ČSD M 120.001
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| Numbering: | M 120.001 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: |
ČKD , Praha Praga , Praha |
| Year of construction (s): | 1927 |
| Axis formula : | 1A |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 8,820 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 4,100 mm |
| Service mass: | 10.7 t |
| Top speed: | 55 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 55 hp |
| Motor type: | Four-cylinder gasoline engine |
| Power transmission: | mechanically |
| Seats: | 29 |
| Classes : | 3. |
The former Czechoslovak State Railways ( ČSD) designated a two-axle rail bus ("kolejový autobus") for local rail traffic as M 120.001 .
history
In the 1920s, the ČSD was also forced to oppose the growing competition from road traffic with modern, faster vehicles. After the successful use of benzene-electric railcars in long-distance traffic on the main lines , corresponding vehicles should now also be used on the local railways.
ČKD in Prague built a railcar in 1927, which was based on a street bus from Praga . The ČSD designated the vehicle as M 120.001 and used it on the branch lines Čejč – Zaječí and Kopidlno – Bakov nad Jizerou . The railcar also ran in central Slovakia for a short time until it was parked in 1936. In 1946 the vehicle was officially decommissioned and scrapped.
technical features
Technically, the vehicle was a Praga NO bus equipped with a rail chassis . The main difference to the road vehicle was that the railcar had doors on both sides for changing passengers.
