Kirchner : โ€œPuppy expressionist โ€œ by KA-EF BAHN

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Kirchner :ย  โ€œPuppy expressionist โ€œ by KA-EF BAHN

(Written by P.G.)

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Kirchner: the “Puppy expressionist” KA-EF BAHN


Taking a cue from Kirchner’s painting , today we speak about another pioneer, especially little known in Italy, railway miniature of the immediate post-war period.

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In 1945, after the fall of the Third Reich,

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the city of Reutlingen …

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…ย  in the French occupation zone.

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It is in this city, in Katharinenstrasse 2, that at the beginning of 1946, Karl Faigle founded the brand KA-EF Bahn public in following year a package to promote his first train …

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… called EL I / 47 and consists of a locomotive, four passenger carriages, an oval track and a transformer …

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Subsequently, in 1950, it is also offered a electromotive ….

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…. It does not know if they actually have seen the light,

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and some locomotives including this “E18” three axles that comes on the rails at least at the prototype stage.

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Since 1950 he lose all trace of KA-EF Bahn, which appears to have sold the same material as well as the Weista Bahn.
The first train of this manufacturer is contained in a sturdy cardboard box ….

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… Where all inside the material is placed a little bulk …

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Note, on the cover, the inscription “Made in Germany French Zone”.
With a little fantasy you could imagine the two-axle electric locomotive of this train as the “expressionist version” of the “puppy power” Conti, with decidedly more marked lines, squared and Teutonic, somehow the “Kirchner Version” of E 554 Italian ….

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It operates three rail AC with manual reverse through the latch on the side of a ….

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Made of strong sheet iron, this machine freelance reminds locomotives produced in France in the ’30s,

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with the next size, scale 1, by Edobaud.

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The two axles very close together and the no trucks give this locomotive of important changes and therefore it tends to sway on the tracks …

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Contrary to the description of the leaflet, it is not equipped with headlights and can not be fed from the overhead line.
Nevertheless this is a car that stands out for its unusual shape, it is simple, robust and reliable operation, with a towing capacity modest, but sufficient for the four wagons in the pack.

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The mechanics of excellent quality has allowed to theย  original in my possession to operate until almost completely wear out shoes outlet …

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… And, despite this being perfectly still in running order.

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The cars are built too they very often in metal, cut and bent, are decidedly rougher the corresponding cars Maerklin or Fleischmann and have steel wheels turned.

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It is, therefore, a bit as the material for Conti in Italy, of a train … robust.kaef 13
… Made to play, to be handled and to withstand the shocks and intensive use

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The transformer 50 VA, which read in German and French, is too it very heavy,

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solid, all-metal ….

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The tracks have the distinction of having the two outer rails in brass, the middle iron …

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… .fixed to the bottom of the base by means of wood chips to ensure their electrical isolation.

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And finally here still two photos to bring out the relationship and differences

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between “puppy power” Conti and the locomotive KA-EF Bahn ….

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… .Ah, One last detail: this motive has been challenged by the trade union of railway workers in miniature … ..

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because no doors of access.

It does not take a rocket scientist

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to figure out that … . come from the windows is quite uncomfortable …. !!

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and now the Kirchner’ s painting

Kirchner

(@ november 25, 2015)