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SBB Am 841
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 1994· class of 40 Swiss diesel locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CH SBB AM 841: GoodRJ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 2012 09 02 Am 841 017 7: Lord Koxinga· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 3 SBB Am 841 Dieselloks in Frauenfeld: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 3 SBB Am 841 Rangierloks in Frauenfeld: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Am 841 Renens: Milleuros· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Am 841-039-1 (14655463076): Markus Eigenheer from Genève· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. FFS Am 841 017-7 Ostermundigen 041216: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. LPAG Am 841 025-0 Rheinfelden 220824: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Manoeuvre-AM841: Albins· Public domain
- 10. SBB 841 030-0: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SBB Am 841 was built at the Meinfesa locomotive plant in Albuixech, Spain in 1994. The locomotives were based on the RENFE Class 311.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 920 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 920 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15.3 m
- weight
- 72 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q771981, Wikipedia: SBB Am 841 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.