List of stock used by Swiss Federal Railways

The followling is an incomplete list of locomotives and multiple units used by the Swiss Federal Railways.

Steam locomotives

Steam locomotives
Class (original)		Origin	Manufacturer	Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers
A 2/4	101–130	JS 101–130	SLM	1892–1896	30	—	90		1917–1926
	151–175	NOB 101–125	SLM	1896–1906	50	—	90		1917–1925
	176–200	(new)
	401–515	SCB 251–265	SLM	1897–1903	20	—	90		1923	Four-cylinder compound
	416–420	(new)
A 3/5	501–502		SLM	1907	2	—	100		1933
	601–649		SLM	1907–1915	49	—	100		1934–1946	Four-cylinder superheated compound, 22 sold to Nederlandse Spoorwegen in 1946
	651–652		SLM	1907	2	—	100		1934–1946	Four-cylinder saturated compound with Brotan boiler; renumbered 810–811 in 1913
	701–702	JS 231–232	SLM	1902-1909	109	1	100	809	1926–1964	Four-cylinder saturated (later superheated) compound
	703-809	(new)
	901–930	GB 201–230	SLM	1894–1905	30	—	90		1923–27
	931–938	GB 931–934 GB 935–938	Maffei 2727–2730 SLM 1892–1895	1908	8	—	90		1925
B 2/3	1071–1072	VSB 45–46	VSB	1876	2	—	75		1903	Engerth locomotive
	1074–1079	JS 74–75	AK 1085–87, 1277/78/76	1868, 1870	6	—	75		1904–1907
	1080–1082	JS 80–82	SACM 2481–83	1875	3	—			1903
	1161–1190	NOB 51–80	SLM		30	—
B 3/4	1301–1369		SLM	1905–1916	69	1	75	730	1934–1964
	1421–1424	JS 201–204	SLM
	1431–1452	NOB 171–192	SLM
	1461–1467	SCB 111–117	SCB 45-51	1887–1889	7	—			1917
	1471–1485	SCB 201–210 SCB 211–215	SACM 4420–4429 SLM 1001–1005	1892 1896	15	—			1925
	1486–1495	SCB 216–225	SLM 1253–1262	1900	10	—			1926–1928
	1561–1578	JS 205–222	SLM
	1581–1595	VSB 101–115	SLM	1890–1901	15	—	75	515	1913–1929	Two-cylinder compound
	1601–1675	JS 301–375	SLM	1896–1907	147	—	75	662	1923–1945	Three-cylinder compound, 5 sold to Nederlandse Spoorwegen in 1945
	1676–1747	(new)
C 2/2	2151–2193	NOB 207–249	Krauss, MFE	1872–1876	43	—			1904–1917
C 2/3	2219–2220	GB 19–20	Karlsruhe 1068–69	1883	2	—			1911, 1913
C 3/3	2401…2416	JS 404…431	AK, SACM
	2421–2448	NOB 323–326, NOB 327–350	SLM 571–574 MFE 1263–68, 1444–52, 1502–07, 1543–46	1889 1873–1876
	2451–2470	VSB 1–20	Escher-Wyss, MFE	1855–1859	20	—			1903–1931
	2481–2487	VSB 151–154 VSB 155–157	Hartmann 1814–17 SLM 1070–72	1892 1897	7	—			1915–1924
C 4/5	2601–2619		SLM	1907–1912	19	—	65		1930–1935
	2701–2732		SLM	1904–1906	32	—	65	772	1931–1963	Four-cylinder compound
	2801–2808	GB 2801–2808	Maffei 2576–81	1906	8	—	65		1925	Four-cylinder compound
C 5/6	2901–2902		SLM	1913	2	—	65		1933	Four-cylinder simple
	2951–2978		SLM	1913–1917	28	1	65	1074	1954–1968	Four-cylinder compound. Nicknamed «Elephant»
D 3/3	3351–3399	JS 501…555	(various)	1858–1892	49	—	50		1897–1925
	3401–3414	NOB 361–376	SLM	1891–1895	16	—			1911–1923
	3421–3425	JS 561–565	SLM	1890	5	—			1916
	3441…3446	GB 41–46	Krauss 414–417 Karlsruhe 917–918	1874–76	4				1906–1912	44 and 45 withdrawn before SBB takeover
