SBB Ae 610 486-3

Ae 6/6, Ae 610

Data Photographed Locomotive
Road number: 486-3
Name: Burgdorf
Livery: Cargo, 125 Jahre Gotthard

Operation
Years of construction: 1952, 1955-1966
Road numbers (old): 11401-11520
Road numbers (UIC): 401-520
Quantity built: 120
Quantity today: ~50 (in 2012)
Application: passenger and freight traffic, universal
Scrapped: since 2002

Technical data
Vehicle type: six axle multipurpose electric locomotive
Manufacturer: SLM Winterthur, BBC Baden, MFO Zürich
Wheel arrangement: Co'Co'
Top speed: 125 kph
Continuous power: 4'300 kW
Starting tractive effort: 392 kN
Continuous tractive effort: 221 kN
Power system: 15 kV 16,7 Hz
Gauge: 1435 mm

Mass and weight
Length over buffer: 18'400 mm
Width: 2'970 mm
Height: 4'500 mm
Weight: 120 t

Other
Special Features: one of the most powerful electirc locomotives in the mid 50's
Owner: SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Operator: SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Precursor: Ae 3/6 I, Ae 4/7
Successor: Re 6/6, Re 460

Location: Muttenz, Switzerland

Note: The Ae 6/6 is a heavy electric locomotive used by the SBB. It is sometimes also referred to as canton locomotive ("Kantonslokomotive"), because the first 25 locomotives were named after the cantons, and carried the canton's coat of arms on the side and chrome embellishments (a single raised stripe on each side and three raised stripes on each end), and the Swiss coat of arms on the front, between the chrome stripes. These adornments made them internationally famous. The other 95 locomotives received the names of capital cities of Swiss cantons, and other towns and cities, but without the chrome embellishments. The namings were held as ceremonies in the respective cities.
Originally designed for heavy services on the Gotthard route , as many Swiss locomotives were, the Ae 6/6 was one of the classic Gotthard locomotives.
All locomotives were originally painted in the SBB CFF FFS green livery, with the number, and either SBB CFF, or SBB FFS on each side, all raised numerals in chrome. Nowadays about half are painted red, and a proportion of the fleet have been repainted in SBB Cargo livery, with all raised chrome embellishments removed apart from the Swiss coat of arms on each end. These locomotives have been renumbered (as class 610) in line with the current Swiss numbering scheme
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