Departmental vehicle
Departmental vehicles, also called departmental wagons or engineering vehicles, are special
Typical departmental vehicles include:[1]
- Drum carriers
- Engineering vehicles
- Hopper wagons
- Mess coaches
- Opens
- Side rail loaders
- Tool vans
Railway vehicles
Railway departmental vehicles are hauled by
Commonly used as departmental vehicles are those wagons or coaches that, on account of their age and design, are no longer suited to or permitted to be used in normal service. Sometimes they are converted for specific roles. Certain departmental vehicles are built for a specific purpose e.g. the transport of ballast or as construction machines.
In the UK, many departmental vehicles used by British Rail (and later Network Rail) were named after aquatic creatures (such as Shark, Seacow or Mermaid). These names started life as Telegraphic codes.[2]
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Departmental vehicle for layingrailway sleepers -
catenary -
Weißeritztal railway
Railcars that have been taken out of regular service are often assigned as railway inspection vehicles, used to inspect trackage or transport construction workers. The Hamburg Port Railway has a museum version of such a vehicle.
Trams and trolleybuses
Tramway systems also have departmental vehicles, however they sometimes operate under different rules. For example, in Germany, whilst they are considered secondary vehicles by the railways, they are considered regular vehicles by the tramways and trolleybuses and have to be operated under the normal regulations that govern the construction and operation of tramways.
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Departmental tramway vehicle with the Chemnitz Transport Company -
Frankfurt am Main Tramway -
An Obus departmental vehicle of Type KTG-1 in Ukrainian Donetsk
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84728-643-7.
- ISBN 978-0-244-81540-0.
Further reading
- Marsden, Colin J. (1984). Departmental Stock. Rolling stock recognition. Vol. 3. Ian Allan. OCLC 15107222.
- Roughley, Malcolm (February–March 1982). "Goin' fishing...". OCLC 49957965.
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