Swiss Express Re 4/4 II 11108 electric locomotive with AK69 automatic couplers

Re
4/4^II 11108 electric locomotive 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 equipped
with "_blank">AK69 automatic couplers installed for the 'en/page/13/swiss_express' target="_blank">Swiss Express
service. After the service is abandoned in 1982, all 'en/vehicle/615/re-4-4ii-swiss-express' target="_blank">Re
4/4^II electric locomotives dedicated for the service
are refitted with target="_blank">screw couplings.



The lack of EW III-compatible passenger coaches with control units
at the time of the "_blank">Swiss Express service (units 'en/vehicle/1174/bt-29-34-990-996' target="_blank">Bt 29-34 990 -
996 are converted from 'en/vehicle/1173/b-29-34-000-034' target="_blank">B 29-34
passenger coaches in 1985, after the end of the 'en/page/13/swiss_express' target="_blank">Swiss Express
service) meant a locomotive change was required at terminal
stations like the Zürich train station.