Class EMU type 64

Information provided by Arne Wangen
The EMUs of Class 64 were built for the Hardanger Line(Voss - Granvin). After the Hardanger line was abonded the BM64s were used on the Flaam line.
And on there last days, they where used for the school children driving in Raundalen, between Voss and Myrdal. On the Bergen Line

They were rescoued from scrapping and placed at Garnes in 1985.

Two of the type 64 EMUs (BM 64.05 and BM 64.06) are kept as a museum objects and one of them (BM 64.05) is now being restored at Garnes near Bergen. The class BM64 had 3 brake systems which was rather unusual in the early 1930s. The reason for this was the steep Hardanger line which connected the Bergen line at Voss and the small resort and ferry port Granvin by the scenic Hardanger Fjord. The line was similar to the Flåm line with respect to the steep grades and tight curves. Today the Hardanger line is "taken over" by the road and all the atmospheric charm has more or less disappeared. The BM64s was wooden made cars covered by aluminium plates.

Description

Built:                  1934 by NEBB (former ABB) and Strømmen both in Oslo, Norway
No built:               3 units of BM64
Numbering:              Co-m-4: 18505 - 18507 (-1936)
                        Cmo-4:  18505 - 18507 (1936-42)
                        Cme-104:18505 - 18507 (1942-56)
                        Bmeo 64:18505 - 18507 (1956-70)
                        BM64: 05, 06 and 07   (1970-)
Configuration:          EMU1
Multiple operation:     yes (with BM64)
Gauge:                  1435mm
Voltage:                15kV,  16 2/3Hz
Total weight:           BM64.05: 35.500kg, BM64.06 and 07: 38.100kg
Seating capacity:       BM64: 38 (2 class)
Goods capacity:         -
Max power in total:     465kW at 32 km/h
Traction engines:       4 x NEBB Edtm 384
Max speed:              50km/h 
Traction(start):        -
Lenght:                 16300mm (including buffers)
Width:                   3100mm
Boggie center dist.:    10200mm
Boggie axle dist.:       2400mm
Total axle dist.:       12600mm
Axle formula:           Bo'Bo'
Wheel diam.:            810mm (newly cut)
Brake system:           Pneumatic (normal), Dynamic (resistors), Mechanical rail
Motor control:          9 (8+1) step switching (secondary, low voltage)
Cab(s):                 BM64 have cabs in both ends
Pantograph(s):          One

Retirements

BM64.05: 1985, BM64.06: 1985 and BM64.07: 1982. The latter are scrapped. The two former are saved and the BM64.05 is now being restored.