page_title: Saignelégier–Glovelier railway
section_title: Steam railcars CFZm 1/3 4 and 5
hierarchical_section_title: Saignelégier–Glovelier railway / RSG rolling stock / Steam railcars CFZm 1/3 4 and 5
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dampftriebwagen CFZm 1/3 4 des Régional Saignelégier–Glovelier (RSG) bei der Ablieferung im Jahr 1910.
context_page_description: The Saignelégier–Glovelier railway is a railway built and operated by the Régional Saignelégier–Glovelier company as a standard-gauge railway from Saignelégier to Glovelier in Switzerland. In 1944, the railway was merged to form the Chemins de fer du Jura, which converted the line to metre gauge and electrified it at 1500 Volt DC.
context_section_description: Haulage of the poorly occupied passenger trains by steam locomotives was very costly. Therefore, the RSC procured a CFZm 1/3 steam railcar in 1910 and another in 1913 from SLM for one-man operation. The extremely economical vehicles were equipped with a passenger, a luggage and a postal compartment. The same railcars were also acquired by the Huttwil–Eriswil railway (Huttwil-Eriswil-Bahn, HEB) and the Ramsei-Sumiswald-Huttwil-Bahn (RSHB).
  The railcars were supported on three axles in order not to exceed the permissible axle load. The middle axle powered the vehicle. While a normal railcar axle supported the rear, the front axle was arranged in a Bissel bogie. The standing boiler was equipped with a superheater and was located above the railcar. The coal box was next to the boiler and the water tank was suspended in the bogie. The only cab was located next to the boiler. When running in reverse, the driver had to watch the track from the rear platform; he could use a whistle and an emergency brake. The steel frame proved too weak and had to be stiffened later.
  After the regauging and electrification of the line, steam railcars no. 5 and no. 4 were taken out of service and scrapped in 1952 and 1954 respectively.
caption: Steam railcar CFZm 1/3 no. 4 on delivery in 1910.
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