► Photothread: Vehicles on rails

[Maxschnauzer]

A Polizei/WH Sd. Kfz. 231(6 Rad)

[Maxschnauzer]

Bussing NAG 650 of the Feldeisenbahn, Eastern Front

[SIS 5]

Hi,

here an old pic posted first by George (carius) 15th October 2012 and some later 2nd November again in a better quality by Sturm 78. Markus identified it as a Raba Super, but after discovering another Hungarian truck on rails I think that it could be a MAVAG-Mercedes. I know there are different cabins, but the rest seams to fit.

Regards

Bert

[Jose85]

Photo from eBay.de

[SIS 5]

Hi Viktor, hi ilfil,

in the book ""Kaelble Lastkraftwagen und Zugmaschinen" by Joachim Wahl and Alexander Luig I could find the exact designation of the tractor on Your pic:
Z 6 W 2A 130 special version . Only two were delivered in July 1940. A tractor, which could be used on rails and on roads. Here a pic of this vehicle during the change of the wheels. It had two different front axes, a rigid front axle for the use on rails and a normal movable front axle for the use on roads. Because of it it had a special prolonged mudguards.

Best regards

Bert

[SIS 5]

Hi,

here another pic of a Kaelble type Z 6 W 2A 130 special version (source of the pic: "Kaelble Lastkraftwagen und Zugmaschinen" by Joachim Wahl and Alexander Luig).

Regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

Amazing vehicle. Thanks for the photos, Bert.

[SIS 5]

Hi Max,

I´m glad when You are enjoying those pics. Here the last pic of these vehicles out of the book "Kaelble Lastkraftwagen und Zugmaschinen": "Both two-way-tractors in road postion during test drives near to Berlin. Sorry for the bad quality of the copy.

Best regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

Thanks again, Bert. I'm a little late to this area of study and always very appreciative of these photos of unusual vehicles posted by my mentors that are not available on the internet. I hope you and everyone else here are doing fine during these difficult times.
I'm curious about the registration, which is obviously pre-Wehrmacht. What do you make of it IC, IIC, IIIC?

[SIS 5]

Hi Max,

thank You for Your warm words. I´m fine, but my father-in-law is dying, but not by Corona, but by a normal influenza.
To Your question: the registration is "III C", the administration district of Backnang, Böblingen and Esslingen, the region around Stuttgart. The company Kaelble was in the town Backnang.

Best regards

Bert

[SIS 5]

Hi,

by chance I could find three more pics of the Panzerkampfwagen III on rails, which I posted 09 July 2017. The vehicle is a so-called Schienenkampfwagen SK 1 (rail tank nr. 1) and was developped by the Austrian company Saurer from November 1942. It was a Panzerkampfwagen III Ausführung N Sd.Kfz. 141/2. The test drives of this prototype began in August 1943 and lasted until autumn 1944.

Source of the pics: https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/07/1 ... sk-1-1943/

Regards

Bert

[SIS 5]

Hi,

here an interesting pic with a mittlerer Einheitswagen on rails (source: ebay).

Regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[ilfil]

Rare birds away from home: captured Latil TL7 shunters of Eisenbahnpionier Regt. 1 at Yasinovataya, Ukraine.







And a luxury piece for change:

[carius]

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Ebay.de
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George