SJ Rc4

SJ Rc4

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

SJ Rc4
• config.txt 21.13KB
rc4_blue_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9.tga 4.04KB
black_blank.tga 3.04KB
white_blank.tga 3.04KB
rc4_blue_art
rc4_blue_art_512.texture.txt 81 bytes
rc4_blue_art_512.tga 1.00MB
rc4_blue_art_icon.texture.txt 83 bytes
rc4_blue_art_icon.tga 32.04KB
rc4_blue_body
digit_1.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_1.tga 812 bytes
digit_2.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_2.tga 812 bytes
digit_3.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_3.tga 812 bytes
digit_4.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_4.tga 812 bytes
digit_5.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_5.tga 812 bytes
digit_6.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_6.tga 812 bytes
env_glass.bmp 12.05KB
env_glass.texture.txt 32 bytes
env_metal.bmp 192.05KB
env_metal.texture.txt 32 bytes
id_2.texture.txt 27 bytes
id_2.tga 1.54KB
rc4_blue_body.pm 788.62KB
rc4_blue_map1.texture.txt 36 bytes
rc4_blue_map1.tga 768.04KB
rc4_windows.texture.txt 34 bytes
rc4_windows.tga 48.04KB
white_lge-white_lge_op.texture.txt 56 bytes
white_lge.tga 1.54KB
white_lge_op.bmp 1.55KB
rc4_blue_shadow
black.texture.txt 28 bytes
black.tga 812 bytes
rc4_blue_shadow.pm 125.75KB