The Breuer

General characteristics of the switcher:

Builder:	Breuerwerke, Frankfurt / Main, West Germany
Model/Type:	V (5)
Date of delivery:	1951
Road numbers:	N°3034
Diesel power [kW]:	56
Locomotive power [kW]:	?
Maximum starting tractive effort [kN]:	?
Maximum safe speed [km/h]:	25
Weight in working order [t]:	5,8
Total length [m]:	3,36

General view:

Builder plate:

Short presentation:

The switcher Breuer is one of the most untypical machine of our collection. It is equipped with an in-line 6 cylinders diesel engine from the company MWM (Motorenwerke Mannheim, a former Daimler-Department, which got independant until 1985, belong to Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz until 2005, and then to Deutz Power System GmbH until 2007. Since 2008 MWM is independent) and uses a mechanical transmission. The series had 95 issues. It was able of 500 t according to the builder specifications!

Life at CFTR:

Last owner before salvage:	Seegmuller
Retirement date:	2000
Acquisition date:	2010
Current owner:	CFTR
Restauration:	2010
Use at the CFTR:	Interne
Retirement by the CFTR:	-

Pictures (CFTR):

 

External links:

On the following german website www.rangierdiesel.de in the category Breuer, one can find a short description of these machines.

The next website www.werkbahn.de which is a benchmark in informations concerning locomotive builders in Germany, offers a more detailled description.

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