RhB Gmf 4/4

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Gmf 4/4 28701 to 28704 procured from 2013, see RhB Gmf 4/4 II .

RhB Gmf 4/4 No. 242 and 243
RhB Gmf 4/4 243 in the ex depot of the Arosabahn in Sand in Chur
Numbering:	242 and 243
Number:	2
Manufacturer:	Kaelble - Gmeinder
Year of construction (s):	1991
Axis formula :	B'B '
Genre :	D 75 BB
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over buffers:	11 700 mm
Width:	2,660 mm
Trunnion Distance:	5 500 mm
Bogie axle base:	2 200 mm
Total wheelbase:	7 500 mm
Service mass:	50.3 t
Top speed:	60 km / h 60 km / h (towed)
Installed capacity:	592 kW
Hourly output :	592 kW (on motor shaft)
Starting tractive effort:	147 kN
Hourly traction:	70 kN at 20 km / h
Driving wheel diameter:	950 mm
Motor type:	Caterpillar 3412 Dl-TA
Motor type:	12-cylinder diesel
Power transmission:	hydrodynamically via Voith turbo reversing gear
Number of traction motors:	1
Inertia brake:	hydrodynamic (four braking levels)

Gmf 4/4 No. 242 in Klosters-Platz

The diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives Gmf 4/4 242 and 243 of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) were put into operation in 1991. They were used for construction trains during the construction of the Vereina tunnel . Today the Gmf 4/4 243 is stationed in Klosters-Platz for the shunting service and for the Vereina fire-fighting and rescue train, which consists of a medical vehicle, an equipment vehicle and a fire-fighting vehicle. The Gmf 4/4 242 is based in Landquart . The locomotives are best for hauling loads over long distances at low speeds .

The locomotives are 60 km / h fast, have a weight of 50 t and an output of 350 kW at 20 km / h. It is driven by Caterpillar - diesel engines . The locomotives can be remote controlled by radio.

literature

• 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]).