#3785· RhB ABe 4/4 II
Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 II
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich· from 1964· Swiss metre-gauge railcar class
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Trains de la Bernina en hiver: trams aux fils.· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Rhbtrein Tirano: Frans Bosch at Dutch Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ABe 4 4II 44: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. ABe 4 4II: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. RhB ABe 4 4 no. 46 and snow plough Xk 9143 in action: Ion Tichy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. RhB ABe 4-4 (Brusio): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. RhB ABe 4-4 II: Alain Gavillet· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 II is a class of metre gauge railcars of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class is so named because it was the second class of railcars of the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification type ABe 4/4 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that classification system, ABe 4/4 denotes an electric railcar with first and 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
- First built 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 680 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1964–2010).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich, Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron, Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 680 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1000 V DC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 41 t
- Dutch name
- RhB ABe 4/4 II
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q670099, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.