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SBB Ae 8/14
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Brown, Boveri & Cie· from 1931· Swiss electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SBB Ae 8 14 11801 Rail Top: Peter Alder· Public domain
- 2. SBB Ae 8 14 11851: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. 11 FFS Ae 8-14 11801 Biasca 170417 (cropped): NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 11 FFS Ae 8-14 11801 Biasca 170417: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 11801Ae814SBBBaumaI: Abderitestatos· CC BY 3.0
- 6. SBB Ae 8-14 Nr. 11801 in Bellinzona: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. SBB Historic Ae 8-14 11801, Ce 6-8 II 14253, BDe 4-4 1646, Ae 6-6 11402 and Ae 6-6 11411 - Erstfeld, 5th April 2014: Fabien Perissinotto· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Ce 4-4 13501 Erstfeld: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 9. Fabrikneue SBB Ae 8 14 11851 auf der Kerstelenbachbrücke, 1932: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 10. 6261 - Luzern - Verkehrshaus - SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 8-14: Andrew Bossi· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The SBB Ae 8/14 is a class of electric locomotives built for Swiss Federal Railways to be used on the Gotthard railway. Only three prototype engines were built between 1931 and 1938, each of them in a different design. The steep 2.7% grades of the Gotthard Railway are challenging for railroad operation.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 95 years ago, in 1931.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931–1938
- number built
- 3
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (1A)A1A(A1)+(1A)A1A(A1)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q474365, Wikipedia: SBB Ae 8/14 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.