Eisenbahn und Häfen GmbH
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The Eisenbahn und Häfen GmbH (literal "Railway and Port company Ltd.") (abbr. : EH) is a service company providing rail transportation and associated storage as well as operating the Rhine ports of Schwelgern and Walsum-Süd.
The company is owned by ThyssenKrupp
and has its headquarters in Duisburg
.
Within the Ruhr area the network is over 500 km in length, with over a thousand switches
. As well as fully operating the railway the company carries out infrastructure maintenance and inspection.
Within individual sites the company uses mainly shunting locomotives such as Krauss-Maffei Class MH 05 (522 kW power). The company also has higher powered MaK G 1205
(1,119 kW) and MaK G 1206 (1,500 kW) locomotives which are certified for use on Deutsche Bahn AG lines. Other services include the operation of private sidings, rolling stock maintenance, time-sensitive operations and, in association with other freight companies, supra-regional transportation. As part of the services offered EH implements various systems including centrally operated signalling and switches, central radio communications and control, and time-sensitive logistics planning.
EH locomotives and some wagons carry a livery of primary yellow and red with blue numbering.
brought from overseas via Rotterdam
and the Rhine. The iron ore and coal is transported in unpowered barges and unloaded by Gantry crane
s onto conveyor belts leading the coking plant at Duisberg via grinding and/or sizing equipment in the case of coal, and to blending equipment or storage in the case of iron ore, both ultimately destined for the steel furnaces of Thyssen Krupp. The unloading systems are monitored, assisted, or controlled by computer, with the bulk flows monitored on an IT system.
Additionally there are loading facilities for granulated blast furnace slag. A total ~22million tonnes of material is handled by the port.
Approximately 2.5million tonnes of steel per year are handled by the port.
The Eisenbahn und Häfen forms part of the "The Industrial Heritage Trail of the Ruhr" - a regional tourist project, as part of the Duisburg
section.
The Eisenbahn und Häfen uses shunters and light freight locomotives.
The company is owned by ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Duisburg Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. While ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers, the company also provides components and systems for the automotive...
and has its headquarters in Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
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Background - operations
Employing approximately 1,300 employees with around 100 million tons of freight is moved per year (~70 million tonnes by rail and ~25 million tonnes of bulk goods handled by the port), the company is responsible for both railway and port operations, management and maintenance.Railways
With over 90 locomotives and about 2,000 freight cars Eisenbahn und Häfen GmbH operates in the Ruhr area providing rail transportation to its parent Thyssen Krupp as well as other industrial companies including Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH, Mannesmannröhren-Werke GmbH, Mittal Steel Ruhrort GmbH and TSTG Schienen Technik GmbH & Co. KG. The primary cargos are steel, coke, iron ore and other steel products such as steel slab and coil.Within the Ruhr area the network is over 500 km in length, with over a thousand switches
Railroad switch
A railroad switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another at a railway junction....
. As well as fully operating the railway the company carries out infrastructure maintenance and inspection.
Within individual sites the company uses mainly shunting locomotives such as Krauss-Maffei Class MH 05 (522 kW power). The company also has higher powered MaK G 1205
MaK G 1205
The MaK G 1205 is a class of four axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by the Maschinenbau Kiel factory.-Description and operations:The locomotives are of a similar design to the MaK G 1204 BB locomotives, with hydraulic tranzmission, B'B' wheel arrangement, and off-centre cab.The first...
(1,119 kW) and MaK G 1206 (1,500 kW) locomotives which are certified for use on Deutsche Bahn AG lines. Other services include the operation of private sidings, rolling stock maintenance, time-sensitive operations and, in association with other freight companies, supra-regional transportation. As part of the services offered EH implements various systems including centrally operated signalling and switches, central radio communications and control, and time-sensitive logistics planning.
EH locomotives and some wagons carry a livery of primary yellow and red with blue numbering.
