SBB Re 620 088-5

Re 6/6, 620

Data Photographed Locomotive
Road number: 088-5
Name: Linthal
Comemrcial: Xrail alliance

Operation
Years of construction: 1972, 1975-1980
Road numbers (old): Re 6/6 11601 - 11689
Road numbers (UIC): Re 620 001 - 089
Quantity built: 89
Quantity today: 88 (2012)
Application: heavy freight traffic
Scrapped: due to accidents

Technical data
Vehicle type: Six axle multipurpose electric locomotive
Manufacturer: SLM Winterthur, BBC Baden, SAAS Geneva
Wheel arrangement: Bo'Bo'Bo'
Top speed: 140 kph
Continuous power: 7'850 kW (10'700 HP)
Continuous tractive effort: 270 kN
Maximum traction: 398 kN
Power system: 15 kV 16,7 Hz
Gauge: 1435 mm

Mass and weight
Length over buffer: 19'310 mm
Width: 2'950 mm
Height: 3'932 mm
Weight: 120 t

Other
Special Features: Most powerful ever built swiss locomotive
Owner: SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Operator: SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Precursor: Ae 6/6, Ae 610
Successor: Re 460, Re 482

Location: Langenthal, Switzerland

Note: Xrail is an alliance of seven European freight railways such as CFL cargo, CD Cargo, DB Schenker Rail, Green Cargo, Rail Cargo Austria, SBB Cargo and Logistics SNCB with the aim of strengthening the wagon load.

The idea of the Xrail alliance was launched in 2007 under the leadership of the International Union of Railways UIC in Paris.

The Re 620, Re 6/6 in the old numbering scheme, are six-axle, electric locomotives of the SBB-CFF-FFS, which were acquired as a replacement for the Ae 6/6 for heavy services on the Gotthardbahn. They are the most modern of the so-called "Gotthard locomotives".
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