WLABmee 71-31 | TrainsDepot.org

- there are sleeping cars of classes 1 and 2 former WLABmh 174 / 175 of DB AG, built between 1959-1973
- they were purchased by CFR second-hand
- they have 11 compartments, of which 10 with 2 or 3 beds + sink + small cupboard, in the 11th dorm the conductors sleep
- they have a kitchen and an armchair where the conductors stay during the day at the end without a door
- they have 2 doors
- they have Minden Deutz bogies

RECONSTRUCTED SLEEPING CAR, CLASS II, Series 71-31, originating from the sleeping car series 71-30, year of manufacture 1963
They have been modernized at the CFR Grivita Bucharest Workshops starting in the year 2000.
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- length of the car over the buffers: 26.400 mm
- maximum width: 2.816 mm
- maximum height: 4.250 mm
- floor height from the rail: 1.255 mm
- maximum speed: 140 Km/h
- bogie type: Minden-Deutz
- braking system type: KE-GPR
- number of seats in the car: 33 seats
- compartmentation: 11 compartments arranged for 3 seats/compartment
- generator with cardan shaft (2 pcs): 10 Kw
- lighting system: general - with fluorescent lamps
: local - incandescent lamps
- heating system: with modulated air and hot water
Compartmentation:
- 1 front access platform
- side corridor
- 11 compartments with 33 seats in second class configuration and 22 seats in first class configuration
- sound-absorbing side interior walls
- 1 modular WC cabin made of PAFS and 1 shower cabin
- furniture consisting of beds - individual armchairs upholstered with plush
- 220 V/50 Hz shaving sockets
- new pivoting folding access door with closing and locking at speeds over 5 km/h
- pneumatic operated intercommunication doors
- sound system
- air conditioning system (??, heating/ventilation, possibly not air conditioning...)
- equipped with 2 generators for electric power supply
- adaptation of the electrical system and auxiliary equipment for the voltage of 1500V, 50 Hz
- brake: KE-GPR
- painting of the car body inside and outside in a polyurethane system
- placing and mounting in special cabinets of the handbrake equipment
- usage: operates in domestic and international traffic in accelerated and fast trains.
- Cars built: minimum 60

MODERNIZATION CHARACTERISTICS
- adaptation of cars for traffic on CFR administration lines
- access doors (2 pcs) – folding with electropneumatic closing and locking
- intercommunication doors
- modification of consumer power supply from 110 Vca voltage to 24 Vcc
- modification of the IT electrical installation from 1000 Vca to 1500 Vca

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