RhB ABe 4/4 III

RhB ABe 4/4 ^III
ABe 4/4 ^III 55 and 56 shunt in Tirano station
Numbering:	51-56
Number:	6th
Manufacturer:	SLM , FIG
Year of construction (s):	1988, 1990
Axis formula :	Bo′Bo ′
Gauge :	1,000 mm
Length over buffers:	16,886 mm
Width:	2,650 mm
Service mass:	47 t
Top speed:	65 km / h
Continuous output :	1 016 kW
Power system :	1 kV =
Power transmission:	2 single-arm pantographs
Control:	GTO thyristor
Seats:	1st class: 12 2nd class: 16
Predecessor: RhB ABe 4/4 II Successor: RhB ABe 8/12

ABe 4/4 ^III 55 and another train pass under the Brusio circular viaduct .

Unveiling of the special painting of the ABe 4/4 51 in Tirano on May 5, 2007

As ABe 4/4 ^III , the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) designated the direct current electric multiple units with the road numbers 51 to 56 that were acquired in 1988 and 1990 . The tow cars are used on the Bernina Railway , where they helped to cope with the increase in traffic and also pushed the aging ABe 4/4 ^I into subordinate services.

history

By SLM and ABB railcars delivered in two series of three piece at the time were the first RhB locomotives in inverter technology with three-phase - asynchronous motors . In addition, they were among the world's first direct current traction vehicles with GTO thyristors . They are 65 km / h fast, weigh 47 tons and, with an hourly output of 1016 kW, were the RhB's most powerful DC railcars on delivery . Your trailer load at a gradient of 70 per thousand is 90 or 95 tonnes, provided there are only four-axle vehicles on the train. They have twelve seats in first and 16 in second class . Thanks to multiple controls , they can drive with each other and also with the older ABe 4/4 ^II 41–49 and Gem 4/4 801–802 in double traction, which is widely used in daily operation. A double traction of two ABe 4/4 III theoretically has a power reserve for the transport of a further 50 tonnes, since the maximum tow hook load of 140 tonnes on the Bernina Railway must not be exceeded.

List of ABe 4/4 ^III

In addition to their company numbers, the vehicles have names and coats of arms:

operation number	Surname	commissioning acceptance	advertising	comment
51	Poschiavo	1988	05.2007–03.2016 Advertising UNESCO World Heritage
52	Brusio	1988	01.2010–06.2013 Advertising 100 years of the Bernina Railway
53	Tirano	1988	04.2010–03.2014 Advertising Credito Valtellinese
54	Hakone	1990	03.2010–03.2011 Advertising Graubündner Kantonalbank	the Japanese railway company Hakone Tozan Tetsudō is on friendly terms with the RhB
55	Diavolezza	1990	11.2010–03.2015 advertisement RE-Power
56	Corviglia	1990	11.2010–? Advertising RE-Power

Coloring

For the railcars, the RhB chose a paint scheme that corresponds to the Ge 4/4 I / II / III locomotives. The car body was dark brown below a low-lying decorative line . A large Graubünden coat of arms is emblazoned on each face. This painting scheme was subsequently also used for the ABe 4/4 II and the Gem 4/4. In the course of refit measures and repainting of the vehicles, the color scheme was adapted to the current RhB design. The vehicles now have a gray body in the lower area instead of a brown one. In 2007, the railcars received advertising on the side panels for a certain period of time. At the end of 2015, all vehicles were red again and painted and lettered in the current design.

literature

Hans Furgler: The new ABe 4/4 51-53 railcars for the Rhaetian Railway's Bernina line. In: Swiss Railway Review. 6/1988.
Franz Skvor: RhB locomotives with the latest technology .
Swiss engineer and architect, Volume 107 (1989), Issue 40 (E-Periodica, PDF 1.4 MB)
Klaus Fader: Bernina Railway. From St. Moritz to Tirano. On meter gauge through the high mountains. Stuttgart Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH and Ott-Verlag, Stuttgart and Thun 1992, ISBN 3-440-06454-9 .
Wolfgang Finke, Hans Schweers: The vehicles of the Rhaetian Railway . Volume 3: Locomotives, railcars, tractors. 1889-1998 . Schweers + Wall, Aachen 1998, ISBN 3-89494-105-7 .

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