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Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) RAe 4/8 "Churchill-Pfeil" double electric power car. Used as a charter train for excursions and company trips. Supplied as standard in light red. Car registration number RAe 4/8 1021. Current state of service.
Modèle réduit :
With mfx+ digital encoder and numerous sound and light functions. High-performance regulated motor with flywheel. The two axles in the outer bogie of lift 1 are cardan-driven. Grip tyres. Reversal of lights in accordance with Swiss regulations, permanent function of the three-light lantern and the white end-of-transit light in conventional operating mode, selectable in digital mode. The lantern can be switched to 1 red end-of-train light. In addition, red access authorisation signal (contra-flow signal) for forward travel, switchable to digital mode, reversible depending on direction of travel. Permanent function of the internal lighting in conventional mode, selectable in digital mode. Separate selection of driver's cab lighting possible in digital mode. Table lamps can be switched to digital mode. Maintenance-free warm white and red light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Four bogie change covers are supplied for use on larger bend radii or for display. Total length over the buffers approximately 53 cm.
| Control Unit |
Mobile Station |
Mobile Station 2 |
Central Station 1/2 |
Central Station 3/2 |
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| Fanal | · | · | · | · | · |
| Interior lighting | · | · | · | · | · |
| Operating noise | · | · | · | · | · |
| Locomotive whistle | · | · | · | · | · |
| Table lamps | · | · | · | · | · |
| Ecl.cab.cond. | · | · | ·|||
| End of convoy lights | · | · | · | · | |
| Ecl.cab.cond. | · | · | ·|||
| Commde direct | · | · | · | · | |
| Brake squeal désactivé | · | · | · | ||
| Locomotive whistle | · | · | · | ||
| Compressor | · | · | · | ||
| Operating sound | · | · | · | ||
| Operating sound | · | · | · | ||
| Pantograph sound effects | · | · | · | ||
| Whistle of the contrôleur | · | ||||
| Operating sound | · | ||||
| Aérators | · | ||||
| Operating sound | · | ||||
| Operating sound | · | ||||
| Closing the doors | · | ||||
| Sandblasting | · | ||||
| Operating sound | · | ||||
| General manager sound effects | · | ||||
| Special light function | · | ||||
| Operating sound | · | ||||
| Home | · |
Highlights:
- Completely new construction.
- Internal interior lighting of série.
The current RAe 4/8 1021 („Double red flèche“) reçut its unforgettable nickname in 1946, when the train was made à available to the British ex-prime minister of the époque for his painting holidays on Lake Léman. Since then, thanks to his travels with Sir Winston Churchill, the train has become known as the Churchill-Pfeil. Churchill visited Bern and Zurich, among other places, where he was acclaimed by the locals. On 19 September 1946, Churchill gave a visionary speech at Zurich University, in which he called for the creation of a kind of United States of Europe, with the following phrase: "Let Europe arise. - Let Europe arise.Prior to its entry into service, the double railcar intended for company travel was introduced in 1939; Zurich as Re 4/8 301 (RBe 4/8 651 from 1948 and RAe 4/8 1021 from 1959) at the prestigious Landi National Exhibition. Participating in the construction were SLM (mechanical part), SWS (interior fittings) and the three companies BBC, MFO and SAAS (all three for the electrical part). In order to achieve a reliable machine in the shortest possible construction time, there were no technical innovations, and the construction was based as far as possible on the elements and methods known from the single red flange, which had been in service for a short time. The double motor coach consisted of two carriages of the same length, independent of each other and each with two bogies and two axles, each of the inner bogies being equipped with a motor per axle. Much of the electrical equipment and auxiliary systems, such as transformers, controls, compressors and brake equipment, were housed under the low bonnets. However, special control via mobile transformers was a regular source of problems and meant that the main workshops in Zurich had to endure long periods of inactivity. After 1946, the train continued to be called « Churchill-Pfeil » and to be used for excursions and special trips in Switzerland, until it suffered a fire in 1979 and was sold for scrap. In 1996, the « Mittelthurgaubahn (MThB) » acquired the machine, which was restored with modern electrical components. Following the bankruptcy of the MThB, the Churchill-Pfeil returned to SBB in 2002. Today, it is once again a functional part of SBB passenger traffic and, as the oldest railcar, is used 5,70 times a year, covering some 20,000 km a year on individual charter and public service trips.
75 years ago, in 1946, the double Flèche Rouge was used to fly Winston Churchill, a guest of the State, across Switzerland, earning him the nickname «Churchill-Pfeil » (Churchill's flèche).
You'll find a DC version of this model in the Trix H0 range under reference 25260.
