RhB Ge 4-4 III 643

Ge 4/4 III

Data Photographed Locomotive
Road number: 643
Name: Vals
Livery: EMS Chemie

Operation
Years of construction: 1993, 1994, 1999
Road numbers (old): 641-652
Quantity built: 12
Quantity today: 12

Technical data
Vehicle type:
Manufacturer: SLM, ABB, Adtranz
Wheel arrangement: Bo\'Bo\'
Top speed: 100 kph
Continuous power: 2\'400 kW
Power system: ~11 kV 16,7 Hz
Gauge: 1000 mm

Mass and weight
Length over buffer: 16\'000 mm
Width: 2\'800 mm
Operating Weight: 62 tonnes

Other
Owner: RhB (Rhätische Bahn)
Operator: RhB (Rhätische Bahn)
Precursor: Ge 4/4 II

Location: Filisur, Switzerland

Note: The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 III is a class of metre gauge Bo-Bo electric locomotives operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class is so named because it was the third class of locomotives of the Swiss locomotives and railcar classification type Ge 4/4 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that classification system, Ge 4/4 denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of four axles, all of which are drive axles.

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