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RhB C4 2271–2281
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Rhaetian Railway· from 1946· Four-axle passenger carriages C4 2271 to 2281, renumbered B 2271 to 2281 in 1956, of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), with open platforms, which were primarily intended for service on the Chur–Arosa railway line in Switzerland.
what is it?
The C4 2271–2281 of the metre-gauge Rhaetian Railway (RhB), designated B 2271–2281 following the 1956 classification reform, are passenger carriages with a steel sheet-clad wooden body, open boarding platforms and a central aisle. They were primarily intended for the Chur–Arosa railway line, which was built and, until 1942, also operated by the Chur–Arosa Railway (ChA), but could also be found throughout the main network. Two carriages have been preserved by French heritage railways.
who runs it
fun facts
- First built 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 16.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946
- in service from
- 1946
- number built
- —
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Rhaetian Railway
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- length
- 16.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q140545895, Wikipedia: RhB C4 2271–2281 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.