FCL M4

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FCL / FAL / FC M4 and M4c
Adhesion railcar M4.406 in Cosenza
Adhesion railcar M4.406 in Cosenza
Numbering: M4.301-315
M4.351-362
M4c.351-360
M4.401-408
Manufacturer: Fiat , Ferrosud
Year of construction (s): 1988-2001
Axis formula : B'B '
M4.350:  B'2' + 2'B '
M4c.350:  B'z + B'z
Gauge : 950 mm
Length over coupling: 18 170 mm
Service mass: 30 t
Top speed: 100 km / h
Traction power: 206 kW
Gear system : M4c: Strub
Power transmission: mechanically
Seats: 52
M4.300: 54

The M4 series are narrow-gauge diesel multiple units of the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL) and Ferrovie della Calabria (FC) in southern Italy , manufactured by Fiat and Ferrosud . For use on the Catanzaro Città – Catanzaro Lido section, the FC sub- series M4c is equipped with a gear drive .

history

The first and fourth axles of the M4c are provided with a pinion gear.

In the 1980s, Ferrovie Calabro Lucane (FCL) had Fiat develop the M4 series, derived from the FS's standard gauge ALn 663 , to support or replace the now outdated M2 railcars . The railcars are driven by two 6-cylinder Iveco engines via a 5-speed gearbox with hydraulic clutch. With a multiple control , two units can travel together. A second driver is required for triple and quadruple traction. As early as 1983 Ferrosud supplied matching sidecars RA 4001–4015.

In 1987 Fiat delivered the first part series M4.300, which was assigned to the Bari depot and came to the FAL in 1991 when the FCL was split up. In 1991/92, the FC received the two rack-and-pinion rail cars M4c.351 and 352, and the remaining eight rack-and-pinion cars followed between the end of 1996 and the first few months of 1997. Delivery of the M4.400 adhesion multiple units to FC also began in 1997. From 1999 onwards, the M4.350 double multiple units finally came to the FAL.

photos

  • Railcar M4.313 of the FAL in Gravina

  • FAL double railcar M4.355 in Bari Salo

  • Gear rail car M4c.353 of the FC in Catanzaro Lido

  • Adhesion railcar M4.401 of the FC in 1998 in Camigliatello Silano

swell

  • Oreste Santanera: I treni Fiat. Ottant'anni di contributo Fiat alla tecnica ferroviaria. Fiat trains. Fiat's contribution to rail technology for eighty years. Milan , Verlag Automobilia, 1997, pp. 98-99 and 101-104. ISBN 88-7960-045-1 (Italian)

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