	3451–3483	GB 51–66 GB 67–83	MFE 1845–60 SLM 633-34, 653–55, 819–25, 930–34	1881–82 1890–95	33	—			1912–1925
	3601–3618	NOB 377–393	SLM	1897–1900	18	—			1925–1927
	3616–3624		SLM	1902	6	—			1927
	3699	JS 502	Cail/SOS	1858/1888	1	—			1913	Two-cylinder compound from JS 501–565 series
D 4/4	4001–4005	GB 141–145	SLM 1391–95	1901	5	—	45		1926–1928
	4101–4136	GB 101–131 GB 132–136	Maffei 1262–1276, 1301–08, 1410–13, 1543–46 SLM 939–43	1882–1890 1895	36	—	45		1912–1923
D 2×2/2	4601–4612	SCB 169–180	SLM	1897–1900	12	—	55		1923–1926	Mallet locomotive
Ea 2/4	5031–5033	GB 31–33	Maffei 1548–50	1872	3	—			1923
Eb 2/4	5425–5430	GB 25–30	Krauss 1007–1012	1882	6	—			1915–27
	5434–5435	SCB 18–19	MFE 1179–80	1872	2	—	75		1903–1904
	5441–5442	JS 13–14	SLM	1876	1	—	70		1903–1904
	5451–5476	JS 17–42	MFE, SLM	1880–1892	26	1	75		1911–1947
	5481–5495	SCB 146–160	SACM, SLM	1893–1896	15	—	75		1915–1938
	5595–5599	SCB 141–145	SLM	1891	5	—	75		1923–1924
Eb 2/5	5680–5699	VSB 21–40	MFE	1857–58	20	—			1902–1925	Engerth locomotives
Eb 3/5	5801–5834		SLM	1911–1916	34	2	75		1950–1965	Nicknamed «Habersack»
	5881–5889	BT 1–9	Maffei 3121–2129	1910	9	2	75		1959–1965
Ec 3/4	6501–6512	JS 601–612
	6513–6529
	6551–6558	JN 146–153	SLM 441–44, 1053-55, 1223	1886, 1897, 1899	8	—	65		1935–38
	6581–6592	GB 181–192	MFE 1865–72 SLM 332–335
Ec 2/5	6995–6999	SCB 1…38	MFE 255…410	1854–1858	5	1	60	296	1905–1906	Engerth locomotives
Ed 2×2/2	7681–7696	SCB 181–196	Maffei	1891–1893	16	1	55	515	1910–1938	Mallet locomotives
Ed 4/5	7701–7702	JN 154–155	SLM 1539–1540	1903	2	—	55		1923
E 3/3	8384	TTB 1	SLM	1875	1	—	45		1938
	8395–8397	VSB E3 1–3	Krauss	1870	3	—	45		1909–1912
	8398, 8399	SCB 1–2	SCB	1876	2	—	40		1903–1904
	8401–8425	SCB F3 5–13, 41–46, 71–80	SLM	1896–1901	25	1	45		1936–1945	Nickname «Tigerli»
	8431–8440	JS F3 857–866	SLM 1396–1405	1901	10	—	45 or 50		1941–1947	Nickname «Tigerli»
	8451–8533		SLM	1902–1915	83	21	45 or 50		1946–1966	Nickname «Tigerli»
	8561	GB 13	SLM	1875	1	—	40		1913
	8551–8559	NOB F3 452–461	SLM	1894–1896	9	2	40		1930–1938
	8571–8576	JS F3 851–856	SLM	1875, 1890	6	2	40 or 45		1911–1916
	8581–8589	SCB F3 81–90	SLM	1873–1874	9	—	40		1906–1917
	8651	KLB 1	Maffei 2983	1909	1	1	35
	8652	KLB 2	SLM	1897	1	—	45		1933
	8661, 8662	NOB 451, 452	MFE 1519–1521	1876	2	—	35		1935, 1938
Ed 3/5	8799	JN 144–145	MFE 1303–1304	1873	2	—	40		1914	Engerth locomotive
E 4/4	8801–8802		SLM	1914	2	—	60		1964–1965
	8851–8856		SLM	1914–1915	6	—	60		1961–1965
	8901–8917		SLM	1930–1933	17	—	45		1957–1968
G 3/3	101–110	JS 901–910	SLM	1887–1901	10	1	45		1911–1942	Brünigbahn metre gauge
G 3/4	201–208		SLM 1674–75, 2222–24, 2401–03	1905, 1912, 1913	8	1	1955	243	1943–65	Brünigbahn metre-gauge
G 3/4	215–218	RhB 15, 16, 9, 10	SLM 1910–11, 1369-70	1908, 1901	4	—	55	226	1943–65	Brünigbahn metre-gauge; acquired 1924/26
HG 2/2	1001–1013	JS 951–963	SLM	1887–1901	13	—			1908–1912	Brünig^7 metre-gauge
HG 3/3	1051–1068		SLM	1905–1926	18	2	45 (adh) 16 (rack)	294	1941–1965	Brünig^7 metre-gauge

