#3441· RhB Ge 6/6 II
Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 II
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1958· class of 7 Swiss metre-gauge Bo′Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Klosters RhB 702: The original uploader was Steffen M. at German Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Filisur RhB 706: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 3. RhB Ge 702: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. St. Moritz Ge 703: Roger Wollstadt· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Trains des RhB: trams aux fils.· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 11.12.99 Pontresina RhB 701 (33638811353): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 1993-01-XX Schweiz Graubünden Davos b: Lothar Weber· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 1993-01-XX Schweiz Graubünden Davos c: Lothar Weber· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 2007 10 Albulabahn 04 Berguen 12: Lord Koxinga· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. 2007 10 Albulabahn 04 Berguen 13: Lord Koxinga· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 II is a class of heavy metre gauge 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 6/6 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that type designation, 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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.5 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
- 1958–1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- 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
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.5 m
- weight
- 65 t
- Dutch name
- RhB Ge 6/6 II
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q511636, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.