RhB ABe 4/4 II

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RhB ABe 4/4 II
ABe 4/4 No. 47 in the Bernina-Hospiz train station, 1980s
ABe 4/4 No. 47 in the Bernina-Hospiz train station, 1980s
Numbering: 41 - 49
Number: 9
Manufacturer: SWS , SAAS , BBC
Year of construction (s): 1964/65, 1972
Axis formula : Bo′Bo ′
Gauge : 1,000 mm
Length over buffers: 16 540 mm (41 - 46)
16 886 mm (47 - 49)
Width: 2,650 mm
Service mass: 41 t (41 - 46)
43 t (47 - 49)
Top speed: 65 km / h
Continuous output : 680 kW
Power system : 1 kV =
Power transmission: 2 single-arm pantographs
Seats: 1st class: 12
2nd class: 24
Predecessor: RhB ABe 4/4 I
Successor: RhB ABe 4/4 III , RhB ABe 8/12
Two ABe 4/4 II in double traction below Ospizio Bernina
Front section of the ABe 4/4 II 44 in the last coat

As ABe 4/4 II are used in the Rhätischen web (RhB) on the Berninabahn used electric railcar with numbers 41 to 49 ( motrice quaranta ), respectively.

The vehicles were delivered in two series: Numbers 41–46 in 1964/1965, the three remaining in 1972. The SWS was responsible for the mechanical part . The electrical equipment of the SAAS and BBC corresponds to the technology that has been used in DC railways for decades: contactor control and series motors . These railcars were the first new locomotives , which had obtained the RhB since the merger in 1943 with the Bernina Railway for these electrified with direct current route.

The railcars are 65 km / h fast, weigh 41 to 43 tons and produce 680 kW . The trailer load is 70 t, which means that two railcars together can carry the maximum drawbar load. The subsequent series 47-49 differ only in their 35 cm longer length and a different type of bogie . The vehicles painted in red have not seen any significant changes since they were commissioned. They have 12 seats in first and 24 in second class .

The terminal voltage of the motors is 500 volts. Every two traction motors are normally connected in series, when starting all four motors are in series. Four shunt stages and the full field stage allow the speed to be regulated in a wide speed range in an economical manner. The built-in multiple control enabled double traction with each other, with the Gem 4/4 801–802 twin- powered locomotives and also with the more recent ABe 4/4 III 51–56 converter railcars . In addition, when used together with an electric Xrotet 9218-19 snow blower , the railcars can be operated remotely from the driver's cab of the blower.

After the end of the 2010 summer season and the delivery of eight Allegra multiple units , the RhB canceled the ABe 4/4 II. 41, 42 and 45 were transferred for demolition at the beginning of November 2010, 43 and 44 followed in mid-December. Two vehicles of the second series, however, continue to be used as service railcars (instead of the Xe 4/4 9922-24 ).

Coloring

Although the railcars have always been painted red, their appearance has evolved over the years in accordance with the RhB standards. The ABe 41–46 still had chrome trim strips upon delivery, the ABe 47–49 were already delivered with painted trim strips. These were initially golden, later white. The name of the railway was still attached to all railcars as the abbreviation RhB. From 1973 the then new logo was attached, and from 1983 the name of the railway was written out in one of the three official languages ​​next to it. The fonts for the technical labels also changed over the years. As the last change from 1988, as with the ABe 4/4 III, the decorative stripe was set lower and the box underneath was designed in dark gray "locomotive-like".

List of RhB ABe 4/4 II

Company number Installation status
41 1964 Canceled November 2010
42 1964 Canceled November 2010
43 1964 Canceled December 2010
44 1964 Canceled December 2010
45 1964 Canceled November 2010
46 1965 in operation
47 1972 in operation
48 1972 June 2012 redrawing in Xe 4/4 232 01
49 1972 December 2014 redrawing in Xe 4/4 232 02

2015 redrawing in Xe 4/4 272 01

literature

  • Klaus Fader; Bernina Express .; et al .: Bernina Railway: from St. Moritz to Tirano: on meter gauge through the high mountains Stuttgart: Franckh-Kosmos-Verlags-GmbH; Thun: Ott, cop. 1992, ISBN 3-440-06454-9
  • Peter Willen: Locomotives of Switzerland 2 , narrow-gauge traction units. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1972, no ISBN
  • Wolfgang Finke, Hans Schweers: The vehicles of the Rhaetian Railway: Locomotives, railcars, tractors . In: Wolfgang Finke (Ed.): The vehicles of the Rhaetian Railway, 1889–1996 . tape 3 . Schweers + Wall, Aachen 1998, ISBN 3-89494-105-7 (223 pages, [ limited preview in the Google book search]).

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