#4912· RhB Ge 4/4 III
Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 III
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1993· locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CH RhB Ge44III 642: GoodRJ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. RhB01: Stéphane Gottraux , CH-2350 Saignelégier, Switzerland· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Ge 4-4 III 651: Leyo· CC BY-SA 2.5 ch
- 4. E-Lok Ge 4 4 III 641 Maienfeld der Rhätischen Bahn: Fiver, der Hellseher· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. RhB Ge 4 4 II No. 644 in St. Moritz: Ion Tichy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. RhB Ge 4 4 III 644 Weltrekord: Heitersberg· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. RhB Ge 4 4 III 648 Watson: Heitersberg· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. RhB Ge 4 4 III 650 (52048388598): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. RhB Ge 4 4 III 650 (53171554895): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. X5.21a Bf Chur, Ge 4-4 III: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 III is a class of metre gauge Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives of 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 third 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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 3.1 MW is about 36 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993–1999
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, ABB Group, Adtranz
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 60 t
- Dutch name
- RhB Ge 4/4 III
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q869910, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.