Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 III

Technical Data
Electric System: 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
Weight: 62t
Length: 16m
Engine Power: 3,200kW
Max Speed: 100Km/h

The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 III is a metre gauge electric locomotive operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubunden in the South East of Switzerland.

History

In order to manage the increase in traffic on its network after the opening of the Vereina Tunnel, the Rhaetian Railway ordered a new generation of electric locomotives from Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works.

In December 1993, the first Ge 4/4 III locomotive, number 641, was put into service. A further eleven locomotives followed and were given numbers 642 to 652.

The Ge 4/4 IIIs are now utilised on almost all of the train services on the Albula Line, and they are the only locomotives used to haul car trains through the Vereina Tunnel.