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Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Fe 2/2 51

🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by SIG Group

Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Fe 2/2 51, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

The Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Fe 2/2 51, later known as the Rhaetian Railway Fe 2/2 51, and reclassified in 1965 as De 4/4 151, is a metre gauge baggage railcar currently operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The railcar has been so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, Fe 2/2 (to 1961) and De 2/2 (since 1962) denote a vehicle with a luggage compartment and a total of two axles, both of them drive axles.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 45 km/htop speed
  • power 154 kWpower output
  • weight 13 tin working order
  • built 1made in total

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

  • Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built
—
number built
1
kind
carriage / wagon
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
builders
SIG Group
operators
Rhaetian Railway
top speed
45 km/h
power
154 kW
gauge
1,000 mm metre gauge
electric system
750 V DC (to 1935), 1,000 V DC (since 1935) Overhead
wheel arrangement
Bo′
length
7.2 m
weight
13 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q688168, Wikipedia: Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Fe 2/2 51 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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