Operation - LGB 22390 Bedienungsanleitung

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RhB ABe 4/4 33 Art.Nr. 22390
RhB ABe 4/4 30 Art.Nr. 23390
THE PROTOTYPE
The Bernina Railway Company was
founded in 1905, one year after the
Albula line of the Rhätische Bahn was
inaugurated. Initially, plans called for
a railway operating during the summer
months only. Construction started in
1906, but because of inclement
weather, work was interrupted during
the winter months. The first three
partial sections of the line opened in
1908. The "Berninabahn" from St. Moritz
via Pontresina and the Bernina Pass
to Tirano finally was completed in 1910.
To keep the maximum gradient at 7
percent despite the challenging ter-
rain, the line winds its way through
numerous curves, tunnels and across
bridges. Near Brusio, a circular
viaduct is used to gain elevation.
From the onset, the line was operated
with electric motive power. In 1911,
the railway purchased 17 electric rail-
cars. These railcars were used as
locomotives to haul passenger and
freight trains. Often, they could be
seen double-heading heavy trains. A
number of these historic railcars con-
tinued to operate until the 1990s on this
challenging line. Today, a few of the rail-
cars serve as a motive power reserve.
When the Bernina Railway merged
with the RhB, the railcars were
repainted from their original yellow
livery to the then-current RhB color
scheme. In recent years, they carried the
standard red paint of the RhB. During
the winter of 2000, railcar ABe 4/4
was repainted and lettered in its his-
toric livery. Today, it operates as a
museum railcar on special occasions.
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THE MODEL
This detailed model features:
- weather-resistant construction
- Interface for installation of DCC
decoder
- six opening doors
- engineer figure, can be placed in
either cab
- two traveler figures
- two power control switches
- track or catenary power operation
- two protected gearboxes
- eight powered wheels
- two traction tires
- twelve power pickups
- automatic directional lighting
- two multi-purpose sockets with
circuit breakers
- length: 635 mm (25.0 in.)
- weight: 3900 g (8.6 lb.)
THE PROGRAM
This LGB model is part of the com-
prehensive LGB program. To learn
more about the many other products
in the LGB program, see the big LGB
catalog.

OPERATION

Operating Modes
There are two power control switches
located under the roof of the front
cab (underneath the pantograph)
(Fig. 1, 2). Use the front switch to
select among the following functions:
Position 0: All power off
Position 1: Power to lights
Position 2: Power to motors and
lights
Position 3: see Position 2
Use the rear switch to select track or
catenary power:
Position U: track power (factory pre-
set)
Position O: catenary power