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Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/4
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1912· locomotive class
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Mh rhb ge24 222: Martin Hawlisch· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Switzerland, Rhaetian Railway locomotive 2-4 No. 201, single shaft (Ans 05405-004): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05405-004 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
- 3. SBB Historic - RhB Ge 2-4 cropped: Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. RhB G 3-4 Nr. 1 und Ge 2-4 Nr. 222 in Chur: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. RhB Ge 2-4 Arth-Goldau: Kecko· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/4 was a class of metre gauge 1′B1′ electric locomotives formerly operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Four members of the class are now preserved, with one of them in operational condition. The class was so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1913
- retired
- 2006
- status
- in service
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 228 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- length
- 8.7 m
- weight
- 36.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q355675, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.