The Berliet RFM was the first series-production railcar designed and built by Berliet for metre gauge. Despite advertising from 1923 it did not catch on against competitors: its gearbox was fragile and it could not haul a trailer on busy days. Only seven were built, for the Jura vicinal railways, the Aude steam tramways, the Bretenoux to Saint-Céré railway, the Chemins de fer Économiques du Nord for urban service at Vienne, the Limagne railways and the Mallorca railways. It had a four-cylinder petrol or benzol engine of 110 by 140 millimetres giving 40 horsepower, four gears and a reverse, and 29 places of which 19 were seated.
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L'autorail Berliet de type RFM constitue le premier modèle
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L'autorail Berliet de type RFM constitue le premier modèle
Exemplaires construits
en service de 1923 à 1945
Caractéristiques
moteur à essence ou benzol Berliet 4 cylindres
Caractéristiques, engine class
moteur à essence ou benzol Berliet 4 cylindres de 110 x 140
Caractéristiques, power
qui développait 40 chevaux
Exemplaires construits, units built
Seuls sept exemplaires furent construits
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