BB Fe 2/2

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BB Fe 2/2
RhB De 2/2 151 in Poschiavo
RhB De 2/2 151 in Poschiavo
Numbering: Fe 2/2 51 (until 1965)
De 2/2 151
Number: 1
Manufacturer: SIG Alioth
Year of construction (s): 1909
Axis formula : Bo
Gauge : 1,000 mm
Length over buffers: 7 150 mm
Width: 2500 mm
Total wheelbase: 3500 mm
Empty mass: 13 t
Service mass: 15.5 t
Top speed: 45 km / h
Hourly output : 154 kW (210 hp)
Starting tractive effort: 24.5 kN
Hourly traction: 20 kN (at 26 km / h)
Driving wheel diameter: 850 mm
Motor type: DC series motor
Power system : 750 V = (until 1935)
1 kV = (from 1935)
Number of traction motors: 2
Translation levels: 1: 4.5

The then independent Bernina Railway (BB) put the meter-gauge Fe 4/4 51 electric multiple unit built by SIG and Alioth into service in 1909 . With its wooden structure, the luggage railcar was externally reminiscent of a freight car ; the electrical equipment corresponded to a «halved» passenger car BCe 4/4 . With the takeover of the Bernina Railway by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) in 1943, this vehicle also changed hands. With the renaming of the baggage car , the railcar changed from Fe 2/2 to De 2/2 and in 1965 it received number 151 from the RhB.

Over time, the RhB made some changes:

The one-off, renumbered to 151 in 1965, was painted gray on the BB, initially green, and later red-brown on the RhB. It has been painted in traffic orange since the beginning of the 1990s .

Used as a shunting locomotive - in the summer months mostly on Ospizio Bernina , otherwise in Poschiavo .

literature

  • Peter Willen: Locomotives in Switzerland 2 - narrow-gauge traction vehicles. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1971.
  • Claude Jeanmaire: The direct current lines of the Rhaetian Railway . Villigen AG, 1975. ISBN 3-85649-020-5
  • 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]).