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E-700

For the first electrification of the Milano – Saronno e Bovisa – Meda lines Ferrovie Nord commissioned 6 E 600 locomotives and a number of Electric railcar + Pilot trailer complexes. These were semi-fixed consist bi-directional trains that can be coupled with several units through a multiple unit control system. This system allowed the trains to be easily lengthened during rush hour by joining two or three together.
This offered the advantage of always being driven by a single driver who operated all the vehicles in the composition from the cab at the head. Between 1928 and 1932 14 electric railcars from the long-running E 700 class and a number of E 800 trailers with driving cabs were built by OM and TIBB in Milan. The chassis and body formed a riveted tubular structure mounted on Commonwealth-type bogies, fitted with traction motors.
The pantographs, rheostats, contactors, compressors and brake air tanks were located on the roof and under the body. The head of the train housed the driving cabs with the electric and pneumatic controls.

 

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Technical description
  • Design date: 1927
  • Build date: 1928-32
  • Service date: 1928-2010
  • Service mass: 62 tons
  • Wheel arrangement: Bo-Bo
  • Diameter of the driving wheels: 1,000 mm
  • Builder: OM-TIBB Milan
  • Overall length: 20,600 mm
  • Width: 2,900 mm
  • Gear ratio: 24/67
  • 1-hour power Motors: 736 hp
  • Bogie wheelbase: 2,700 mm
  • Distance between bogie centres: 13,900 mm
  • Passo carrelli: 2.700 mm
  • Roof height: 3,800 mm
  • Passenger capacity: 87-90
  • Maximum speed: 80 Km/h
  • Voltage: 3 kV CC
    • Progettazione: 1927
    • Costruzione: 1928-32
    • Esercizio: 1928-2010
    • Massa in servizio: t.62
    • Rodiggio: Bo’ Bo’
    • Ruote motrici Ø: 1.000 mm
    • Costruttore: OM-TIBB Milano
    • Lunghezza fuori tutto: 20.600 mm
    • Larghezza: 2.900 mm
    • Rapporto di trasmissione: 24/67
    • Potenza oraria Motori: 736 CV
    • Passo carrelli: 2.700 mm
    • Interperno carrelli: 13.900 mm
    • Passo carrelli: 2.700 mm
    • Altezza imperiale: 3.800 mm
    • Posti a sedere: 87-90
    • Velocita massima: 80 Km/h
    • Alimentazione: 3 kV CC
    • Design date: 1927
    • Build date: 1928-32
    • Service date: 1928-2010
    • Service mass: 62 tons
    • Wheel arrangement: Bo-Bo
    • Diameter of the driving wheels: 1,000 mm
    • Builder: OM-TIBB Milan
    • Overall length: 20,600 mm
    • Width: 2,900 mm
    • Gear ratio: 24/67
    • 1-hour power Motors: 736 hp
    • Bogie wheelbase: 2,700 mm
    • Distance between bogie centres: 13,900 mm
    • Passo carrelli: 2.700 mm
    • Roof height: 3,800 mm
    • Passenger capacity: 87-90
    • Maximum speed: 80 Km/h
    • Voltage: 3 kV CC

    Details

    The electric railcars are passenger cars fitted with traction equipment and motors, and can therefore not only seat up to 90 passengers but can also move the train in both directions. The 700s and 800s were divided into three passenger compartments of third and first class, separated by two vestibules for boarding and disembarking accessible via sliding doors. The small driving cabs were located at the ends, and next to these was a service vestibule for the train crew as well as a connecting door to any adjacent vehicle.
    The furniture was typical of the era, with varnished wooden slat benches for the seat and backrest, and velvet-upholstered seating for first class. Some units were also fitted with a toilet. On other units a high-speed high-voltage switch cabinet was created next to the less utilised driving cab. The E 800 trailers were converted into 700, 730, 740, electric railcars between 1938 and 1951 and replaced by lighter trailers.