Gaskesselwagen

[Ian Burns]

Something a little different.

I am looking for a photograph of a railway Gaskesselwagen [gas tank wagon] used on German airship bases to transport hydrogen from the gas plant to the sheds.
The pressurised tank was apparently sheathed in a wooden shell or box.

[Volker_Nemsch]

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... a photo of a standard "Kesselwagen" as used by the Germans during WW1.

As far as I know, riveted tanks were the standard until the early 1920's - when welded tanks slowly replaced them - and so the ones on the photo containing "dangerous liquids" (poisonous gas) were considered to be stable enough to handle problematic goods with the needed safety. But I have no idea about the max. possible pressure in connection with the transport of gas in these tanks.

http://imgur.com/a/EQB5v

"The pressurised tank was apparently sheathed in a wooden shell or box."

Can you give me more info about that "cover"?

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[Ian Burns]

Thanks Volker ... again

I cannot provide any information about the wood cladding. The German repory just says:

Tondern Kriegstagebücher for 19 July 1918.

Es fielen 2 Bomben in Tobias und durchschlugen das Hallendach. Eine Bombe fiel nordöstlich etwa 30 m von der Halle, eine weitere auf einen Gaskesselwagen, der mit 100 Atmosphären unter Druck stand, zerstörte die Wagenbedeckung und hinterliess Sprenglöcher auf den Ringen des Gasbehälters, ohne diesen selbst zur Explosion zu bringen.

Two bombs fell on Tobias and penetrated the roof of the hall. One bomb fell about 30m Northeast of the hall, another one on a gasholder vehicle [rail wagon], which was pressurized to 100 atmospheres pressure, the car cover was destroyed and blast holes [?] left on the rings of the gas container without causing it to explode.
Perhaps my translation is wrong?

Nice photo - thanks

As always
Best regards
Ian

[Ian Burns]

Look here to find a photo of an actual Gaskesselwagen:
http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/cros...h/_1502207015/

You may need to put Bild 134-B2059 into the search box.

[Volker_Nemsch]

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... that I've never seen the picture of such a wagon before. Thank you for sharing your information.

But when you mentioned "pressurized to 100 atmospheres pressure" it was clear to me, that it was not a wagon of the type I found. At least the guys in Tondern were lucky that the tank did not explode during this raid.

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