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Country:
Switzerland
Date:
07 March 1980
Published by:
Tudor C.
Published on:
14th of Mar. 2021 at 19:26

Re 4/4II electric locomotives equipped with AK69 automatic couplers

In Switzerland, target="_blank">AK69 couplers are installed on the rolling
stock used for the "_blank">Swiss Express service: 8x 'en/vehicle/615/re-4-4ii-swiss-express' target="_blank">Re
4/4II
electric locomotives of the 'railway_company/3/sbb-cff-ffs-swiss-federal-railways-schweizerische-bundesbahnen-chemins-de-fer-federaux-suisses-ferrovie-federali-svizzere'
target="_blank">Swiss Federal Railways - SBB CFF FFS
fleet and
all 'vehicles_group/45/switzerland-unified-cars-iii-einheitswagen-ew-iii-voitures-unifiees-vu-iii'
target="_blank">EW III
passenger coaches. After the service is
abandoned in 1982, all 'en/vehicle/615/re-4-4ii-swiss-express' target="_blank">Re
4/4II
electric locomotives dedicated for the service
and some coaches are refitted with 'en/page/15/railway_vehicles_coupling' target="_blank">screw
couplings
but most of the 'vehicles_group/45/switzerland-unified-cars-iii-einheitswagen-ew-iii-voitures-unifiees-vu-iii'
target="_blank">EW III
passenger coaches keep their 'en/page/15/railway_vehicles_coupling' target="_blank">AK69
automatic couplers even after their transfer to 'railway_company/5/bls-bern-lotschberg-simplon-railway-bern-lotschberg-simplon-bahn'
target="_blank">Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon Railway - BLS
in 2004.

Location details:    Geneva (Switzerland)

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Swiss Federal Railways
SBB CFF FFS - Schweizerische Bundesbahnen / Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses / Ferrovie federali svizzere
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Re 4/4II (Swiss Express)

Also known as: Re 4/4II (Swiss Express), Re 420

UIC registration: 91 85 4 420

Serial number: 11103

Registration country: Switzerland

Re 4/4II (Swiss Express)

Also known as: Re 4/4II (Swiss Express), Re 420

UIC registration: 91 85 4 420

Serial number: 11109

Registration country: Switzerland

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