#1926· RhB Ge 6/6 I
Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 I
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1921· locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Albula 412: cs:User:PetrS. (2003 Petr Sporer)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Ge 6-6 I 407 Krokodil: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Ge 6-6 I N° 414 in Untervaz (25.05.2008): JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Ilanz station, RhB Ge 6-6 411 (Com Ex-BA02-0020-0049): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Baumann, Heinz / Com_Ex-BA02-0020-0049 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. "Krokodil" RhB Ge 6-6 I Nr. 414 in Untervaz (25.05.2008): JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 2 FR Ge 6-6 I 414 Filisur 020722 R 7815: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 6254 - Luzern - Verkehrshaus - RhB Ge 6-6 I: Andrew Bossi· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 8. 6260 - Luzern - Verkehrshaus - RhB Ge 6-6: Andrew Bossi· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 9. Ge 6-6 I 403 mit Zug 4133 im Bahnhof Preda: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Ge 6-6 I 405 bei einer Rangierfahrt im Bahnhof Davos: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 I is a class of metre gauge C′C′ 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 6/6 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that classification system, Ge 6/6 denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of six 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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- 840 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 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
- 1921–1929
- retired
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Oerlikon Works
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- 840 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- C′C′
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 65.9 t
- nicknames
- Rhaetian Crocodile
- Dutch name
- RhB Ge 6/6 I
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q680985, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.