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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS-TEE: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. HUA-168970-Gezicht op de spoorlijn nabij Lisse, met zig-zag dwarsliggers en een paserend diesel-electrisch treinstel DE 4 (RAm, T.E.E.) van de N.S.-S.B.B: Gerdessen, D.C. (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Nederlands Transport Museum - Blikvanger TEE-treinstel: Eriksw· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SBB RAm TEE I and NS DE4 were a class of five 4-car diesel-electric trainsets ordered for Trans Europe Express (TEE) service.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 38 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 98.1 m long: about 22 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 114: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 35 years (1957–1992).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1992
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Werkspoor, SIG Group
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Swiss Federal Railways, Ontario Northland Railway
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)(A1A)+2′2′+2′2′+2′2′
- formation
- 4 cars per set
- length
- 98.1 m
- weight
- 229 t
- capacity
- 114 passengers
- Dutch name
- Nederlands-Zwitsers TEE-treinstel
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q383263, Wikipedia: SBB RAm TEE I and NS DE4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.