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B^AFLD 20-40

Also known as:

Series 74.000

UIC / EVN numbering:

51 53 20-40

Vehicle type:

Regular passenger coach

Registration country:

Romania

Railway companies:

CFR - Caile Ferate Române

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In service:

from 1955

Built by:

ASTRA Arad

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

24'500 mm

Width (mm):

2'864 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'050 mm

Wheelbase (distance between bogies centers) (mm):

17'200 mm

Tare weight (t):

42.5 t

Bogies:

Minden-Deutz

Bogie wheelbase (mm):

2'500 mm

Maximum speed (km/h):

140 km/h

Compartments (compartments / attendant compartment):

10x 2nd class compartments

CFR Series 74.000 passenger coach: Buffers & hook

CFR Series 74.000 passenger coach: Boggie

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1955

The first unit from this series is built in 1955 by Uzina de Vagoane Arad (UVA) and it is registered B^AFLD 74.000.

Sources: https://forum.lokomotiv.ro/threads/originea-vagoanelor-19-57-si-20-57-19-47-si-20-47.2856/page-2

1960

Unit B^AFLD 74.001 is imported from France.

Sources: https://forum.lokomotiv.ro/threads/originea-vagoanelor-19-57-si-20-57-19-47-si-20-47.2856/page-2

1963

The third unit from this series is built in 1955 by Uzina de Vagoane Arad (UVA) and it is registered B^AFLD 74.002.

Sources: https://forum.lokomotiv.ro/threads/originea-vagoanelor-19-57-si-20-57-19-47-si-20-47.2856/page-2

1964

Series production starts at Uzina de Vagoane Arad (UVA) with unit B^AFLD 74.003.

Unit B^AFLD 74.000 is transformed into a service car.

Sources: https://forum.lokomotiv.ro/threads/originea-vagoanelor-19-57-si-20-57-19-47-si-20-47.2856/page-2

1982

Around 1982, these units are re-assigned as B^AFLD 20-57.

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