FCL LM4
| FCL / FAL / FC LM4 | |
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 LM4.601 of FC in 2010 in Cosenza
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| Numbering: | 601-609 |
| Manufacturer: | Breda , Ferrosud |
| Year of construction (s): | 1975-1976 |
| Axis formula : | B'B ' |
| Gauge : | 950 mm |
| Length over coupling: | 12 360 mm |
| Service mass: | 43 t |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Traction power: | 740 kW |
| Power transmission: | hydraulic |
The LM4 series are four-axle narrow-gauge diesel locomotives with a central driver's cab operated by Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL) and Ferrovie della Calabria (FC) in southern Italy .
history
The LM4 series was put into service by Ferrovie Calabro Lucane (FCL) in 1975/76 to replace the steam traction in freight and construction trains. The nine machines were developed by Breda and Ferrosud on the basis of the LDe series locomotives used by the Ferrovie della Sardegna .
The diesel-hydraulic locomotives are powered by two diesel engines from the Bari- based manufacturer Isotta Fraschini Motori . The bogies are of the same type as those of the M2.120 railcars . The LM4.601, 606 and 609 were assigned to the Cosenza depot for service on the routes to Catanzaro and San Giovanni in Fiore , 602-604 were stationed in Bari and the remaining machines came to Gioia Tauro . In 1981 LM4.601 and in 1985 number 607 were moved to Bari.
With the division of the Ferrovie Calabro Lucane, the locomotives 601, 606 and 609 came to the Ferrovie della Calabria and the remaining machines to the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane.
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- Roberto Troiano: Breve storia delle FCL. Brief history of the FCL. On: Il sito sul mondo FCL. The website of the FCL World, accessed December 15, 2017 (Italian)
- Ferrovie in Calabria ... Veneto! On: Ferrovie in Calabria, March 7, 2012 (Italian)
- Breda LM4. Diesel locomotive. On: Trainspo, April 25, 2012 (English)
- FAL locomotives and shunters. On: Railfaneurope.net The European Railway Server, September 1, 2017 (English)
- FC locomotives and shunters. On: Railfaneurope.net The European Railway Server, February 3, 2017 (English)
