Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Swiss Motive Power Survey By C W Sex & BJ Prigmore Electric Railway Society Mono Swiss Motive Power Survey By C W Sex & BJ Prigmore Electric Railway Society Monograph THIS edition 1974 28 pages There are many, especially those who have travelled or intend to travel in Switzerland, who may find useful this survey of the main and most of the minor types of locomotives and railcars on the major Swiss railways, for such information is not readily available in handy form in English. It is hoped it may add to the interest of the many English-speaking railway enthusiasts who study and sample Swiss railways. All the details have been checked against official and other published data regarded as reliable plus many personal observations of the authors and their friends up to mid-1973. Although great care has been taken it is inevitable some errors have occurred and the authors will be grateful to readers for pointing them out in as much detail as possible by writing to E.R.S. at 96 Antrobus Rd, Sutton Coldfield, Warks, H73 5EL. SCOPE - The text covers the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), all private railways with not less than 40 route km. and some shorter lines with unusual features. Electric locomotives and motor coaches and diesel locomotives for all lines and electric and diesel tractors for the SHB are described but some minor classes, mostly old, are omitted. Most of the private lines' shunting tractors are generally similar to their SHIT counterparts and have not been listed. VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION - All vehicles have a class code as RABDe4/8 on their sides. For locomotives the capital letters give the maximum speed range and other data. R Locomotives with top speed in service over 110km/h. A Locomotives over 80 up to 110 km/h. Standard gauge locomotives over 65 km/h up to 80 km/h. C Standard gauge locomotives over 55 km/h up to 65 km/h. DStandard gauge line service locomotives up to 55 km/h. EShunting locomotives. GNarrow, mostly metre, gauge locomotives. HRack-drive locomotives. T Shunting tractors. X Service vehicles. For railcars, trailers and control trailers the capital letters define the accommodation. A First Class. H Second Class. Z Postal. DLuggage. (F until 1962). R added for power cars over 110km/h. H or h added for rack drive. For all powered vehicles the final small letter defines the type of traction. a Accumulator.e Electric (external supply). m Diesel motor.No letter signifies steam. The number of axles of a power unit is given as a fraction x/y where x is the number of driving axles and y the total number. For trailers the number is given only if other than 4 in the present system. All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.
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