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SBB Am 4/6 1101
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1941· class of 1 Swiss experimental gas-turbine-electric locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SBB Am 4-6: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Am 4/6 1101 was the world's first gas turbine–electric locomotive. The locomotive was ordered by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) from the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) and Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) in 1939. The locomotive was delivered in 1941 and was in use on railroads in Switzerland, France and Germany until 1954.
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 20 years (1938–1958).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1941
- in service from
- 1938
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Gas turbine–electric
- traction
- gas turbine
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 1′Do1′
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2205121, Wikipedia: SBB Am 4/6 1101 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.