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SBB Ce 6/6
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Siemens-Schuckert· from 1912· class of 1 Swiss electric locomotive
what is it?
The Ce 6/6 was an electric locomotive operated by Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways) (SBB). The sole Ce 6/6 was a double locomotive consisting of two identical halves permanently connected, each half having three driving axles. Each engine had a drivers cab, with a large electric motor mounted behind driving three 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 18 years (1919–1937).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1919
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Siemens-Schuckert
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- C+C
- length
- 14.8 m
- weight
- 103 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1565140, Wikipedia: SBB Ce 6/6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.