Ходовая часть вагона-прототипа типа MP 51, с которого началась эпоха шинного хода в Парижском метрополитене
Фото / Photo: Yves-Laurent Allaert, CC-BY-SA, источник: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MP51-2.JPG
Pilot four-axle combined rail-rail track car.
Length 15.4 m, width 2.45 m, height 3.4 m, weight 20 t.
Alsthom TD 624 2x95 kW engines, body suspension, each engine has transmission to two axles.
The car was handed over to RATP on 21.07.1951, was presented on 12-14.11.1951.
It was tested on the unused Porte des Lilas — Pré Saint Gervais stretch of 770 metres with a radius of 75 metres and a gradient of 40‰ on a stretch of 300 metres. From 13.04.1952 to 31.05.1956 it was tested with passengers on the same stretch. In 1956-1961 it was further used for various tests, including tests of the automatic guidance system.
In 1961-1981 it was not operated. On 03.04.1981 it was transferred to the museum.
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