Steam railcars

Steam railcars
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
CZm 1/2	1			1902	1	1	45		1907	Formerly UeBB, today DVZO

Electric locomotives

Electric locomotives
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
Ae 4/8	11300			1922	1	0	90	1900	1964	Experimental locomotive «Bastard»
Be 2/5	11001			1918	1	0	75	736	1937	Experimental locomotive «MIDI-Locomotive»
Be 3/5	12201			1919	1	0	75	1177	1963	Experimental locomotive «Slow Berta»
Be 4/6	12301			1919	1	0	75	1570	1963	Experimental locomotive «Doryphore»
Be 4/6	12302			1919	1	0	75	1415	1965	Experimental locomotive
Ce 4/4	13501-13502			1905	2	2	60	257	1968	Experimental locomotives «Eva» and «Marianne»
Ce 6/6	14101			1912	1	0	60	1104	1937	Experimental locomotive «Röthenbachsäge»
Ce 6/8^I	14201			1920	1	1	65	1750	1982	Experimental locomotive «Schlotterbeck»
Ae 3/5	10201-10226			1922-1925	26	1	90	1350	1967-1983	Some rebuilt for piggyback service
Ae 3/6^I	10601-10714			1921-1929	114	4	90-110^4	1600	1970-1994	Longest use period
Ae 3/6^II	10401-10460			1924-1926	60	1	100	1500	1965-1977
Ae 3/6^III	10261-10271				11	1	90	1350	1965-1980
Ae 4/6	10801-10812			1941-1945	12	0	125	4100	1965-1983
Ae 4/7	10901-11027	Ae 497^5	901-027	1927-1934	127	> 10	100	2300	-1997
Ae 6/6	11401-11520	Ae 610^5		1952-1966	120	?	125	4300	from 2001
Ae 8/14	11801, 51, 52			1931-1940	3	2	100-110^4	5200-8170^4	from 1972	3 different types
Be 4/4	12001			1927	1	0	75	900	1981	Inverter locomotive
Be 4/6	12303-12342			1920-1923	40	2	75	1295-1760^4	1965-1976
Be 4/7	12501-12506			1929	6	1	80	1800	1966-1976
Fc 2×3/3	14101	—	—	1912	1	—	60	1104	1937	«Röthenbachsäge»
Ce 6/8 ^I	14201	—	—	1920	1	—	65	1750	1982	«Schlotterbeck»
Ce 6/8^II^1	14251–14285 ^2 ^3			1921-1922	33	7	65/75^4	1650	1968-1986	«Crocodile»
Ce 6/8^III^1	14301–14318 ^2			1926-1927	18	2	65/75^4	1800	1967-1977	«Crocodile»
De 6/6	15301–15303			1926	3	1	50	850	1983	«Seetal-Crocodile»
Re 4/4^I	10001–10050 ^2	Re 410^5		1946–1951	50	0	125	1850	1997	Some sold to Classic Rail^8
Re 4/4^II	11101–11349	Re 420	101–349	1964–1983	249+1	234	140	4700	2007–	12 units sold to BLS
Re 4/4^II	11350–11397 ^3	Re 421	371–397	1984–1985	27	26	140	4700
Re 4/4^III	11350–11370	Re 430	350–370	1968, 1971	1+20	21	125	4700		Some in use at SOB
Re 4/4^IV	10101–10104	Re 440^5		1982	4	0	160	4960	1995–1996	Sold to SOB (SOB Re 446)
Re 4/4^V	10501–10523 ^5	Re 450	000–114	1989–1997	115	115	130	3200		Power head of the Zürich S-Bahn double-decker trains
Re 4/4^VI	10701–10712 ^5	Re 460	000–118	1991–1997	119	119	230	6100		IC2000
		Re 465^9	009–018	1994–1997	10	10	230	6100		IC2000 Leased to BLS^9
		Re 474	001–018^3	2004–2005	12	12	140	6400		Two system locomotive DC/AC
		Re 481	001–006	2000	6	0	140	5600	2005	Sold to MRCE
		Re 482	000–049	2002–	(50)		140	5600		Traxx F140 AC
		Re 484	001–021	2004–2006	21		140	5600		Traxx F140 MS
Re 6/6	11601–11689	Re 620	001–089	1972–1980	89	88	140	7900
HGe 4/4^I	1991–1992	HGe 100^5	000–001	1954	2	0	50/33			Brünig^7
HGe 4/4^II	1951–1952			1986	2	0	100/40		1990 an FO	Brünig^7
HGe 4/4^II	1961–1968^5	HGe 101	961–968	1989–1990	8	8	100/40			Brünig^7

