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SBB Ce 6/8 II
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1919· class of 33 (1′C)(C1′) Swiss electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SBB Ce 6-8 II: Martin E. Walder· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Krokodil Verkehrshaus: Nnd· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Elektrolokomotive Ce 6-8 II der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen pic3: Alf van Beem· Public domain
- 4. SBB Ce 6-8 II "Krokodil" Nr. 14270 in Erstfeld: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. SBB Ce 6-8 II B: Martin E. Walder· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SBB Ce 6-8 II C: Martin E. Walder· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SBB Ce 6-8 II Krokodil: Martin E. Walder· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. 360 770 mit 360 927 und Ce 6-8 14267 sowie 194 580 im Bahnbetriebswerk Mainz-Bischofsheim: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
- 9. CE 6 8 II14270: Wiesmann· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. CE 6-8 14253 at Rodi: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Ce 6/8 II (later becoming Be 6/8 II) are electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which were primarily used on the Gotthard Railway in front of freight trains and were in service until the 1980s. Of the 33 locomotives built from 1919 onwards, seven are preserved. The Ce 6/8II, along with the Ce 6/8III of similar design but developed a little later, was given the internationally known nickname Crocodile.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1922
- retired
- 1986
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Oerlikon Works
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 7.5 & 15 kV, 16, 2, 3 Hz (Ce 6/8II), 15 kV, 16, 2, 3 Hz (Be 6/8II)
- wheel arrangement
- 1C+C1
- nicknames
- Crocodile
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q680481, Wikipedia: SBB Ce 6/8 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.