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SBB E 3/3
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1896· Swiss Federal railways steam shunter E 3/3
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 19880507K062-12 8522: Markus Giger· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. DBB E3-3 Lise Revision 2016 10 29: Tinu G· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DBB E3-3 Lise Revision 2016-02-27: Tinu G· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. E 3 3 8512: 20108164AP· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E 3-3 coal: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 6. SBB 8474 E 3-3 Tigerli: Mö1997· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. SBB-E3-3-8487: Bobo11· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Basel Kleinhüningen Hafen 1966 SIK 01-003707: Hans-Peter Bärtschi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Basel Kleinhüningen Hafen 1966 SIK 03-072508: Hans-Peter Bärtschi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Basel Kleinhüningen Hafen 1966 SIK 03-072510: Hans-Peter Bärtschi· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The E 3/3 is a classification used by the Swiss Federal Railways for 0-6-0T shunting locomotives. They were originally delivered to the Swiss Central Railway and the Jura-Simplon Railway, before being absorbed into SBB in 1902, who ordered 83 more locomotives of similar design.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896–1915
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 83
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.7 m
- weight
- 26.2 t
- nicknames
- Tigerli (Tiger)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q13222439, Wikipedia: SBB E 3/3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.