Product Features and Details
Electric locomotive Re 4/4 172 of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway.
Design variant!
Last operating condition
Version with short buffer beam and resistance grille for later eras
Elaborately designed roof with scissor-type pantograph
With "Eggerberg" coat of arms
Engraved decorative line
Elaborate, multi-colored replica of the engine room
Fine wheel sets with low wheel flanges
After the Ae 4/4 of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway, which had been put into operation in 1944, had proven itself successful for over two decades, the replacement of other older mainline machines was due at the beginning of the 1960s. While SBB aimed to purchase Re 4/4 IIs with traditional direct control and single-phase AC motors, BLS opted for more modern technology with silicon rectifiers and shaft current motors. These locomotives, initially known as Ae 4/4 IIs and then, after technical improvements, as Re 4/4s, were built by SLM and BBC and used for both passenger and freight transport on the BLS, GBS, SEZ, and BN networks, as well as on adjacent SBB lines.
