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Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/6
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1912· class of 8 Swiss metre-gauge electric locmotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RhB Ge 4-6-353 Ilanz1: Adrian Michael· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. RhB electric locomotive Ge 4-6 No. 301, single-phase current (Ans 05405-030): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05405-030 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
- 3. Rhaetian Railway, Ge 4-6, single-phase current electric locomotive, exhibition locomotive (Ans 05405-025): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05405-025 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
- 4. Rhaetian Railway electric locomotive No. 355 (Ge 4-6) (Ans 05405-028): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05405-028 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
- 5. Hinterrheinbreucke Reichenau, mit RhB Ge 4 4 353: Martingarten· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. RhB 391 Ge 4-6: Rudolf H. Boettcher· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. RhB Ge 4 6 391 Technikmuseum Berlin 11 25: Rainerhaufe· CC0
- 8. RhB Ge 4-6 353: trams aux fils.· CC BY 2.0
- 9. RhB Ge 4-6 Nr. 391 im Deutschen Technikmusuem Berlin (2017): JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. RhB Ge 4-6-353 Ilanz2: Adrian Michael· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/6 was an eight member class of metre gauge 1′D1′ electric locomotives formerly operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class was so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, Ge 4/6 denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of six axles, four 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Served for 71 years (1913–1984).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1918
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1984
- status
- in service
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- 1′D1′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q688229, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.