Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn ABDeh 6/6

what is it?

The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn ABDeh 6/6, later known as the BDeh 6/6, and later still as the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn BDeh 6/6, was a two member class of metre gauge, rack rail, electric multiple units operated by the Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), and later by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The class was so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, the class's original classification, ABDeh 6/6, denotes an electric railcar with first and second class compartments, a baggage compartment, and a total of six axles, all of which are drive axles fitted with cogwheels for rack rail operation.

who runs it

BRBrig–Zermatt railway lineMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn

base stats

• speed 55 km/htop speed
• power 882 kWpower output
• weight 71.5 tin working order
• built 2made 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

• 🎂First built 66 years ago, in 1960.
• 🚗882 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏32.3 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 43 years (1960–2003).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1960

in service from

1960

retired

2003

status

retired

number built

2

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇭 Switzerland

builders

Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works

operators

Brig–Zermatt railway line, Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

top speed

55 km/h

power

882 kW

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

electric system

11 kV 16.7 Hz

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′Bo′

length

32.3 m

weight

71.5 t

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