#2863· RhB Ge 4/4 I
Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 I
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1947· class of 10 Swiss metre-gauge Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ge44 I: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· Public domain
- 2. Railway Station Thusis: Stone-photography· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Ge 4 4 1 Davos: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 4. RhB Ge 4-4 I Nr. 605 Silvretta in Filisur: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 1 FR Ge 4-4 I 605 Chur 250622 RE1734: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 6 FR Ge 4-4 I 605 Ilanz 250622: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 7 Ge 4-4 I 605 Ilanz 250622 R1746: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. CH RhB Ge44 I 606: GoodRJ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. ETH-BIB SIK 01-045709 RhB Ge 4-4 I 603 ABe 4-4 503 502 Pontresina 1995: Hans-Peter Bärtschi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. FR Ge 4-4 I 603 Trin 210715 GEX903 SM-ZTT: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 I is a class of metre gauge Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class is so named because it was the first class of locomotives of the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification type Ge 4/4 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that type designation, Ge 4/4 denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1953
- status
- in service
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Oerlikon Works
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 12.1 m
- weight
- 47 t
- Dutch name
- RhB Ge 4/4 I
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q693455, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.