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SBB Ae 3/5
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1923· class of 26 Swiss electric locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SBB 10217: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SBB Ae 3-5 (10217 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. SBB Ae 3-5 (10217 C W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Ae 3/5 was a Swiss electric locomotive, operating out of Lausanne from 1926 to 1957, then out of Berne from 1957 to 1982. The examples were withdrawn from service starting in 1977, with one since classified as an historic vehicle.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 972 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 12.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 50 years (1920–1970).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1925
- in service from
- 1920
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 972 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- length
- 12.3 m
- nicknames
- Petite Sécheron (Little Secheron)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q688219, Wikipedia: SBB Ae 3/5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.