STL Ce 2/2

Ce 2/2 / Be 2/2
Numbering:	1-3
Number:	3
Manufacturer:	MAN, Alioth, (BBC)
Year of construction (s):	1908, (1923)
Retirement:	(1975)
Axis formula :	Bo '
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over buffers:	9020 mm
Width:	2000 mm
Fixed wheelbase:	2800 mm
Service mass:	10.7 t
Friction mass:	10.7 t
Top speed:	40 km / h
Hourly output :	(80 HP)
Power system :	800 volts 20 heart single-phase alternating current from 1923 1200 volts direct current
Power transmission:	Pantograph
Seats:	18th

The three electric railcars of the Società Tramvie Locarnesi ( STL ) were designated as Ce 2/2 . They were purchased for the opening of the tram in Locarno in 1908. On the occasion of the abolition of 1st class and the subsequent class reform, the railcars were renamed Be 2/2 in 1956 .

history

The three railcars were the only vehicles that belonged to the STL. The company was dissolved in 1923 and integrated with all its possessions into the Società delle Ferrovie Regionali Ticinesi , which in 1961 changed its name to Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesi (FART). In 1923, the railcars had to be converted from 800 volts 20 Hertz to 1200 volts direct current as a result of the system change.

The two-axle vehicles were designed as bidirectional tram cars with longitudinal benches. The platforms also served as a driver's cab and were closed at the front.

The vehicles were manufactured by MAN , the electrical equipment for 800 volts 20 Hz was supplied by Alioth . The direct current equipment was obtained from the BBC .

The number 1 was redrawn to Xe 2/2 no. 7 in 1967 and in 1991 it was restored to its original state from 1908, both externally and in terms of the interior. The electrical equipment from 1923 was retained. The railcar is still an active FART locomotive as Be 2/2 7 or "Tramin 7".

In 1975 the FART Xe 2/2 No. 6 was built on an underframe, which served as a service vehicle with the new steel car body. Parts of wagons 2 and 3 were used for this conversion by scrapping and demolishing the two vehicles.

Number STL	Number FART	STL	FART	Scrapping	comment
1	1 from 1967 7	1908-1923	1923–	-	since 1991 STL painting again
2	2	1908-1923	1923–	(1975)	Parts for Xe 2/2 6
3	3	1908-1923	1923–	(1975)	Parts for Xe 2/2 6
-	6th	-	1975–	-	New steel car body using No. 2 and 3 parts; canceled around 2004

Trivia

The railcar number 1 received a contact rod around 1952 so that it could use the Ponte Brolla – Bignasco line of the Locarno-Ponte-Brolla-Bignasco railway , which was equipped with a side contact line . To do this, the pantograph had to be relocated. After the Ponte Brolla – Bignasco railway line was closed, the contact rod was removed again.

literature

• Peter Willen: Locomotives and railcars of the Swiss Railways, Volume 4 Private Railways Central, Southern and Eastern Switzerland Orell Füssli (1st edition) 1983, ISBN 3-280-01301-1 , p. 60.

Web links

Commons : STL Ce 2/2  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turismo, operazione nostalgia con il vecchio tram della città. In: Eco di Locarno ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 16./17. March 1991, p. 13.
2. ^ Turismo, operazione nostalgia con il vecchio tram della città. In: Eco di Locarno ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 16./17. March 1991, p. 13.
3. ↑ T. Keller, rare exit of the only tram in Ticino , in: Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue No. 12, December 2015, p. 595.
4. ^ Markus Schweyckart: Electric Railway Locarno – Ponte Brolla – Bignasco. Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 1997, ISBN 3-907579-05-4 , p. 116.