OC BDe 4/4 15
| OC BDe 4/4 | |
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 BDe 4/4 15 L'Orbe and control car Bt 51 La Sihl in Chavornay in 2009
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| Numbering: | OC 15 Travys 557 615 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | SWS , MFO , Stadler |
| Year of construction (s): | 1960 2006 (conversion for OC) |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo ' |
| Length: | 15,900 mm (before the conversion) |
| Empty mass: | 28.0 t (before the conversion) |
| Wheel set mass : | 7.0 t (before the conversion) |
| Top speed: | 50 km / h *; 60 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 444 hp |
| Power system : | 1200 volts direct current *; 750 volts direct current |
| Number of traction motors: | 4th |
| Seats: | 52 (before the renovation) |
| * until the renovation | |
The OC BDe 4/4 is an electric shuttle train from the Travys .
history
In 2006, the Orbe-Chavornay-Bahn (OC) took over the railcar BDe 4/4 No. 13 and the control car Bt No. 912 from the Sihl Valley-Zurich-Uetliberg-Bahn (SZU).
The company Stadler Rail Winterthur subjected the railcar BDe 4/4 No. 13 and the associated control car Bt No. 912 to a total overhaul using parts of the railcar BDe 4/4 No. 14 of the SZU. In the course of this, the BDe 4/4 No. 14 multiple unit was demolished.
The result is a contemporary shuttle train consisting of the multiple unit BDe 4/4 with the new number 15 and the control car Bt with the number 51 in the design of the Travys , but with the addresses of the Orbe-Chavornay railway. Externally and internally, the shuttle train remained essentially unchanged. The only clearly visible feature is the relocation of the pantograph from the characteristic side position, as it is still common today on the Uetlibergbahn, to the center of the vehicle axis. In order to ensure that the railcar, which was designed for use in the mountains, does not run too fast in the "high-speed traffic" on the Orbe level and thus would be mechanically damaged, it had to be equipped with a speed monitor. This switches off three of the four traction motors when the vehicle speed exceeds 66 km / h so that further acceleration is no longer possible.
The shuttle train replaced the BDe 4/4 No. 13 from 1920 as a reserve vehicle.
The Orbe-Chavornay-Bahn railcar BDe 4/4 No. 15 comes from a series of four identical railcars and control cars that the former Uetlibergbahn procured in three lots: the BDe 4/4 No. 11 in 1939, the BDe 4 / 4 no. 12 in 1950 and the BDe 4/4 Nos. 13 and no. 14 in 1960. the Uetlibergbahn drove the railcar for decades on the route of Zurich-Selnau to the mountain of Zurich, the Uetliberg . The vehicles handed over to the Orbe-Chavornay Bahn (OC) for the conversion were last used as “MüXXis-Märlizug”.