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SBB Ae 6/6 11434 Erstfeld RoRo

The swiss railways started early moving trucs by rail through the Alps. The new NEAT Gotthard tunnel with 57 km the longest tunnel in the world will be opened later in 2016. Construction (drilling & blasting) started in 1999.

SBB-CFF Ae 6/6, today the serie is scrapped, early railfanning trip to railway paradise Switserland for a young boy from the Low Countries.

Aufgewachsen in der flache niederrheinischen landschaft, die Schweiz war spektakulär..

9 August 1978

 

Original fleet numbers 11401-11520

later, Ae610 401 - 520

Construction SLM / BBC / MFO

Build in 1952, 1955-1966Type Co'Co' V/max 125 service speed max 120 Km/h

Power 4300 kW (5830 Hp) at 100 Km/h

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Uploaded on February 10, 2016