Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III

As ABe 4/4 III are referred to the 1988 and 1990 procured DC electric railcar with numbers 51 to 56 at the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). The vehicles will be used on the Bernina Railway, where she helped manage the increase in traffic and also the getting on in years ABe 4/4 I have repressed into child services.

History

The railcars supplied by SLM and ABB in two series of three piece at the time were the first RhB locomotives in inverter technology with three-phase asynchronous motors. In addition, they were the world's first direct-current locomotives with GTO thyristors. You are 65 km / h, 47 tons and had an hourly output of 1016 kW at delivery the strongest DC drive car of the RhB. Your trailer weight at 70 ‰ slope is 90 t and 95 t, provided only four axles in the train are. They have 12 seats in the first and 16 in second grade. Thanks Vielfachsteuerung they can with each other and also with the older ABe 4/4 41-49 II and Gem 4 / 4801-802 drive with double units, of which considerable use is made in daily operation. A double header of two ABe 4/4 III theoretically has a power reserve for the carriage of a further 50 t, since the maximum Zughakenlast of 140 t on the Bernina railway must not be exceeded.

List of ABe 4/4 III

In addition to their running numbers bear the name and arms Vehicles:

Coloring

For the railcar RhB chose a paint scheme that the locomotives Ge 4 /4 I / II / III corresponds. Below a deep trim line of the superstructure is kept dark gray. On the Strinwand emblazoned a large Grisons crest. This paint scheme was subsequently used for the ABe 4/4 II and the Gem 4/4.

In 2007, the ABe 4/4 51 a special paint, to point out the candidacy of the RhB Albula and Bernina railway for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.