More than sixty years old, but still going strong is SBB 11116, seen here at Bern on 31 December 2024, putting her pantograph to the energised cable ...

More than sixty years old, but still going strong is SBB 11116, seen here at Bern on 31 December 2024, putting her pantograph to the energised cable to prevent frost damage.

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Switzerland / Electric locomotives / Re 420 (Re 4/4 II)

More than sixty years old, but still going strong is SBB 11116, seen here at Bern on 31 December 2024, putting her pantograph to the energised cable to prevent frost damage.

Leonardus Schrijvers 14.01.2025, 88 Calls, 0 Comments

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SBB LION 420 213 quits Zürich HB with a peak hour service on 19 May 2023. 
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Solo ride for SBB Cargo 420 169 near Erstfeld on 15 September 2011. 
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In the pouring rain on 28 May 2019 SBB Cargo 420 165 enters Spiez with a railway maintenance train. 
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Side view on 11257 at Thun on a rainy 28 May 2019. The difference betwen the first batch of 55 locos Class Re 4/4"/420/421 and the main bulk is easily seen: the first batch have one pantograph (mostly diamond, but some have single arm ones) where the main bulk from 11156 have two single-arm pantographs. 
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