EH Güterverkehr GmbH
EH Güterverkehr GmbH (literally "EH freight", aka EHG) is a subsidiary company operating as a private rail company on open access lines - in 2006 it transported approximately 7 million tons.Ports
Together the ports help serve the inward and outward flows of material related to the steel industry the organisation primarily serves. Both ports stock control systems are computerised.Schelwegern port
The main cargo is imported iron ore and coalCoal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
brought from overseas via Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
and the Rhine. The iron ore and coal is transported in unpowered barges and unloaded by Gantry crane
Gantry crane
Gantry cranes, bridge cranes, and overhead cranes, are all types of cranes which lift objects by a hoist which is fitted in a hoist trolley and can move horizontally on a rail or pair of rails fitted under a beam...
s onto conveyor belts leading the coking plant at Duisberg via grinding and/or sizing equipment in the case of coal, and to blending equipment or storage in the case of iron ore, both ultimately destined for the steel furnaces of Thyssen Krupp. The unloading systems are monitored, assisted, or controlled by computer, with the bulk flows monitored on an IT system.
Additionally there are loading facilities for granulated blast furnace slag. A total ~22million tonnes of material is handled by the port.
Walsum port
Walsum port handles steel products such as rolled steel. In an area of 260,000m2 there are covered loading sheds for rain sensitive materials, as well as outdoor storage areas and access directly to the banks of the Rhine where two 26tonne cranes operate. Both facilities can be accessed by rail links.Approximately 2.5million tonnes of steel per year are handled by the port.
Additional facilities
An air controlled warehouse at Beeckerwerth with both road and rail links is operated for the storage of ThyssenKrupp steel products. For the railway workshops equipped for wheel turning as well as general overhaul are held.History, industrial heritage trail and other recreations
The prehistory of the Eisenbahn und Häfen goes back to 1919, with the first port operations at Alsum and Schelwegern, major growth starting in 1926 with the creation of the Stahlwerke AG. At this time the railway and ports were departments of the group itself. In the post war (WWII) era the steel operations were split up which negatively affected the operations of railway and ports as well. In 1953 Thyssen began to re-conglomerate.The Eisenbahn und Häfen forms part of the "The Industrial Heritage Trail of the Ruhr" - a regional tourist project, as part of the Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
section.
Locomotives
Historically the Eisenbahn und Häfen operated dual power diesel / electrically operated locomotives. Two of these units are preserved one at the museum at Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof (Oberhausen Central station) another at Westfälischen Industriemuseum Henrichshütte (Westphalian Industrial Heritage Museum) after being withdrawn. Since 2005 the lines are unelectrified.The Eisenbahn und Häfen uses shunters and light freight locomotives.
| Type | Builder | Power (kW) | UIC International Union of Railways The UIC , or International Union of Railways, is an international rail transport industry body.- Brief history :The railways of Europe originated as separate concerns. There were many border changes after World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. Colonial railways were the responsibility of the... class |
Build date | Number | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB | AThT | 592 | Bo'Bo' | 1942 | 1 | Static display |
| Unimog 1250 L | Daimler Benz | 92 | A1 | 1993 | 1 | |
| EDE 1000/500 | Henschel | 1000 / 475 | Bo'Bo' | 1977 | 6 | Withdrawn 1992. One on Static display |
| DH 600 | Henschel | 450 | C | 1962–1965 | 17 | Most withdrawn and scrapped in the 1990s. |
| DE500 | Henschel | 500 | C | 1983–1984 | 3 | Inherited from Thyssen Henrichshütte AG in 1993. |
| DHG700C-F | Henschel | 515 | C | 1979 | 2 | Inherited from Thyssen Henrichshütte AG. Sold in 2003 to since scrapped. |
| MG530C | Jenbach/KHD | 390 | C | 1965 | 3 | |
