MÁV Class V40

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	1′D1′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	13.83 metres
Loco weight	94 tonnes
Traction motors	1

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric locomotive
Builder	Ganz Works
Build date	1932-1937
Total produced	29

MÁV Class V40
MÁV Class V40
	V40.016 preserved at the Hungarian Railway History Park, Budapest
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric locomotive
Builder	Ganz Works
Build date	1932-1937
Total produced	29
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	1′D1′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	13.83 metres
Loco weight	94 tonnes
Traction motors	1
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	100 km/h
Power output	1,620 kW (2,170 hp)
Tractive effort:;
• Starting	200 kN (45,000 lbf)

The MÁV Class V40 was an electric locomotive of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) and the first production electric locomotive using the Kandó system. It had a wheel arrangement of 1'D1' or 2-8-2 and a single Metropolitan-Vickers traction motor driving through side rods.

Overview

Power for the electrification of railway traffic in Hungary could be extracted most economically from the nationwide 50 Hz

mixed-traffic locomotives with a top speed of 100 km/h. A total of 29 locomotives of this class were used on the said route. In the 1960s, the traction current system in Hungary was converted to 25 kV, 50 Hz

and the Kandó locomotives were withdrawn.

Preservation

V40.016 is preserved in the Hungarian Railway History Park, Budapest, after standing for years at Budapest East Railway Station.

Technical features

The single-phase alternating current taken from the overhead line was converted into three-phase current by the phase converter and supplied to a single

asynchronous motor. The phase converter provided four fixed speeds (25,50,75 and 100 km/h) and intermediate speeds were obtained using a liquid rheostat

.

Final drive was through a

Kandó triangle with one arm connected to an auxiliary idling shaft to minimise unwanted vertical forces. The locomotive was built on a rigid frame. Two of the driving axles had side play, which was controlled by Krauss-Helmholtz bogies.^[1]^[2]

Other Kandó locomotives

The experimental Kandó locomotive was MÁV Class V50, built 1923.[1] Its wheel arrangement was E or 0-10-0. A freight version of the Class V40 was also built. This was the Class V60, built 1932,[2] which had a wheel arrangement of F or 0-12-0.

References

^ Erö, János. "Short history of the MÁV Class V40 "Kandó" Electric Locomotives". Archived from the original on 24 April 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Jákli, Imre. "History of the electric locomotives in Hungary". Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[1] Erö, János. "Short history of the MÁV Class V40 "Kandó" Electric Locomotives". Archived from the original on 24 April 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[2] Jákli, Imre. "History of the electric locomotives in Hungary". Retrieved 12 February 2018.

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