RailPictures.Net Photo: 12320, 14201 SBB Historic Be 4/6, Ce 6/8 I at Erstfeld, Switzerland by Georg Trüb
 
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» Erstfeld 
» Erstfeld, Switzerland (more..)
» May 07, 2017
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» 12320, 14201 (more..)
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» Georg Trüb (more..)
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Electric locomotives built for the electrification of the Gotthard mountain line after WW I, with similar frames and bodies, but different rod drives. The "Roebuck" Be 4/6 # 12320, built in 1921 by SLM and BBC for express trains has 4 driven axles with 1550 mm wheel diameter and 75 km/h max. velocity. The "grandmother" Ce 6/8 I # 14201, built in 1918 as Fc 2x3/4 # 12201 by SLM and BBC and delivered in 1919 for freight service, has 6 rod driven axles with 1350 mm wheel diameter and a maximum velocity of 65 km/h. The # 14201 is not operational any more since about 1982.
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