Rc5

Rc5

RC4

The Rc1 entered service on the Swedish State Railways, Statens Järnvägar (SJ) in 1967, the world's first thyristor controlled locomotive. Built by Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA); like many European designs it's ability to serve as a mixed traffic locomotive was an important consideration.

Two years later improvements to the thyristor system and electrical filtering led to the introduction of the Rc2 series. In 1971 an order for 16 units of a 160kph geared Rc3 series was placed by Austria. Some members of the OBB Class 1043 were fitted with rheostatic braking.

From 1975 SJ took delivery of 150 Rc4s, and 15 were also supplied to Norway as the
NSB Class el-16.

A need to replace ageing GG1s on the New York-Philadelphia-Washington main line, resulted
in several AMTRAK trials of new electric traction. The Rc4 was tested among candidates from the USA and one from France, and proved to be the most outstanding. AMTRAK's AEM7 was built by General Motors Electro Motive Division under license from ASEA, and is a substantially heavier and more powerful version of the Rc4 with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.



Company: Statens Järnvägar (SJ)
Model: Rc4
Year: 1975
Propulsion: 15kV AC 16-2/3Hz
Traction Motors: 4 x 900 kW (3600kW)
Starting Tractive Effort: 290kN
Continuous Tractive Effort: 169kN
Maximum Speed: 135 km/h
Driving wheel diameter: 1300mm
Bogie Wheelbase: 2,700mm
Length: 15,520mm
Width: 3,150mm
Height (over lowered pantograph): 4,500mm
Weight: 78t

Rc5
• config.txt 12.56KB
drivercharacter
head.jpg 241.10KB
head.texture.txt 27 bytes
head1.jpg 15.94KB
head1.texture.txt 46 bytes
head1a.bmp 768.05KB
machinist1.texture.txt 33 bytes
machinist1.tga 192.02KB
shadow.im 243.38KB
skin.jpg 19.55KB
skin.texture.txt 44 bytes
skina.bmp 768.05KB
tchm_body.im 270.67KB
tchm_body.kin 186.41KB
• rc.gs 4.28KB
rc4_body
bromsreglage-bromsreglage.texture.txt 59 bytes
bromsreglage.texture.txt 35 bytes
bromsreglage.tga 192.04KB
buff_fyrk.im 8.51KB
buff_rund.im 10.96KB
elskap-elskap.texture.txt 47 bytes
elskap.texture.txt 29 bytes
elskap.tga 384.04KB
env_glass-env_glass.texture.txt 53 bytes
env_glass.bmp 5.05KB
env_glass.tga 12.04KB
front_glass-front_glass.texture.txt 57 bytes
front_glass.bmp 5.05KB
front_glass.tga 12.04KB
instrument1-instrument1.texture.txt 57 bytes
instrument1.texture.txt 34 bytes
instrument1.tga 768.04KB
instrument2-instrument2.texture.txt 57 bytes
instrument2.texture.txt 34 bytes
instrument2.tga 384.04KB
main.jpg 486.60KB
main.texture.txt 27 bytes
motor.jpg 645.86KB
motor.texture.txt 28 bytes
night.im 109.58KB
plog_modern.im 31.11KB
plog_original.im 16.76KB
rc4_body.im 1.07MB
rc4_body.im.attachment.txt 3.99KB
rchytt.texture.txt 29 bytes
rchytt.tga 768.04KB
torkare.im 8.75KB
torkare.kin 6.12KB
vent_inre.im 4.18KB
vent_modern.im 8.45KB
vent_yttre.im 6.08KB
wimram.tga 43.36KB
rc4_shadow
black.texture.txt 28 bytes
black.tga 812 bytes
rc4_shadow.im 74.75KB
• screen.jpg 87.93KB