Generation Gap

The old working horse of the SBB which impacted the railway company as no other locomotive series before and a RABe 515 newest generation of Swiss double decker EMUs.

Re 4/4^II, Re 420

Data Photographed Locomotive
Road number: 11193
Owner & Operator: SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)

Operation
Years of construction: 1964¹, 1967-1968², 1969-1985³
Road numbers (old): 11101-11349, 11371-11397
Road numbers (UIC): Re 420 101-349
Quantity built: 276
Precursor: Re 4/4 ^I
Successor: Re 6/6, Re 620, Re 460

Technical data
Vehicle type: Electric locomotive
Manufacturer: SLM Winterthur, BBC Baden, MFO Zürich, SAAS Genève
Wheel arrangement: Bo'Bo'
Top speed: 140 kph
Continuous power: 4700 kW
Starting tractive effort: 255 kN
Power system: 15 kV 16,7 Hz
Gauge: 1435 mm

Mass and weight
Length over buffer: 14'800 mm ¹, 14'900 mm ², 15'410 mm ³
Width: 2970 mm
Height: 4500 mm
Weight: 80 t

Location: Bern, Switzerland

Note: ¹ Prototypes, ² first series, ³ second series.
You see the conductor and a railroad worker beside the locomotive, please respect the privacy of people in my pictures.
Now a bit history to this legendary and inconsiderable Swiss locomotive series. By the way thats not the first time I caught her in Zürich. Of all locomotive a few were lost due accident or already scrapped, in 2004/05 12 units were sold to the BLS AG, in 2003/04 26 units were reffited to Re 421 to enter service in Germany. In 2011-13 20 units were refurbished to Re 420 "LION".

Stadler DOSTO / KISS
BLS MUTZ

Data Photographed Locomotive
Road number: 515 005
Owner & Operator: BLS (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon)

Operation
Years of construction: since 2012
Road numbers: 101-124 (4-part)
Quantity built: 24 (4-part)
Precursor:repalces some of the older units

Technical data
Vehicle type: Electric Multiple Unit
Manufacturer: Stadler Rail
Wheel arrangement: Bo’Bo’+2’2’+2'2'+Bo’Bo’
Top speed: 160 kph
Continuous power: 4000 kW
Starting tractive effort: 400 kN
Power system: 15 kV 16,7 Hz
Gauge: 1435 mm

Mass and weight
Length over buffer: (6-part) 102'600 mm (4-part)
Width: 4595 mm
Height: 2800 mm
Weight: 216 t (4-part)

Location: Bern, Switzerland

Note: Newest generation of double deck EMU's serving the region of Bern.
Mutz by the way is a swissgerman expression which means bear or refers
to the Bernese bear.
>and I know these posts are pretty old, I still have some material to upload and laetly I am not that active.
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