V2C
| V2C | |
|---|---|
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Electrometal Timișoara (Eltim) |
| Year of construction (s): | 1985 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 21965 mm |
| Length: | 20450 mm |
| Width: | 2300 mm |
| Trunnion Distance: | 6475 mm |
| Bogie axle base: | 1800 mm |
| Empty mass: | 28 t |
| Top speed: | 60 km / h |
| Traction power: | 4 × 55 kW |
| Power system : | 600 volts direct current |
V2C was the type designation of a Romanian tram - joint car . The two-part, four-engine and six-axle prototype built by Electrometal Timișoara ( Eltim ) in 1985 was the successor to the V2 with road number 230 , which was completed in 1982 . The first and last bogies were driven again, while the central Jakobs bogie under the joint ran without a drive. The name V2C is composed as follows:
| V | vagon de tramvai , Romanian for tram cars |
| 2 | consisting of two parts |
| C. | comandă clasică , Romanian for classic control technology |
The abbreviation also served to distinguish it from the Bucharest types V2A and V2B manufactured from 1982 onwards .
history
The V2C was intended to replace the Timiș 2 type large-capacity trains, which were technically obsolete in the mid-1980s . These were previously produced largely unchanged since 1970. A three-part, eight-axis variant of the type discussed here was also planned for this purpose. Variants for 750 volts direct current and meter-gauge networks were also planned. In particular, the new operations in Botoșani , Brașov , Cluj-Napoca , Constanța , Craiova , Ploiești and Reșia , which were established in 1984, were to be supplied with the new type in whole or in part.
In contrast, the predecessor V2 was not intended for series production. It only served the manufacturer Eltim to gain basic experience with articulated vehicles. Previously, in Romania, multi-part trams only existed on the Bucharest tram. However, these had been mass-produced there since the first half of the 1970s.
Ultimately, the severe Romanian energy crisis of the 1980s - which worsened in the second half of the decade in particular - prevented the project, which was ambitious given the economic circumstances at the time. A series production of the V2C did not materialize, instead Eltim continued to rely on the production of the Timiș 2. The Romanian Revolution of December 1989 and the immediately subsequent economic decline of the Eltim company - which completely stopped production of tram vehicles in 1990 - buried the project finally finally.
Use and whereabouts
In contrast to its predecessor V2, the V2C was only seen briefly in scheduled use in the Timișoara tram network ; these test drives took place on line 7. Otherwise, the manufacturer used water-filled plastic bins to simulate the weight of the passengers. Furthermore, the test vehicle was never owned by the local transport company IJTL Timiș , which then operated under the name RATT from 1991, but always remained the property of Eltim . For this reason, it initially wore a special paintwork in the colors white, light blue and dark blue, which differed significantly from the standard paintwork of the regular trams in Timișoara at that time. For dispatch purposes, the V2C was assigned the road number 229 with a second crew, which it took over from a V54 that had previously been retired . However, this was not written on the car.
The test phase of the V2C ended in 1989. After that, the prototype was repainted in the then current color scheme of the Timișoara tram, i.e. in mustard yellow-light gray, and offered for sale to the tram company. However, it was not used again in regular scheduled services, and in 1990 the articulated vehicle was retired. The loner remained in the former Eltim production hall for a few years and was finally scrapped in 1996. A special feature of his four double doors found in the same year in 1993 built Rocar - trolleybus again with the number 10 using, for this purpose they have been shortened slightly at the bottom.
Technical features
While the two-engine V2 was still based on the conventional Timiș 2 trains, the four-engine V2C was a completely new development. By Romanian standards, it was progressive in several ways and stood out in particular from the previous Eltim trams. In addition, it was also superior to the articulated wagons of the V2A, V2B, V3A and V3B type families produced in the workshops of the Bucharest transport company. The special features of the V2C included:
- rheostatic braking system
- Batteries that made it possible to drive for up to an hour without a power supply
- electric door control (instead of pneumatic as with the Timiș 2)
- pneumatic control of the pantograph
- Illuminable line number roll tape display (front, side and rear)
- Loudspeaker system for sounding the passenger compartment
Solo version T-83
A four-axle open-plan car with a similar car body was also under construction parallel to the V2C . Unlike the articulated car, it was supposed to have a chopper control system from the Bucharest Institutul de Cercetări și Proiectări Electrotehnice (ICPE), but - apart from the shell of the car body - it could never be completed. The test vehicle had the type designation T-83 , T is the abbreviation for tramvai (Romanian for tram), the 83 referred to the year 1983 in which its development began.
literature
- Official product description of the manufacturer Eltim
- 1869 −1994, 125 de ani de circulație cu tramvaiul în Timișoara, monograph . Timișoara 1994.
