SBB Ae 6-6 11426 + 11427

Ae 6/6, Ae 610

Type: Ae 6/6 SBB Universal-Locomotive
Producer: SLM Winterthur, BBC Baden, MFO Zürich
Build date: 1952, 1955-1966
Quantity: 120 (built)
Number Photographed Train: 11426 „Stadt Zürich“ and 11427 "Stadt Bern"
Number UIC: Ae 610 401-520
Number Classic: Ae 6/6 11401-11520
Operating Weight: 120 tons
Swiss Axis Formula: Co’Co’
Length over buffers: 18.4 meters
Height: 4.5 meters
Width: 2.97 meters
Power: 4'300 kW
Top Speed: 125 kph
Electric System: 15 kV 16.7 Hz
Starting tractive effort: 392 kN
Rejection: Since 2002
Home: Switzerland
Operator: SBB Cargo

Location: Langenthal, Switzerland

Note: Two old ladies (sisters) are sitting in the warm morning sun. If you wanna take a picture of an Ae 6/6 you have to hurry cause in novembre 2010 a big amount of Ae 6/6 were rejected from service and are going to be scrapped:
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