#4188· RhB Ge 4/4 II
Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 II
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1973· locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pontresina RhB 628: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CH RhB Ge44 II 611: GoodRJ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Ge 4-4 II 622 movie-snapshot-1920x1080: Iso8.tv· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 07.08.88 Filisur RhB Ge4 4¹¹ 619 (6164123116): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 1993-01-XX Schweiz Graubünden Davos Rhb Ge 44 II 628 S-chanf f: Lothar Weber· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 616 RhB Ge 4-4 II mountain near: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 616 RhB Ge 4-4 II wood: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Arosabahn - Ge 4-4 II Nr. 618 auf dem Bahnhofplatz in Chur (2014): JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. CH RhB GE44 II 624: GoodRJ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. ETH-BIB Com L24-0436-0001-0005 RhB Ge 4-4 II 619 Landquart xx0775: Arthur Wieser· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 II 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 second class of locomotives of the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification type Ge 4/4 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that classification system, 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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 1.7 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 12 years (1973–1985).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1984
- in service from
- 1973
- retired
- 1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- 23
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 13 m
- weight
- 50 t
- Dutch name
- RhB Ge 4/4 II
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q687675, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.