BMB Ce 4/4 1
| BMB Ce 4/4 1 | |
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 The railcar after delivery
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| Numbering: |
Delivery: BMB Ce 4/4 1 1941: LCD Ce 4/4 10 1956: LCD Be 4/4 10 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | SIG , BBC |
| Year of construction (s): | 1937 |
| Retirement: | 1970 |
| Axis formula : | B′B ′ |
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| Length: | 13.6 m |
| Bogie axle base: | 1450 mm |
| Service mass: | 13.5 t |
| Hourly output : | 112 hp |
| Wheel diameter: | 660 mm |
| Power system : | 500 V = |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Seats: | 36 |
| Standing room: | 24 |
The Ce 4/4 1 was a four - axle meter-gauge railcar that was used as a single vehicle on the Biel-Meinisberg-Bahn (BMB) and later on the Lugano-Cadro-Dino-Bahn (LCD). Its orange-white paintwork earned it the name Orange Arrow , based on the Red Arrow of the SBB and the Blue Arrow of the BLS .
history
After the electrification, the BMB no longer had its own vehicles; the route was also operated by the Biel city tram . In 1936 the company decided to operate the route again itself and procured a single light railcar for it. The Ce 4/4 1 was developed in 1937 by the Swiss Industrial Society (SIG) and Brown, Boveri & Cie. (BBC) built for the Biel-Meinisberg Railway. The vehicle was henceforth the only vehicle of the BMB and was used as a lone driver on the route until it was closed in 1940. In 1941 the vehicle came to the LCD in Ticino , where it was given the number 10. It was in use there until 1970 and was canceled in 1972.
technology
As a novelty for an overland vehicle, the railcar had simplex bogies , which allowed smaller wheel diameters and thus enabled a low-lying floor. It was similar to the later Swiss standard trams, but as a railcar for an overland railway, unlike the tram, it had no rubber-sprung wheels.
The car body with the two end driver's cabs was built by SIG. Due to the lightweight construction , the railcar weighed only 13.5 t, which was comparable to the conventional two-axle tramway cars of the time.
The electrical equipment was from the BBC. A single pantograph with a carbon collector was attached to the roof . Each bogie had a single longitudinally installed traction motor that drove the two axles of the bogie via angular gears. The motors were connected in series during the approach, in parallel at higher speeds. The resistance brake was used as the service brake , the handbrake was only used to secure the vehicle against rolling away.
The interior had 36 seats, which were covered with synthetic leather. The interior was heated with an electric warm air heater.
literature
- KS: Swiss light railcar for meter gauge . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung (SBZ) . tape 110 , no. 25 , December 18, 1937, pp. 309-310 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-49164 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reference to Hornerblatt 2003. Association for Home Care Büren, accessed on January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Jürg Ehrbar: Biel-Meinisberg-Bahn BMB. In: discontinued railways in Switzerland. Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Jürg Ehrbar: Ferrovia Lugano-Cadro-Dino LCD. In: discontinued railways in Switzerland. Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Schweizerische Bauzeitung (SBZ)