Electric trainsets

Electric multiple units and trainsets
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
RAe 4/8	1021^2^5	RAe 506	605	1939	1	1	150	835	1978	«Churchill-Pfeil»
RAe TEE^II	1051-1055	RABe 506^5		1961-1966	5	1	160	2310	1995-2000	For TEE service; rebuilt 1988-89 to RABe EC
TGV	112, 114	TGV 500	112, 114		2	2	300^6			Model TGV PSE
TGV	4406	TGV 4400	4406	2006	1	1	320	9280		TGV POS, named «Basel»
		RABDe 500	000-043	1999-2005	44	44	200	5200		InterCity tilting train (ICN)
RABDe 12/12	1101-1120^5	RABDe 510	000-017	1965-1967	20	18	125	2444		«Mirage», «Goldküstenexpress»
RABDe 8/16	2001-2004	RABDe 511^5	000-003	1976	4	0	125	2250	1997	«Chiquita»
		RABe 514	001-060	2006-2009	(60)		140	3200		Siemens Desiro, Zürich S-Bahn
		SBB-CFF-FFS RABe 520	000-016	2002	17	17	115	760		GTW 2/8
		RABe 521	001-030	2005-2007	30		160	2000		Stadler FLIRT can run on DB
		RABe 522	001-010	2007-	(10)		160	2000		Stadler FLIRT can run on SNCF 1.5 kV DC
		RABe 523	001-012	2004-2005	12	12	160	2000		Stadler FLIRT Swiss only
		RABe 524	001-019	2007-	(19)		160	2000		Stadler FLIRT can run on FS
		RABe 526	?	2002-	90	90	?	760		Stadler GTW part of SBB's division THURBO
Bem 4/6^5	1350-1354^5	Bem 550	000-004	1994	5	5				Direct current Rhône Express Regional Geneva-La Plaine

Electric railcars

Electric railcars
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
Be 4/6	1601-1619			1923-1927	19	0			1991-1994
De 4/4^1	1661-1684^2			1927-1928	24	1	85	806	1987	Rebuilt from Fe 4/4 18501-18524
RAe 2/4	1001-1002			1935-1936	2	1				Nickname «Roter Pfeil» («Red Arrow»)
RBe 4/4	1401-1482	RBe 540	000-079	1959-1966	82	74	125	1988	from 2003
RBDe 4/4	2100-2184^5	RBDe 560, 561, 562	000-135^3	1984-1996	126	126	140	1650		NPZ
BDe 4/4	1621-1651	BDe 570^5		1953-1955	31	0			1994-1997
BDe 4/4^II	1301-1302^2	BDe 571^5		1956-1957	2	0	110	1090	1995	Direct current
De 4/4^II		De 110	000-005	(1992-1993)						Brünig^7, Rebuilt from Deh 4/6
Deh 4/6	901-916	Deh 120	006-012	1941-1942	16	2	75/33			Brünig ^7

