BD BDe 8/8
| BDe 8/8 | |
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 BDe 8/8 in just before the Dietikon train station
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| Numbering: | 1-9 |
| Number: | 9 (1 received) |
| Manufacturer: | SWS MFO |
| Year of construction (s): | 1969 |
| Retirement: | 2010-2011 |
| Axis formula : | B'B'B'B ' |
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 33,000 mm |
| Width: | 2.5 m |
| Service mass: | 50.5 t |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Power system : | 1200 volts = |
| Power transmission: | Pantograph |
| Number of traction motors: | 4th |
| Seats: | 93 |
| Standing room: | 90 |
The nine electric multiple units of the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn (BD) are referred to as BDe 8/8 , which were purchased in 1969 when the voltage was increased from 900 to 1200 volts direct current.
Technical
The vehicles have a three-part car body , the car bodies are connected by two Jakobs bogies. The middle car body has a folding door in the middle and a luggage compartment with sliding door on one side and a two-wing passenger compartment on the other. The two end cars have a folding door behind the driver's cab and a five-wing passenger compartment. The vehicle only has 2nd class seats. Each of the four bogies has a 200 hp electric motor that drives both axles.
Operational
Until the delivery of the Be 4/8 21-25 in 1993, the railway handled all scheduled passenger traffic with these railcars. The two BDe 4/4 (10 + 11) adapted to the new voltage were mainly used for freight and service trains . With delivery of the ABe 4/8 in the years 2010–2011, the railcars will be decommissioned and demolished. Only car number 7 is to be preserved as a historic vehicle.
literature
- Report by Oliver Marfurt; The “Mirage” multiple units of the Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn , published in Semaphor, spring 2011