UIC X and Z2 carriages of the SBB
The UIC X and Z2 cars of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) are 470 express train passenger cars with side aisles and closed compartments , which were put into service from 1964 and some of them still run on long-distance trains in Switzerland today .
General
As a replacement for older vehicles , the SBB acquired new UIC-X vehicles for international traffic from 1964. The type UIC-X essentially corresponds to the express train passenger cars with side aisles introduced by the German Federal Railroad in 1953 . Non-air-conditioned wagons with a reduced number of compartments were later designated in the UIC type designation as type Z2. The majority of the SBB wagons belong to this group. The interior of the first 100 second- class passenger cars was practically unchanged from the DB's B4üm, while the first-class cars only had nine compartments - compared to 10 of the DB's A4üm cars. Structurally, however, the Swiss wagons differ considerably from those of the DB.
The entrance door that is flush with the car body at each end of the vehicle has been designed as a hinged folding door. The toilet windows are smaller compared to the DB cars, as are the windows in the doors. In contrast to the general green color of the car, the doors are silver or gold anodized, like the standard SBB cars. In addition to a toilet room at each end of the car, there was also a separate washroom.
Also striking are the roof with longitudinal beads , which has been common in Switzerland since the introduction of the Standard Car I (1956) , and the ventilation grilles installed over the entrance doors . As with all Swiss passenger coaches of the time, the heating was designed as air heating (according to the German notation "Lhzdes", later "Lhzes"). As with the standard car, the longitudinal member is rounded inwards at the bottom.
The seat covers of the smoking compartments were red with black stripes, those of the non-smoking compartments were green with black stripes. As with the DB, the six seats per compartment in all car classes could be pulled out.
Technology and designs
The car crossings were protected with rubber beads . The transitions were closed with a pneumatically driven double-leaf sliding door. The hinged folding doors and transfer windows comply with the UIC regulations; the bogies used were those of the standard "Schlieren" design. The car body dimensions correspond to the UIC-X specifications: 26,400 millimeters long and 2,850 millimeters wide.
The first series vehicles, however, were 20 type Bcm (Bcm 50-70) couchette cars with ten compartments plus service compartment and thus eleven compartment or side aisle windows - like DB type Bcm 243 couchette cars . From 1970 to 1972 another 30 cars of that type followed. In the early 1980s, the painting of the first 20 cars moved in sleeping car blue with white stripes and strongly resembled the paint scheme of the Eurofima - couchette series from 1979 SBB. They offered 66 berths.
In March 1965, a first series of 100 second class class Bm coaches was ordered; these were delivered in 1966/67 (Bm 22-30 000-059) and 1968 (Bm 22-40 060-099). 72 passengers found space in the compartments. Under the windows on the aisle side there was also an emergency seat (DB: two of them), a total of ten.
In 1967, ten air-conditioned dining cars built by Waggon- und Maschinenbau GmbH Donauwörth (WMD) in Germany were added to the SBB fleet. These cars were painted red for the dining car. For use in the TEE Bavaria (Munich – Zurich), which after the Aitrang railway accident ran as a locomotive wagon train with DB first-class TEE wagons and an SBB dining car, a wagon was overmolded in the TEE color of wine red-beige. After 1977, all ten dining cars received the uniform Eurofima C1 paintwork in orange with a white stripe.
In 1969/70 a first class wagon series of 40 was delivered, which only had nine compartments - like the DB-TEE wagons - but was designed without air conditioning. These already corresponded in many parameters to the UIC type Z or Eurofima wagons. The mixed-class cars (first and second class) of the type ABm delivered in 1971 and 1972 had four first and six second class compartments, also in accordance with the UIC-Z specifications, but as there was no air conditioning for sub-group Z2.
From 1972, further second-class cars were delivered, but now also here with a reduced number of compartments, i.e. eleven second-class compartments. They offered 66 passengers a seat in the compartments and nine emergency seats in the aisle. They thus also corresponded to the later type UIC-Z2 (type Bm 21-70). 40 cars that were delivered in 1977 (21-70 090-109 and 150-169) were again given the C1 paint scheme. The color of these wagons matched the 20 Eurofima first-class wagons of the SBB type Amz 19 that were delivered at the same time. With repeat orders, this series grew to 220 units by 1978.
To round off this wagon series, 20 Dms luggage wagons were put into service in 1977, the wagon construction of which corresponded to the UIC-X wagons.
commitment
The wagons were used immediately in international traffic to Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Austria and Italy, where they also replaced the SBB RIC wagons from the 1950s. Many cars are still in use in Switzerland today.
Conversions
Bpm 51 (Bm 21-70)
In the mid-1980s, most of the eleven-compartment Bm 21-70 coaches were converted into Bpm open-plan coaches (today's name "Bpm 51"). Instead of compartments, there were now 88 seats in a hall arrangement. They were given an exterior paint job matching the type IV standard wagons in green above and white below with green stripes and were used as reinforcement wagons mainly in intercity traffic, but also in express train service. They kept their RIC ability and therefore keep coming back abroad for special services.
