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Munich’s R2.2 railcars, Delivery: 2010-2011 Munich’s public transport authority is having altogether 50 series R2.2 light rail vehicles rejuvenated from top to bottom in 2010 and 2011. A part of the package is a complete makeover, with a repaint, new doors, and redesigned interior to give the vehicles a new 21st-century look. |
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Modernization of Berlin’s F74/76/79 subway railcars , Delivery: 2010-2019 A total of 91 large-profile double railcars of the F74, F76 and F79 series belonging to the Berlin transport authority (BVG) will undergo comprehensive refurbishment from 2010 to 2019 (option). They will be given a new microprocessor drive control for the camshaft gear, a new static inverter for the DC 110 V on-board power system, a new heating control and a new door control as a replacement for the existing programmable logic control (PLC) for which replacement parts are no longer available. |
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Wengern alpine Railway, Switzerland, refurbishment, rack-and-pinion railway , Delivery: 2010 Refurbishment: DC 1,500 V, changeover from DC to AC propulsion, supplied up to 2010. The Wengernalpbahn is the world’s longest continuous rack-and-pinion (cog) railway. It links Lauterbrunnen (797 m) and Grindelwald (1067 m) with Kleine Scheidegg (2061 m). This narrow-gauge line (800 mm) includes gradients of up to 18 and 25 percent. |
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Historic vehicles of the Pöstlingbergbahn mountain railway in Linz , Delivery: 2009-2010 Operated by the Austrian city of Linz, the Pöstlingbergbahn, a listed monument, is the world’s steepest adhesion railway with an average gradient of 10.7%. For the three two-axle vehicles, Vossloh Kiepe supplied the 3-phase drive system, the on-board power system supply and the remaining electrical equipment from 2009 to 2010. |
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Subway vehicles for Philadelphia, PA, USA, Delivery: 2008-2010 Vossloh Kiepe is helping the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) bring its over 25-year-old B-IV fleet into line with the latest state of the art. In order to install modern drive technology in the subway vehicles equipped with camshaft controllers, SEPTA has ordered 127 new traction kits from Vossloh Kiepe. |
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Reequipping Bremen’s GT8N tram vehicles, Delivery: 2008-2012 From 1993 to 1996, Vossloh Kiepe supplied the electrical equipment for 78 GT8N tram vehicles for Bremen’s tram operator BSAG. All the vehicles were equipped with what was the latest GTO technology then available. To ensure a continuing supply of replacement parts, the system switched to IGBT technology in 2008. |
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Geneva: Be 4/6 and Be 4/8 tram railcars, Delivery: 2005-2008 For 46 six- and eight-axle trams, Vossloh Kiepe supplied modern IGBT DC chopper conversion kits from 2005 to 2008. These were installed in Switzerland by Geneva’s tram operator TPG. To make this possible, a drive unit was first reequipped at the Vossloh Kiepe plant, which then served as a demonstration and training object for all further conversions.
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Traction system refurbishment, Berlin, Delivery: 2003-2007 Refurbishment of the traction system on the GI/1E small-profile double railcars operating on the Berlin subway. Developed together with the city’s transport authority (BVG), the project included new traction controls comprising a new railcar control unit, two electronic multistage controllers to replace the previous low-voltage travel and braking switchgear plus numerous peripherals such as electropneumatic direction and travel/brake reversers, control stages, etc.
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Laubag, Germany, Delivery: 2001-2008 The Deutsche Bahn AG, Vehicle Maintenance, Cottbus Works (DB AG Cottbus), and Kiepe Elektrik in Düsseldorf have modernised the EL 2 electric locomotives of the Lausitzer Braunkohle AG (LAUBAG) with place of business in Senftenberg/Germany.
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Mülheim/Ruhr M6-NF C light rail vehicles , Delivery: 1998-2000 To offer mobility-restricted passengers easier access to the existing vehicle fleet of type M high-floor railcars operated by the city of Mülheim/Ruhr, a total of 11 light rail vehicles were given a low-floor middle section from 1998 to 2000. To this end, the existing camshaft gear in the drive equipment was replaced by Vossloh Kiepe with an IGBT DC chopper and the cars equipped with a new more efficient static inverter of the BNU 400 series.
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Gotha’s Thüringerwaldbahn Tatra railcars, Delivery: 1996-1999 For the entire fleet of Tatra articulated railcars, type KT4D, of Gotha’s Thüringerwaldbahn and tramway, Vossloh Kiepe supplied the complete new electrical equipment from 1996 to 1999. It was installed in cooperation with the transport authority’s own personnel. This equipment also included a regenerative IGBT DC chopper, a static on-board power system inverter specially adapted for use in the Tatra articulated railcar, and a new door control.
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Revamping kits for Lisbon’s vintage streetcars, Delivery: 1994-1996 Lisbon (Lisboa) is certainly one of Europe’s most intriguing and fascinating cities. A special attraction: its streetcars or trams winding along steep and narrow roads only negotiable by vehicles with double-axle design. In this refurbishment project in which Kiepe supplied “new” master controller traction units and onboard power supply systems, emphasis was placed on retaining the vehicles’ vintage looks.
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B100S light rail vehicles for Bonn’s public transport authority, Delivery: 2010-2016 Between 2010 and 2016 altogether 25 B100S light rail vehicles are being refurbished for the Bonn public transport authority, SWB. These B-series vehicles were built between 1974 and 1977 and are therefore in need of rejuvenation. The key components are the new DC choppers, with two on each railcar ousting the previous combined cam switch mechanisms. |
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