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SBB C 5/6
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1913· class of 28 Swiss 2-10-0 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SBB C 5 6 Dampflok Drehscheibe Steam: Peter Alder· Public domain
- 2. C 5-6 2958 Locorama: Plutowiki· CC0
- 3. C 5-6 Be 4-4 und GTW: Plutowiki· CC0
- 4. C 5-6 und Be 4-4 Locorama: Plutowiki· CC0
- 5. Cff c5-6 2: Pelerin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Cff c5-6 3: Pelerin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Cff c5-6 5: Pelerin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Cff c5-6 6: Pelerin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SBB C 5 6 Dampflok mech Signal Steam: Peter Alder· Public domain
- 10. SBB C 5-6 "Elephant" auf der Drehscheibe in Brugg im Juni 2012: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The C 5/6 were a class of steam locomotives in use for the Swiss Federal Railways. 28 of them were built between 1913 and 1917; all had been withdrawn by 1968. Four have been preserved, one of them in working order.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 55 years (1913–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1917
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 128 t
- nicknames
- Elephant
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1281284, Wikipedia: SBB C 5/6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.