In February 2010 it was announced that 180 2nd class cars would be upgraded by 2013. By installing an air conditioning system and automating the doors, comfort should be increased. After the car bodies have been rustproofed, the vehicles are given a new paint job in the SBB standard design. This means that the cars should remain operational until at least 2020. However, it has meanwhile become apparent that such an expensive conversion is not economically viable for the short remaining period of use. Therefore, the technically risky air conditioning of the vehicles was ultimately dispensed with. Two conversion standards have also been defined: Of the 170 vehicles that will remain in traffic, all receive side-selective door control, the emergency braking system is brought up to the standard emergency braking requirement (NBA) and the old seat cushions and covers are replaced with new ones (so-called "upgrade light") . The car body of 60 of these vehicles is also being rustproofed and given a new paint job (so-called "full upgrade"). 32 converted Bpm-51 wagons (new numbers 50 85 21-73 501-1 … 532-6 ) are used in special football train services ("fan trains", referred to by SBB as B FC 2173 ), which was one of the reasons which is why the emergency braking system has been brought up to date and the doors can now be selectively controlled. In this way, in the event of an improper emergency brake actuation - which often happens in fan trains - the train can be stopped at a suitable location and getting out on the side of the track can be prevented. The windows were also locked so that no objects could be thrown out.
Bm 22-70
In the 1990s, the SBB converted twelve Bm 22-70 wagons (12 compartments) into so-called "Sleeperette" wagons of the Bcpm type with 72 armchairs for night travel. Later these were used as first-class coaches for reinforcement trains.
Number of items and whereabouts of the cars
| Wagon type | Construction year | Number upon delivery |
Type | Wagon numbers | Remaining / rebuilt too |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Class | 1969-70 | 40 | Z2 | At 51 85 19-80 000-039 at 51 85 19-70 000-039 |
DB 51 85 05-10 000-031 as a piggyback escort car to Hupac |
| 1./2. class | 1971-72 | 40 | Z2 | ABm 51 85 30-80 025-039 ABm 51 85 30-70 000-039 |
Db 51 85 03-70 000 to 002 as a piggyback escort car for Bertani |
| 2nd Class | 1966-68 | 100 | X | Bm 5001–5025 Bm 51 85 22-30 000–059 Bm 51 85 22-40 060–099 Bm 51 85 22-80 060–099 Bm 51 85 22-70 000–099 |
51 85 29-70 150–161 Sleeperette (1993) or 51 85 19-70 150–161 1st class car, now decommissioned |
| 2nd Class | 1972-78 | 220 | Z2 | Bm 51 85 21-70 000-219 | Bpm 51 85 21-70 300–511 2nd class open-plan coach (1988–97) further converted to B 50 85 21-73 301–438 and 501–532 SRm 51 85 89-70 550 for passengers in wheelchairs (1991) |
| 2nd class couchette car | 1964, 70-72 | 50 | Z2 | Bcm 5181–5200 Bcm 51 85 50-40 000–019 Bcm 51 85 50-80 000–019 Bcm 51 85 50-70 000–049 |
Discarded |
| Dining car | 1967 | 10 | Z1 | WRm 51 85 88-30 000–009 WRm 51 85 88-70 000–009 WRm 61 85 88-70 000–009 |
Discarded |
| Baggage cart | 1977 | 20th | X | Dms 51 85 92-70 000-019 | Aborted, except for 92-70 010 at Club Bm 22-70 |
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Replicas of the ÖBB
In 1969, the Austrian Federal Railways ( ÖBB) bought an Am-car from ongoing production for the SBB CFF FFS, which was air-conditioned and contained a salon instead of compartments. This car was called the "K" car (comfort). In 1976 the ÖBB also put 30 couchette cars (51 81 50-70 000-029) of the Swiss UIC-Z2 type into service. This was followed in 1981/82 by a series twice as large with more washrooms (51 81 59-70 000-059). These cars can be recognized from the outside by the four toilet windows and ten compartment windows. The manufacturer in Austria was the Jenbacher Werke.
literature
- Walter Trüb: The passenger cars of the SBB (standard gauge) 1902–1970, with addendum 1971–1977. Extended separate print from Eisenbahn-Amateur No. 2/1968 to No. 2/1970, Eisenbahn-Amateur 1977
- SBB passenger coaches and luggage wagons, published by the General Secretariat of SBB, Bern 1982, Voitures et fourgons CFF, edité par le Sécretariat général CFF, Berne 1982 (bilingual publication, German and French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ SBB-ZfW, changes to passenger and freight cars (available from the Swiss Rolling Stock Directory Association)
- ↑ SBB: SBB is modernizing 170 bpm 51 wagons and making them more comfortable - the first one is rolling again with immediate effect. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SF 1 : SF Tagesschau: SBB is upgrading old cars for CHF 86 million from February 9, 2010
- ↑ No air conditioning systems for Bpm51 in: Swiss Railways Review 5/2011, page 210
- ↑ Rolling stock. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ SBB can slow down football fans . In: Berner Zeitung . June 20, 2014. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
- ↑ The first changes to the new SBB passenger car numbers! , in: Railway Amateur 3/1971
- ↑ SBB RIC ABm in Ospitaletto train station (Italy) , online turntable, 27 December 2011
- ^ Alfred Horn: ÖBB Handbuch 1987. Bohmann Verlag, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7002-0635-6
