M2 car

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M2 car
Museum-preserved M2 car in La Louvière
Museum-preserved M2 car in La Louvière
Numbering: 41001–41035 (A)
43201–43304 (AB)
42301–42650 (B)
49901–49916 (BDR)
49201–49916 (BDx)
Number: 35 (A)
104 (AB)
350 (B)
15 (BDR)
116 (BDx)
Manufacturer: La Brugeoise et Nivelles
Year of construction (s): 1958-1960
Retirement: 2004
Genre : Passenger coaches
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed: 120 km / h

As M2 cars are coaches of the NMBS / SNCB designated manufactured from 1958 to 1960. M2 cars were in different versions in use: first-class carriage were as M2 A designated car second class were designated M2 B . Mixed-class cars were designated as M2 AB ; Control car as M2 BDx .

history

M2 car with a Dutch NS class 1100 locomotive in April 1993

Over 600 M2 cars were produced between 1958 and 1960, more than any other type of Belgian car. Initially, the M2 wagons were used on the entire Belgian network, after the introduction of the M4 wagons they were mainly used in local trains, often on non-electrified routes, and in amplifier trains during rush hour .

The introduction of the AR 41 series made M2 ​​wagons superfluous on non-electrified routes, and the foreseeable commissioning of the M6 wagons made other wagon types available. The NMBS / SNCB therefore decided to retire all M2 cars by December 2004. After the timetable change on December 12, 2004, the NMBS / SNCB only kept 5 cars operational until May 1, 2005. About 30 wagons have been preserved as a museum.

Ferrovie Nord Milano

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M2 car (classified E.900) preserved as a monument in the former train station of Castiglione Olona

The Ferrovie Nord Milano acquired some of these cars in the nineties and designated them as EB.900, the control car as EB.880. The entire series of the M2 car was painted in the colors white and green .

The cars were operated with the E.630 locomotives purchased from the Czech Republic .

technology

The M2 wagons are capable of push-pull trains and are also compatible with the control wagons of the M1 wagons that were built from 1966 onwards . The cars had streaks bogies, the face of the upcoming appointment of M4 car at some car tentatively by Y 32 bogies that in the Corail wagons of the SNCF are built, have been replaced.

Coloring

The M2 cars were painted green when they were delivered. It was later repainted in the burgundy-yellow design of the NMBS / SNCB. A few cars that were in use until the very end also received the white, blue and red design of the I11 cars . One of these wagons was placed on the Blankenberge pier after it was decommissioned .

Web links

Commons : M2-Wagen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Voitures M2 - Description on belrail.be (French) , accessed on June 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ Les M2 définitivement hors service on belrail.be (French) , accessed on June 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Voitures M1 - Description on belrail.be (French) , accessed on June 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Voitures M2 - Multimédia on belrail.be (French) , accessed on June 20, 2014.