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Picture of the Month, November 2001  The eight Chickens, no. 33-40, were an attempt to built cheap modern trams in the 50's by using equipment from older trams over again. AS Oslo Sporveier used SS class trucks and built new bodies, quite similar to the Høka trams. The tramcars got new and modern technical equipment from Siemens. The cars were built as unidirectional cars. The look and interiour was quite similar to the Høka trams. Technically, signals and brakes were also fit to the Høka trams. The cars got a very modern controller with many notches, air brakes and a 24 V system from signals and head light. The doors were electropneumatic. The track brake was operated by high voltage. The cars were 11,2 metres long, 2,5 metres wide, 3,2 m axle distance, weighted 13,56 kilotons and had an effect of 2x 42 kW. The Chickens didn't become the expected success, neither economicly or technically. They were almost as expensive as the Høka trams, ran badly in the tracks and were too slow. At the end, they ran only as extra trams until they were discarded in 1980-82. Above in tramcar no. 40, the last Chicken, put into service in 1958. It got its truck from SS class tramcar no. 33. No. 40 was discarded on September 1st, 1982 and scrapped the same month. No. 38 is preserved by LTF as a museum car. Photo: Bjørn Andersen's collection/LTF Archive. |
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