| ED 40t | Jung Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of Feldbahn locomotives, in Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.... |
Bo'Bo' | 1958–1963 | 15 | Diesel / electric bi-powered locomotive, withdrawn in 1982/3. | |
| ED 80t | Jung Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of Feldbahn locomotives, in Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.... |
592 / 176 | Bo'Bo' | 1955–1971 | 62 | Diesel / electric bi-powered locomotive, many withdrawn |
| EL 07 | Krauss-Maffei Krauss-Maffei The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany... |
592 / 176 | Bo'Bo' | 1955 | 3 | Withdrawn. One at Westfälisches Industriemuseum since 2003 |
| M 1200 BB | Krauss-Maffei | 1119 | B'B' | 1972–1973 | 8 | Primary diesel engine along with MaK 1205 / MaK 1206. Remotorised in 1992 |
| M 800 BB | Krauss-Maffei | 748 | B'B' | 1966–1967 | 6 | Ex HOAG (Hüttenwerke Oberhausen AG), later remotorised |
| MH 05 | Krauss-Maffei | 522 | C | 1997–2000 | 26 | Main class of shunting engine. |
| 200PS (220PS) | Krupp Krupp The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th... |
162 | B | 1957 | 1 | From 1991 to Thyssen Stahl AG for work at Duisburg-Bruckhausen works. |
| G1205BB MaK G 1205 The MaK G 1205 is a class of four axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by the Maschinenbau Kiel factory.-Description and operations:The locomotives are of a similar design to the MaK G 1204 BB locomotives, with hydraulic tranzmission, B'B' wheel arrangement, and off-centre cab.The first... |
MaK Maschinenbau Kiel Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH designed, manufactured and marketed marine diesel engines, diesel locomotives and tracked vehicles under the MaK brand name. The three primary operating divisions of Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH were sold to different companies in the 1990s.Rheinmetall acquired the military... |
1119 | B'B' | 1991–1992 | 12 | Certified for main line use |
| DE501 | MaK | 500 | C | 1980–1981 | 7 | |
| G765C | MaK | 560 | C | 1993 | 2 | |
| MBB 1200 N | O&K | 552 | B'B' | 1976 | 2 | History as per O&K MC 700 N - inhertied in 1994. |
| MC 700 N | O&K | 397 | C | 1978 | 2 | Originally bought by Mannesman AG, later Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM), both units inherited in 1994 |
| Klv 53 | Schöma Schöma Schöma is a company based in Diepholz, Germany, specialising in the construction of small diesel railway engines.-External links:*... |
65 | B | 1970 | 1 | |
| G1206 | Vossloh Vossloh Vossloh AG is a German transport technology manufacturer based in the Westphalian town of Werdohl. The group has 4,700 employees , and generated sales of €1.2 billion, of which approximately 60% came from the rail infrastructure division, and the remainder from the motive power and components... |
1500 | B'B' | 2001–2007 | 14 | Certified for main line use |
| Windhoff | 70 | B | 1976 | 2 | Turmtriebwagen |
See also
- RAGRAG AktiengesellschaftRAG AG, formerly Ruhrkohle AG, is the largest German coal mining corporation. The company headquarters are in Herne in the Ruhr area. The company was founded on 27 November 1968, consolidating several coalmining corporations into the Ruhrkohle AG....
- A German mining company that also operates its own locomotives. - Dortmunder Eisenbahn - Another private railway company, also with ThyssenKrupp as a customer and former owner (previously HoeschHoesch AGThe Hoesch AG was an important steel and mining company with locations in the Ruhr area and Siegen.Hoesch was taken over by Krupp in 1991.-Nazi involvement:...
- bought by ThyssenKrupp in a hostile takeover). - Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbHWanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbHThe Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbH is a railway and canal port operating company based around the Rhine-Herne Canal in the Ruhr area of Germany-History and background:...
(WHE) - another private rail and port operator in the Ruhr area.
Primary sources
- Rail and port operations, warehouse management and technology Company brochure (English). eisenbahn-und-haefen-gmbh.de
- Eisenbahn- und Hafenlogistik aus einer Hand Company website: "Rail and port logistics from one source" eisenbahn-und-haefen-gmbh.de
External links
- Eisenbahn und Häfen Duisburg Fotos Images relating to Eisenbahn und Häfen GmbH bahnbilder.de