AB De 4/4

AB De 4/4
De 4/4 6 in 1986 in Herisau
Numbering:	50
Manufacturer:	FFA , AB , MFO
Year of construction (s):	1966
Retirement:	2011
Axis formula :	B 0 'B 0 '
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over buffers:	13,000 mm
Total wheelbase:	9,100 mm
Service mass:	32.5 t
Top speed:	50 km / h
Hourly output :	265 kW
Hourly traction:	33 kN at 27.8 km / h
Driving wheel diameter:	900 mm
Power system :	1500 V =
Number of traction motors:	4th
Loading area:	18.5 m²

The De 4/4 50 of the Appenzeller Bahn (AB) was a meter-gauge , four-axle, electrically operated goods railcar or baggage railcar that was put into operation in 1966.

The Ge 4/4 49 in the freight between Herisau and Urnäsch replace the AB built in their workshop Herisau the De 4/4 50. The car body in light steel construction provided the flight and vehicle works Altenrhein (FFA), and the bogies derived from the Abe 4/4 40-43 . The AB was able to acquire the traction motors from the Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn , where they were in use until 1953/54 for their BCe 2/4. The paint was originally red / cream, later the railcar was painted red.

With the cessation of freight traffic, the AB had no more use for the vehicle. Because it had no historical significance, it was canceled in 2011.

literature

• Peter Willen: Locomotives in Switzerland 2 - narrow-gauge traction vehicles. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1971, p. 200.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Special photo trips in the Appenzellerland. On the website of the Swiss Society for Railway History (SGEG), accessed on January 1, 2019.