Siemens E40 AC
| QR 3800 PN 7100 BMA 8800 |
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| Numbering: | QR 3801 - QR 3845 PN 7101 - 7142 BMA 001 - 013 |
| Number: | QR: 45 PN: 42 BMA: 13 |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens |
| Year of construction (s): | 2007-2010 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo'Bo ' |
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) |
| Length over coupling: | 20,400 mm |
| Height: | 3890 mm |
| Width: | 2894 mm |
| Trunnion Distance: | 6600 mm |
| Service mass: | 132 t |
| Top speed: | 80 km / h prepared: 100 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 4000 kW |
| Continuous output : | 4000 kW |
| Starting tractive effort: | 525 kN |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1092 mm (new) 1012 mm (worn) |
| Power system : | 25 kV, 50 Hz ~ |
| Number of traction motors: | 6th |
| Control: | Sibas 32 |
| Coupling type: | Janney clutch |
The Siemens E40 AC are electric locomotives built by Siemens Mobility that are used to haul heavy block trains . The locomotives are used by the Australian railway company Queensland Rail (QR) (now Aurizon ), Pacific National (PN) and BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA). A total of 100 locomotives of this series were produced.
history
QR ordered 20 of these locomotives in March 2006 and in August 2007 it was agreed to build another 25 identical machines. At the end of June 2008, the first two completed QR 3800s arrived in Australia. After completing the last work in the Jilalan Rail Yard near Mackay , they were put into operation in August 2008. The handover of the locomotives to QR was completed by 2010.
The Australian railway company Pacific National (PN) ordered 23 almost identical locomotives under the designation PN 7100 at the end of 2007. Deliveries began in April 2009.
In 2011 and 2012, the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) ordered a further 13 locomotives.
All locomotives were manufactured and tested by Siemens Mobility in the Munich-Allach plant.
technical features
The design of the E40 AC is based on the QR 3700 series . It takes over their engine room layout and most of the electrical components. The vehicles each have six driven axles that are mounted on three bogies.
The locomotives are equipped with a single-arm pantograph that supplies the high-voltage transformer via a roof line and the main switch. The roof duct through which the connection to the main transformer is established is located behind a surge arrester. The catenary voltage of 25 kV is reduced to 990 V there. The connected converter is composed of three independent converters, each with two four-quadrant converters . The converters each supply the motors of a bogie and an auxiliary converter .
commitment
The locomotives are used to haul coal trains in the Goonyella and Blackwater networks. In the Goonyella network, three locomotives each transport up to 120 wagons, each weighing 106 t. This results in a total towing mass of 12,720 tons. Up to 100 wagons with 104 t each are used in the Blackwater network, resulting in a total train mass of 10,400 t.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Description of Siemens Mobility
- ↑ Another success in Australia: Siemens locomotives for Queensland Rail : press release from Siemens AG of 4 April 2006 ( online version. (Not available online) Archived from. Stock on July 24, 2008 , accessed November 21, 2008 . )
- ↑ Siemens receives major order worth 108 million euros from Queensland Rail - 25 freight locomotives will be delivered to Australia from 2009 : Siemens AG press release of October 10, 2007 ( online version. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 21, 2009 ; accessed November 21, 2008 . )
- ^ Siemens AG: The first locomotives of the QR 3800 series arrive in Queensland. July 16, 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2008 .
Web links
- Description of the locomotives of the QR 3800 series on narrowspur-europa.at (in German)
- 3800 Class Specifications and Photos
- [1] Overview of the delivered locomotives