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Romania: B 20-57

UIC / EVN numbering: 50 53 20-57

Railway companies: CFR - Romanian Railways, SNTFC - National Company for Railway Passenger Transportation

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In service:

from 1965

Built by:

ASTRA Arad

Length over buffers (mm):

24'500 mm

Width (mm):

2'880 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'050 mm

Distance between bogies centers (mm):

17'200 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 t

Bogies:

Minden-Deutz

Bogie wheelbase (mm):

2'500 mm

Wheel (steel tire wheel / monoblock wheel):

steel tire wheel

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 tread (clasp) brakes

Compartments (compartments / attendant compartment):

10x compartments

Number of seats / compartment (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):

8x 2nd class seats

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

80x 2nd class seats

Toilets (direct discharge toilets / closed circuit toilets):

2x direct discharge toilets

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

1500 V AC / 50 Hz

Electric Train Heating (ETH) (yes / no - electric radiators / modulated air):

yes

Steam Train Heating (yes / no):

yes

Display registration numbers

50 53 20-57 118-3 1 x
50 53 20-57 147-2 3 x
50 53 20-57 173-8 1 x
50 53 20-57 216-5 3 x
50 53 20-57 479-9 1 x
50 53 20-57 723-0 1 x
50 53 20-57 726-3 1 x
50 53 20-57 782-6 1 x
50 53 20-57 809-7 1 x
50 53 20-57 990-5 1 x
20-57 118

1982

Around 1982, these units are re-assigned from B^AFLD 20-40 passenger coaches.

1998

120x units from this series are converted to Blee 20-55 passenger coaches by Atelierele CFR Grivita in Bucharest (Romania) between 1998 and 2000.

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

1998

1x unit from this series is converted to a Salon Alee 10-56 passenger coach by Atelierele CFR Grivita in Bucharest (Romania) in 1998.

Sources: https://www.vagonweb.cz/popisy/popisy.php?k=CFR&z=a&p=v&lang=en, http://transport-in-comun.ro/trenuri/vag-cal/vag_10-56.htm

1999

1x unit from this series is converted to a Blee 20-58 passenger coach by Remar in Pascani (Romania) in 1999.

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

2007

55x units are converted to Series 20-59 passenger coaches by the Titu Passenger Wagon Maintenance and Repair Company (SIRV Titu).

Sources: https://forum.metrouusor.com/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=699

2008

Between 2008 and 2009, some units are modernised and converted to Series 20-49.0 2nd class passenger coaches.

Sources: https://forum.metrouusor.com/ViewTopic?TopicId=689&PageNum=1

2009

Between 2009 and 2011, some units are modernised and converted to Series 20-49.2 2nd class passenger coaches.

Sources: https://forum.metrouusor.com/ViewTopic?TopicId=689&PageNum=1

Latest update on the 8th of November 2020 at 15:22

Contributor(s): Tudor C.

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