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Vrads station on the former Horsens - Bryrup - Silkeborg private railway (1899-1968), September 6th 2014.
Like in many countries around the world, the railways in Denmark started off in the mid-19th century with a pletoria of privately run railways, which served local communities alongside the state-run railways. However, in Denmark, rather than merging with the state-run railways at one time or another, many of the local railways continued to exist well into the 20th century, with some surviving to this day. However, the destructions brought by the Second World War, followed by the rise of personal transport in the form of cars in the 1950s and 1960s doomed many of the privately run railways, many of which would disappear during the post-war years. Many of these loss-making privately-run railways (of the 44 companies that still existed in the mid-fifties, 43 were running at a loss) were liquidated and replaced by bus services.
The Horsens-Bryrup-Silkeborg railway company was one of these latter cases. Founded in 1899 as the Horsens-Bryrup private company, it was converted from narrow-gauge to standard-gauge in 1929, the same year the service was extended to Silkeborg. It was one of four private companies to operate from Horsens station, the other three being the Horsens Vestbaner - HV - which operated services between Horsens and Thyregod, and on its branchline from Rask Mølle to Ejstrupholm from 1899 until 1962 (originally as narrow gauge from Horsens to Tørring until conversion to standard gauge and extension in 1929, with passenger services being suspended in 1957, and goods traffic continuing to the end); the Horsens-Juelsminde - HJ - company which operated services from 1884 until 1957 (existing as standard gauge from its founding); and the Horsens - Odder - HOJ - company which operated services from 1904 until 1967.
The last survivor of the quartet of Horsens railway companies, the HBS company was liquidated in 1968, and its services suspended in March of that year, when the railway service was replaced by a bus service.. However, local inhabitants of Bryrup wanted to preserve part of "their" railway, and eventually succeeded in doing so - already in 1969, the first services of the newly-found Veteran Railway Bryrup-Vrads (VBV) took place, using a mixture of preserved material of the HBS, HV, HOJ and TFJ (Thisted-Fjerritslev Jernbaner) companies. It is still run by dedicated volunteers, who keep the material and a five-kilometer stretch of the original railway in pristine condition as a reminder of the services that were once run in their community and in many other places across Denmark. The current museum railway owns two 1949 Frichs-built 'Litra F' steam locomotives (one in working order and one under restauration), one Frichs diesel locomotive from the 1950s, a number of Triangle-built motor cars from the late-1920s, and a pair of Scandia-built motor cars from the 1950s.
Seen arriving out of Bryrup station are a trio of Triangle-built diesel railcars with a car coupled inbetween - former Horsens Vestbaner railcar HV M10 (1929) leading TFJ M2 (1928), HV M12 (1929), and HBS car C227.
Like in many countries around the world, the railways in Denmark started off in the mid-19th century with a pletoria of privately run railways, which served local communities alongside the state-run railways. However, in Denmark, rather than merging with the state-run railways at one time or another, many of the local railways continued to exist well into the 20th century, with some surviving to this day. However, the destructions brought by the Second World War, followed by the rise of personal transport in the form of cars in the 1950s and 1960s doomed many of the privately run railways, many of which would disappear during the post-war years. Many of these loss-making privately-run railways (of the 44 companies that still existed in the mid-fifties, 43 were running at a loss) were liquidated and replaced by bus services.
The Horsens-Bryrup-Silkeborg railway company was one of these latter cases. Founded in 1899 as the Horsens-Bryrup private company, it was converted from narrow-gauge to standard-gauge in 1929, the same year the service was extended to Silkeborg. It was one of four private companies to operate from Horsens station, the other three being the Horsens Vestbaner - HV - which operated services between Horsens and Thyregod, and on its branchline from Rask Mølle to Ejstrupholm from 1899 until 1962 (originally as narrow gauge from Horsens to Tørring until conversion to standard gauge and extension in 1929, with passenger services being suspended in 1957, and goods traffic continuing to the end); the Horsens-Juelsminde - HJ - company which operated services from 1884 until 1957 (existing as standard gauge from its founding); and the Horsens - Odder - HOJ - company which operated services from 1904 until 1967.
The last survivor of the quartet of Horsens railway companies, the HBS company was liquidated in 1968, and its services suspended in March of that year, when the railway service was replaced by a bus service.. However, local inhabitants of Bryrup wanted to preserve part of "their" railway, and eventually succeeded in doing so - already in 1969, the first services of the newly-found Veteran Railway Bryrup-Vrads (VBV) took place, using a mixture of preserved material of the HBS, HV, HOJ and TFJ (Thisted-Fjerritslev Jernbaner) companies. It is still run by dedicated volunteers, who keep the material and a five-kilometer stretch of the original railway in pristine condition as a reminder of the services that were once run in their community and in many other places across Denmark. The current museum railway owns two 1949 Frichs-built 'Litra F' steam locomotives (one in working order and one under restauration), one Frichs diesel locomotive from the 1950s, a number of Triangle-built motor cars from the late-1920s, and a pair of Scandia-built motor cars from the 1950s.
Seen arriving out of Bryrup station are a trio of Triangle-built diesel railcars with a car coupled inbetween - former Horsens Vestbaner railcar HV M10 (1929) leading TFJ M2 (1928), HV M12 (1929), and HBS car C227.
Image size
4000x3000px 4.1 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot G15
Shutter Speed
1/1002 second
Aperture
F/2.5
Focal Length
15 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
Sep 6, 2014, 3:31:46 PM
Sensor Size
7mm
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Awesome! These diesels probably don't have synchronised gearing and if so, can't operate in multiple unit formation by one driver. Do you know if they are operated by at least one man per motor car?