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1969

Compared with units Re 4/4II 11107 - 11155 delivered during the first batch, the locomotives delivered from the second batch onwards are half a meter longer and have two pantographs.

Units Re 4/4II 11156 - 11254 (representing 60x units ordered during a second batch and 39x units ordered during a third batch) are delivered between 1969 and 1973.

NB: The third batch also included 20x locomotives configured for higher traction and lower speed, registered Re 4/4III 11351 - 11370.  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_Re_4/4_II

1970

The 4th batch (50x units) is ordered in 1970 and the locomotives, delivered from 1973, are registered Re 4/4II 11255 - 11304.  

Sources: http://www.juergs.ch/bahn/vorbild/sbb/re420.html, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_Re_4/4_II

1979

The 5th batch (45x units) is ordered in 1979 and the locomotives, registered Re 4/4II 11305 - 11349, are delivered by 1983.  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_Re_4/4_II, http://www.juergs.ch/bahn/vorbild/sbb/re420.html

1981

The 6th and last batch of locomotives, consisting of 27x units, is ordered in 1981. The locomotives are registered Re 4/4II 11371 - 11397 and are delivered between 1984 and 1985.

The units from this final order are the only ones to feature rectangular halogen headlights straight from the factory, whereas all other Re 4/4II and Re 4/4III electric locomotives (as well as the Re 6/6 electric locomotives) were only equipped with low-range round headlights. Subsequently, all Re 4/4II and Re 4/4III are fitted with halogen headlights.

Other difference compared with the previous units: the 27x electric locomotives from this series are built with solid wheels instead of the bandaged wheels of earlier series.

Units Re 4/4II 11377 - 11397 also receive the red livery already at delivery (the first 6x units, Re 4/4II 11371 - 11376, are delivered with the green livery).  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_Re_4/4_II, http://www.juergs.ch/bahn/vorbild/sbb/re420.html

1999

From 1999, 26x units from this series (units 11371 - 11397, with the exception of unit 11382 destroyed in a fire in 2002) are equipped for use on German and Austrian railways by SBB Cargo (SBBC) and receive new registration Re 421.  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_Re_4/4_II

2002

January 31

Re 4/4 II 11382 is destroyed in a fire in Leventina.  

Concerns registration number(s): 11382

Sources: https://www.sguggiari.ch/3_re4_4_II_rottamate.php

2011

October 6

Unit Re 4/4II 11184 collides with RBDe 561 171 electric railcar in Olten.  

Sources: http://triebfahrzeuge.ch

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