MÁV series V60
| MÁV series V60 | |
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 V60 in the Budapest Railway History Park
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| Numbering: | V60.001-003 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Manufacturer: | Ganz & Cie , Budapest |
| Year of construction (s): | around 1932 |
| Retirement: | around 1960 |
| Axis formula : | F. |
| Type : | Kandó |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 13,570 mm |
| Service mass: | 93.8 t |
| Friction mass: | 93.8 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 17.8 t |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Continuous output : | 2,200 hp at 70 km / h |
| Continuous tensile force: | 105.6 kN |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,150 mm |
| Power system : | 15 kV 50 Hz ~ |
| Power transmission: | with phase converter |
| Number of traction motors: | 1 |
| Drive: | Angular rod drive type Kandó |
| Brake: | Handbrake air brake |
| Particularities: | standard locomotive with phase converter |
The MAV series V60 was a rod-operated electric locomotive of the Hungarian National Railways Magyar Államvasutak (MAV), and after the system Kandó working standard built electric locomotive .
history
Simultaneously with the MÁV V40 series , the Ganz works in Budapest manufactured a six-axle electric locomotive based on the Kandó system for freight train service . Therefore, the vehicle part and the electrical part were similar to that of the V40 series.
The locomotives were used in freight train service on the electrified Budapest – Hegyeshalom line. After four to five years of operation, the cost of maintaining the mechanical transmission increased sharply. The locomotives had to be taken out of service after about 50,000 km due to the suspension of the rod drive. This and the fact that the cranks of the drive motor had to be replaced after about 500,000 km because of cracks in the crank pin led to efforts in Hungary to develop electric locomotives with single-axle drive . This only came about after the Second World War with the V55 series .
In the 1960s, the traction current system in Hungary was uniformly converted to 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current. That was the reason to retire the Kandó locomotives and replace them with newer series. The V60.003 was retained from the series. It was exhibited on the grounds of the University of Budapest for years and is now in the Budapest Railway Park .
technical features
The basic structure of the locomotive corresponds to that of the V40 series. The electrical equipment is the same as that of the V40 .
The difference to this series results from the chassis . All six driven axes had side play. The first and third axles, as well as the fourth and sixth axles, were connected to one another by levers designed as ball pins at their ends. Its pivot point was on the locomotive frame. This arrangement ensured that the locomotive could safely negotiate curves.
Except for the dimensions of the coupling rods, the engine of the locomotive was the same as that of the V40 series. The suspension springs of all axles were below them and corresponded to the standards of the MÁV. The axle bearing housings of three drive wheels each were connected by a suspension device equipped with a compensating lever, so that the locomotive frame hung on four suspension devices and each main girder functioned as a two-support girder.
See also
literature
- Mihály Kubinszky (ed.): Hungarian locomotives and railcars . Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1975, ISBN 963-05-0125-2 .
- General Directorate of MÁV, Autonomous Department for Press, Advertising and Propaganda (Ed.): Railway nostalgia in Hungary . Hungaria Sport Egri Nyomda, Eger 902436.
