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B^AFLD 29-20

Also known as:

C^AFLDSeries 71.000Dimitrov

UIC / EVN numbering:

50 53 29-20

Vehicle type:

Regular passenger coach

Registration country:

Romania

Railway companies:

CFR - Caile Ferate Române

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In service:

from 1943

Era:

III - IV

Built by:

ASTRA Arad

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

20'850 mm

Body car length (mm):

20'784 mm

Width (mm):

2'967 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

3'948 mm

Minimum radius of curvature on open stretches (m):

150 m

Minimum radius of curvature on switching sections (m):

80 m

Tare weight (t):

33 t

Bogie wheelbase (mm):

3'000 mm

Maximum speed (km/h):

100 km/h

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

72x seats

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1943

Based on German C4üe-38 passenger coaches, a total of 823x units from this series are built by ASTRA Wagon Factory in Arad (Romania):
1941 - first series: 20x 3^rd class units registered C^AFLD* 71.000 - 71.019;
1949 - second series: 80x units, some designated as 3^rd class C^AFLD* and some as 2^nd class B^AFLD, registered 70.020 to 70.099;
between 1951 and 1961 - third series: 723x 2^nd class units registered B^AFLD 70.100 to 70.822.

*from 1955 onwards, after the 3rd class is abolished, all coaches are registered as B^AFLD 2nd class passenger coaches.

Sources: https://www.vagonweb.cz/popisy/popisy.php?k=CFR&z=a&p=z&lang=en, https://forum.lokomotiv.ro/threads/vagoane-cl-a-ii-a-seria-bafld-71000-29-20-dimitrov.4295/

1960s

Some units are converted as BarBafld bar coaches.

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

1996

In 1996 and 1997, some units are modernised by Remar Paşcani and registered as B 29-22.

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