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SBB-CFF-FFS Ce 6/6

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Ce 6/6
Ce 6/6 in the 1930s
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderSiemens-Schuckert
Build date1912
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICCC
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Wheelbase1,930 mm (6 ft 4 in)
Length14,800 mm (48 ft 7 in) over buffers
Loco weight103 tonnes (101 long tons; 114 short tons)
Electric system/s15 kV  16+23 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Traction motorsTwo
Train brakesAir
Performance figures
Maximum speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Power outputOne hour: 1,104 kW (1,480 hp)
Career
OperatorsSBB
Numbers12200 until 1920, 14101 after 1920
Delivered1919
Retired1937
PreservedNone

The Ce 6/6 was an electric locomotive operated by Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways) (SBB). Originally ordered from Siemens-Schuckert by Malmbanen in Sweden as Fc 2x3 / 3 in 1912, the locomotive was not delivered due to World War I and was instead bought by SBB in 1919.

Description

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The sole Ce 6/6 was a double locomotive consisting of two identical halves permanently connected. Each engine had a drivers cab, with a large electric motor mounted behind driving three axles. Originally allocated the service number 12200, it was renumbered 14101 in 1920.

Service

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The locomotive was used to pull good trains between Bern and Thun. It was retired early in 1937 due to the high maintenance costs inherent in running a unique engine.

Röthenbachsäge

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The Ce 6/6 was known as Röthenbachsäge, named after the sawmill near Röthenbach im Emmental, due to the mechanical sawing sound of its low speed engine.

References

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  • Schneeberger, Hans (1995). Die elektrischen und Dieseltriebfahrzeuge der SBB, Band I: Baujahre 1904-1955 (in German). Luzern: Minirex AG. pp. 35, 38–39. ISBN 3-907014-07-3.