Diesel locomotives

Diesel locomotives (excluding shunters)
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
Am 4/6	1101			1938	1	0	110	1620	1958	Gas turbine-electric locomotive
Am 4/4	18461–18467	Am 841^5	000–006	1954	7	0	140	2200	1997	Former DB V 200
Bm 4/4	18401–18446	Bm 840^5	000–045	1960–1970	46		75	620
Bm 4/4^II	18451–18452			1939/1963	2	0	75		1990	Rebuilt Am 4/4
		Am 840	001–003 901–903	2003	6	6	120			MaK/Vossloh G2000
		Am 841	000–039	1996–1997	40		80
Am 4/4^5		Am 842	000–001	1991–1992	2		80			MaK G 1204 BB; Sersa
		Am 842.1	101–102	2003	2	2	100			Vossloh G1000 BB
		Am 843	001–095^3	2003–2005	73		100	1500		Vossloh G1700 BB
Bm 6/6	18501–18514	Bm 860		1955–1961	14		75
Am 6/6	18521–18526	Am 861		1976	6		85

Diesel trainsets

Diesel railcars, multiple units and trainsets
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
RAm TEE I	501–502	—	—	1957	2	—	140	1480	1977	For TEE service, NS had three more (1001–1003). One written off in 1971, remaining 4 sold to Ontario Northland Railway, Canada in 1979

Battery-electric railcars

Battery-electric railcars
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
Ee 2/2	1–5 (from 1920 Xa 2/2; from 1923 Ta 2/2)			1919	5	0			1936–ca. 1956	reclassified as light shunters from 1923

Heavy shunters

Heavy shunters
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
Ee 2/2
		Ee 922	001-021	2009-2010	21	15	100	612		New electric shunters from Stadler, two-system
Ee 3/4	16301-16302			1922
Ee 3/3	16311-16460 (with gaps)	Ee 930		1923-1966	136		40-50^4	428-508^4	199?-
Ee 3/3^II	16501-16506	Ee 931^5	000-005	1957-1958	6	2	45	525	currently	Two system, pre-series
Ee 3/3^II	16511-16519	Ee 932^5	000-008	1962-1963	9	9	45	525		Two system, bought 1971-72 from SNCF
Ee 3/3^IV	16551-16560	Ee 934^5	551-560	1962-1963	10	10	60	390		Four system
Ee 6/6	16801-16802	Ee 960	000-001	1952	2
Ee 6/6^II	16811-16820	Ee 961	000-009	1980	10
Eem 6/6	17001-17006	Eem 962		1970	6					Rebuilt to Em 6/6
Em 3/3	18801-18841	Em 830	000-040		41
		Em 831		1992-
Em 6/6		Em 862	000-004		5

Light shunters

Light shunters
Class (original)		Class (UIC)		Years Constructed	Quantity delivered	Quantity in service	Maximum speed (km/h)	Power (kW)	Withdrawn from service	Comments
Type	Numbers	Type	Numbers
Ta	966, 968-976	Ta 200/201	001-005 010-012 020-025
Te^I	1-60	Te 210	000-059		60
Te^II	61-97	Te 211	000-036		37
Te^III	121-138	Te 212			18
Te^IV	8201-8203	Te 214	000-002		3
Tem^I	251-275	Tem 220			25
Tem^II	276-298	Tem 221	000-022		22
Tem^III	321-365	Tem 222			45
Tm	401-403	Tm 230	001-003		18
Tm^I	407-503	Tm 230.4
Tm^II	601-853	Tm 230.6
Tm^III	901-924 9451-9463 9501-9597	Tm 231	000-023 100-112 200-296	1976-1988	134
Tm^IV	8751-8796 9651-9685	Tm 232.1/232.2	100-145 200-234
		Tm 230
		Tm 232								Modernised version of Tm^III
		Tm 234	000-149		50			550		Construction shunter «Ameise»
		Tm 235								Construction shunter «Robel»

Notes

¹ Designations have changed over time

² Numbers have changed over time

³ Numbers not continuous

⁴ Changes within one series

⁵ Not used any more, not yet used, or defined, but never used

⁶ Details have changed over time, this is the latest information

⁷ Today Zentralbahn

⁸ Classic Rail sold four of these locomotives to MThB

⁹ These locomotives were bought by the SBB-CFF-FFS and leased to BLS Lötschbergbahn

Pictures of some of the locomotives and multiple units

• 
  Ce 6/8^II
• 
  RABe EC
• 
  Re 460 052
• 
  RBDe 560
• 
  Am 841 000
• 
  Am 843
• 
  Ae 4/7
• 
  RABe 522
• 
  ETR 610

Sources, further reading

See also

• Swiss locomotive and railcar classification

Literature

• Hartung, Karlheinz Kleine Typenkunde Schweizer Triebfahrzeuge Transpress Verlag (German)