#6442· RhB Be 4/4
Rhaetian Railway Be 4/4
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein· Swiss metre-gauge railcar class
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RhB Be 515: Jan Oosterhuis· Public domain
- 2. RhB Be 4 4 2006-06-14: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. RhB Be4-4 Nr. 514 in Landquart: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MGB Be 4-4 Realp - Hospental: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Regionalzug der Rhätischen Bahn (Baureihe Be 4-4) in Tiefencastel: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
- 6. RhB Be 4-4 Nr. 511: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. RhB Vorortpendel Be 4-4 Nr. 511: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Be 4/4 is a class of 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC metre gauge railcars operating under the traffic numbers 511–516 on the so-called core network of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class is named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, Be 4/4 denotes an electric railcar with second class compartments, and a total of four axles, all of which are drive axles.
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
- 784 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 6
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein, SIG Group, Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 784 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 18.7 m
- weight
- 44.6 t
- Dutch name
- RhB Be 4/4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q493150, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Be 4/4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.