), too. They were more
capacious providing with 34 seats to which passengers, could enter by four
doors sideways. They presented a more innovative line, with two big light on the
frontals and two company moulding on the sides. The electric and mechanical
scheme remained unchanged. (see
drawing)
Electric carriage n° 6 and 7
Carriage n°6 (Funiculì
funiculà - Gamboni, Neri)
Carriage n°7 (Foto Vesuvioinrete.it)
In 1929 two new railcars were put into office.
They were built by Southern Railways Workshops of Naples with a new metal body
unlike older carriages, which had a wood body, providing with 44 seats to wich
passengers could enter by four doors for each side. They were more narrow and
more long and had two big light and the own number on the frontals like
carriages n. 4 and 5.
Push engines n° 1, 2 and 3
Rack-locomotive n°1, 2 and 3 (Brown Boveri
Archive)
They were built by SLM of
Winterthur; n.1 and 2 were put into service in 1903 while n.3, distinguishable
for the rounded roof only in 1906. They were three axles rack locomotives, in
which the propelling cog-wheel was located on the middle one. Each locomotive
weighed 10,5 tons and thanks to two 85 H.P. engines, pushed a carriage
of 11 tons maintaining a constant speed of 7 km/h, on the tract S.Vito-Eremo,
characterized with a gradient of 18 to 25 %. Being shunt engines, there was
possibility to recover 60 % of power used getting on, as a dinamo. They were
provided with a band double brake acting on the drums of the propelling
cog-wheel and of the brake cog-wheel, a band double brake acting on the engines;
an automatic brake which starts working when the speed exceeds the fixed limit,
acts on the engines, and at the same time takes the current off such engines.
Goods wagons
Goods wagon n°2 of the Fifties (Foto Vesuvioinrete.it)
We hadn't exact informations about goods wagons of Vesuvius Railway.
They were one or two, and we know they were used for transport of materials
necessary to the chair lift construction.
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