Israel Railways JT 42BW

JT 42BW
Type and origin
Power type Diesel
Builder Meinfesa (Alstom), later Vossloh Espana
Build date 1996-2006
Total produced 48
Specifications
UIC class Bo'Bo'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length 20.46 m (67 ft 2 in)[1]
Width 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in)[1]
Height 4.29 m (14 ft 1 in)[1]
Loco weight 90 t
Fuel capacity 6,000 l (1,300 imp gal; 1,600 US gal)
Prime mover GM EMD 12N710G3B, V12, 3,200 hp (2.4 MW) @ 900rpm
Generator AR10JBA
Traction motors four parallel connected D43 FM
Loco brake Electropneumatic
Performance figures
Maximum speed 140 km/h (87 mph)
Power output 3,000 hp (2.2 MW) (nominal UIC)
Tractive effort maximum 244kN
continuous 158kN @ 44 km/h (12 m/s)
Career
Operators Israel Railways
Numbers 731-778[2]
Sources:[3] except where noted

The JT 42BW is a class of four axle Bo'Bo' diesel electric locomotives manufactured by Alstom's Meinfesa plant in Spain for Israel Railways (IR). The locomotives were the primary passenger locomotive unit used by IR through the 2000s.

Description

JT 42BW number 740 with double decker coaches and driving trailer

The locomotives are of the Prima type, produced at Alstom's plant in Valencia, Spain in collaboration with GM-EMD; the locomotives use EMD traction equipment and an EMD 710 engine.[3][4] They were acquired to provide additional passenger services created as a result of investment in the 1990s which included the re-opening of several lines to passenger traffic.[5] The locomotives are used to propel push-pull trains - a typical formation (2009) uses one locomotive, five double deck coaches, and a double deck driving trailer;[6] the vehicles were the main passenger locomotive of IR, and half of its locomotive fleet (2007).[7]

The locomotives were ordered in several batches between 1996 and 2006,[3] the second batch of ten units allowed the 6 axle JT 42CW freight locomotives to return to their intended duties after they were transferred to passenger work due to lack of locomotives.[8]

Two units, numbers 739 and 741 were rebuilt after being involved in accidents at Ahuzam and Beit Yehoshua.[9]

In 2011 IR ordered 15 four axle Bo'Bo' Euro 3000 locomotives from Alstom Valencia successor company Vossloh España;[10] these locomotives inherit some design features from the JT42BW, including the use of an EMD 710 engine, unlike the JT42BW the locomotives use AC motors controlled by IGBT electronics.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 הנחיות לתכנון מתקני עצירת רכבות (PDF), www.iroads.co.il (in Hebrew) (רכבת ישראל בע״מ), July 2009, נספח ב': סוגי רכבות נוסעים וקטרי
  2. ↑ Sources:
  3. 1 2 3 "Diesel-Electric Locomotives : JT42 BW" (PDF), www.vossloh-espana.com (Vossloh), archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2009
  4. ↑ Sources:
  5. ↑ Harel Even Airo (October 2011), "Israel Railways : A development Plan in Progress" (PDF), Bulletin (The Institution of Railway Operators) (30): 6–7
  6. ↑ "1 - Technical Requirements", Tender No. MC/RC/03/09 For the Supply of Double Deck Push Pull Coaches (PDF), B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, 22 December 2009, p. 14
  7. ↑ Walter Rothschild, ed. (June 2007), "Israel Railways Statistics" (PDF), HaRakevet 20#3 (77): 8
  8. ↑ Рельсовый транспорт Израиля, ЖЕЛЕЗНЫЕ ДОРОГИ МИРА (in Russian) (12), 2000
  9. ↑ Chen Melling; Sybil Ehrlich (September 2006), Walter Rothschild, ed., "New Israel Railways Timetable" (PDF), HaRakevet 19#3 (74, number 3): 6–7
  10. ↑ Sources:

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