Voiture à étage état
As Voiture à étage État , a double-decker train of the French railway company Chemins de fer de l'État from the 1930s was called. In addition to being equipped with a double-decker car , it was also equipped as a push-pull train with a control car and a remote-controlled steam tender locomotive.
history
In the 1930s, the administration of the Chemins de fer de l'État was looking for ways to increase passenger capacity without increasing the length of trains, given the increasing traffic in the greater Paris area . The decisive factor was the limited length of the platform in the Gare Saint-Lazare . At that time there had been two-axle double-decker coaches Voiture Bidel at the Chemin de Fer de l'Est on the Paris – Vincennes – Boissy – Saint-Léger line since 1883 . The Chemins de fer de l'État, on the other hand, opted for a new, more modern car series to be developed. They should travel in train units of seven cars each. The first ten units were delivered by Entreprises Industrielles Charentaises in 1933.
Structure and features
The cars were made of steel and aluminum, with access platforms at each end with a double door and a single door on either side. At the ends there were transitions to the next car. Two floors are set up between the platforms, the upper row of seats with five seats each and the lower row of seats with four seats each. Each train has a control car at one end .
Remote controllable locomotives
A series of 20 tank locomotives were delivered from the Fives-Lille- Werke to the Chemins de Fer de l'État in 1923 and operated as the État 42-001 - 42-020 series , and from 1938 as the SNCF 141-TC . They were initially stationed at the Batignolles depot .
Around 1930 the machines were equipped with remote control devices based on compressed air lines . Compared to the original condition, the machines were also equipped with smoke deflectors and closed driver's cabs. In this state they were operated with the Voiture à étage . As tank locomotives with the "symmetrical" chassis arrangement 1'D1 ', they could travel in both directions at a maximum speed of 120 km / h.
commitment
These push-pull trains ran daily in the morning and evening in one direction on routes from Paris Saint-Lazare, and also on shorter routes on the outskirts of Paris-Montparnasse. These trains were so successful that a total of 50 were built. In 1982 the use ended in favor of newer train sets.
