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Bcm 50-70 000 - 049

Also known as: Bcm 50-80 000 - 019 / Bcm 50-40 000 - 019 / Bcm 5181 - 5200 / UIC-Z2

UIC / EVN numbering: 51 85 50-40 / 51 85 50-80 / 51 85 50-70

Vehicle type: couchette / sleeping coach

Registration country: Switzerland

Railway companies: SBB CFF FFS - Schweizerische Bundesbahnen / Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses / Ferrovie federali svizzere

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1964

The first 20x units are delivered in 1964.

There are 10 compartments, each with 6 seats convertible to 6 bunks. Each bunk has a reading light. One compartment is reserved for the attendant and the supply of pillows and blankets. There is a toilet with washbasin, and there are also three small washrooms with electric razor sockets. The coaches are equipped for steam heating and for electric heating with a choice of five voltages (the heating in each compartment can be controlled independently).

Originally, they are painted SBB green.

Sources: http://www.swiss.nwrail.org.uk/nb9403.html

end 1960s

The 2nd & 3rd series of coaches, numbered 020 to 049, is built at the and of the 1960s.

These units differ in small ways from the first series, notably in the enlargement of the attendant's space at the expense of one of the washrooms. From the beginning they had loudspeakers, but no steam heating.

They are originally painted in SBB green.

Sources: http://www.swiss.nwrail.org.uk/nb9403.html

1975

Between 1975 and 1979, the 20x units from the first batch are undergoing a major overhaul and they receive a blue livery and at the same time the steam heating pipes are removed.

Sources: http://www.swiss.nwrail.org.uk/nb9403.html

1978

Units 026 and 045 are destroyed during a fire in Arlon in 1978.

Sources: http://www.swiss.nwrail.org.uk/nb9403.html

1984

Units 020 to 049 are repainted blue with a white stripe during major overhaul between 1984 and 1987.

Sources: http://www.swiss.nwrail.org.uk/nb9403.html

1993

By 1993, units 000, 001, 003, 010, 011, 013, 014 & 019 from the 1st batch are removed from regular service.

All remaining units from this batch receive the "Sleeperette" livery.

Sources: http://www.swiss.nwrail.org.uk/nb9403.html

unknown

1x unit from this series is converted to SRm 09-70 151 bar coach owned by Rail In-Club.

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