#2187· RhB Ge 4/4
Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Ge 4/4 82
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1928· class of 1 Swiss narrow-gauge electric locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. File-RhB Ge 4-4 182-III: Spoorjan , Jan Oosterhuis· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Ge 4/4 82, later known as the Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 182, is a 1,000 V DC metre gauge B′B′ electrically powered heritage locomotive made in Switzerland. The Ge 4/4 is so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, Ge 4/4 denotes a narrow gauge electric locomotive with 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1928–1977).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway, Bernina railway line
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1000 V DC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 14.3 m
- nicknames
- Bernina Crocodile
- Dutch name
- RhB Ge 4/4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q683043, Wikipedia: Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Ge 4/4 82 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.