Furka-Oberalp Railway BCm 2/2
Rhaetian Railway CFm 2/2 und BFm 2/2
The Furka-Oberalp-Bahn designated two petrol rack railcars that were delivered in 1927 as BCm 2/2. They were supposed to handle all services during low-traffic times and had a toilet and a mail compartment, while the rear cab was used as a luggage compartment. The rack drive and the adhesion drive could not be decoupled from each other. They were also referred to as BCZm 2/2 by the Railway Department.
However, the performance was not convincing, which was mainly attributed to the lack of experience with transmissions in railway vehicles with combustion engines. A maximum of one two-axle car could also be carried, which significantly increased travel times. With electrification in 1941, they became superfluous, although the first was used as a service vehicle for a while and passed to several new owners in the following decades, remaining inoperable. The other was sold to the RhB and used without rack drive until 1956.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1927
- Manufacturers
- SLM, SIG, Scintilla
- Wheel arrangement
- AA
- Gauge
- 1,000 mm (Meter gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Length
- 11.08 m
- Wheelbase
- 4.60 m
- Empty mass
- 16.7 t
- Service mass
- 19.5 t
- Adhesion mass
- 19.5 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 4.60 m
- Axle load
- 9.8 t
Power plant
- Engine
- SLM
- Engine type
- 8-cyl. boxer
Power
- Power source
- petrol-mechanic
- Indicated power
- 110 kW (150 PS)
- Top speed
- 43 km/h
Calculated values
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 5.6 kW/t
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.00