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Series 21-47 / 21-57

Also known as:

B^AFMDType 119A

UIC / EVN numbering:

50 53 21-4750 53 21-57

Vehicle type:

Regular passenger coach

Registration country:

Romania

Railway companies:

CFR - Caile Ferate RomâneSNTFC - Societatea Naţională de Transport Feroviar de Călători (CFR Călători)

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In service:

from 1969

Era:

IV - VI

Built by:

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

24'500 mm

Body car length (mm):

24'200 mm

Width (mm):

2'880 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'050 mm

Minimum radius of curvature on open stretches (m):

150 m

Minimum radius of curvature on switching sections (m):

80 m

Tare weight (t):

41,2 t

Bogies:

Minden-Deutz

Bogie wheelbase (mm):

2'500 mm

Maximum speed (km/h):

140 km/h

Braking system (vacuum brakes / air brakes / electropneumatic brakes / electronically controlled pneumatic brakes / electric brakes - tread (clasp) brakes / axle-mounted disk brakes / wheel-mounted disk brakes / dynamic brakes / regenerative brakes / rail brakes):

KE-GPR pneumatic brake

Total number of seats (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):

88x seats

Toilets (direct discharge toilets / closed circuit toilets):

2x direct discharge toilets

Electric Train Supply (ETS) (yes / no - xxxxV AC / DC - xx,xx Hz):

1'500 V AC - 50 Hz

Train heating (electric / steam):

electric or steam

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1969

Similar to coaches type 120A built for the Polish Railways, a total of 1225x units from this series are built:
1969 and 1970: 150x units, registered 21-47 000 to 149, built by Pafawag Wroclaw;
between 1971 and 1980: 1075x units, registered 21-47 150 to 999 and 21-57 000 - 224, built by ASTRA Wagon Factory in Arad (Romania).

Sources: https://www.vagonweb.cz/popisy/popisy.php?k=CFR&z=a&p=v&lang=en

1981

One unit from this series is converted to have a driving position at one end, to be used in the composition of a reversible train towed by a 060-DA diesel locomotive on the non-electrified lines of CF Brasov.

Sources: https://trenuletz.forumz.ro/t250p120-vagoane-seria-11-47-si-21-47

2008

8x units from this series are converted to B 20-31 passenger coaches between 2008 and 2010 at SIRV Brasov (Romania).

Sources: https://www.vagonweb.cz/popisy/popisy.php?k=CFR&z=a&p=v&lang=en

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Latest update on the 21st of June 2020 at 18:15

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Series 21-47 / 21-57 miniature models:

Suburban passenger coach 21-47

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