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In service:
from 1964
Era:
IV - VI
Built by:
Gauge:
Standard gauge (1'435 mm)
Wheel arrangement:
Bo'Bo'
Electric systems:
15 kV AC / 16,7 Hz
Length over buffers (mm):
14'000 mm
Width (mm):
2'970 mm
Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):
4'500 mm
Wheelbase (distance between bogies centers) (mm):
10'700 mm
Service weight (t):
80 t
Number of traction motors:
4x
Power output (x'xxx kW / x'xxx hp):
4'700 kW
Tractive effort (kN / lbf | starting / continuous):
255 kN starting
167 kN continuous
Bogie wheelbase (mm):
2'800 mm
Maximum speed (km/h):
140 km/h

1964

The 6x Re 4/4II prototypes are built in 1964 by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM), Brown, Boveri & Compagnie (BBC), Oerlikon Machine Factory (MFO) and Sécheron Workshops (SAAS).

These units are registered 11201 to 11206.

These locomotives have only one pantograph, originally a scissor pantograph replaced later on by a single-arm pantograph on some units.
 

Sources: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re_4/4_II

1967

The production series starts in 1967 and in the first batch 49x units are delivered, registered Re 4/4II 11107 - 11155.

The 6x prototypes are renumbered from 11201 - 11206 to 11101 - 11106 the same year.
 

Sources: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re_4/4_II

1975

Units 11103 & 11106 are converted for the Swiss Express service and will continue to be registered as Re 4/4II 11103 & 11106.  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Express_(Zuggattung)

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Latest update on the 14th of March 2021 at 11:03

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