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Ae 6/6 11401 - 11402

Vehicle type:

Electric locomotive

Registration country:

Switzerland

Railway companies:

SBB CFF FFS - Schweizerische Bundesbahnen / Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses / Ferrovie federali svizzere

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In service:

from 1952

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Ae 6/6 11401

Ae 6/6 11402

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1949

In the postwar period, the Swiss Federal Railways had to cope with an increasing volume of traffic and were looking to procure a new six-axle bogie locomotive, especially for the Gotthard line (at the time, freight traffic was handled by Ae 4/6, Ae 4/7 and Ce 6/8 electric locomotives but they were not powerful enough to ensure an efficient service on the mountainous railway line).

A consortium consisting of Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works - SLM and Brown, Boveri & Compagnie - BBC (later joined by Oerlikon Machine Factory - MFO), was awarded the contract for the construction of two prototypes in 1949. During the same period, the two companies were working on a locomotive for the French National Railway Company - SNCF to be used on the Savoyard network electrified at 20 kV / 50 Hz alternative current. The unit, delivered in 1950 and registered as CC 6051, served as a model for the mechanical part of the Ae 6/6 prototypes.

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