Unknown Train

Trains 0-9
Trains A-B
Trains C-D
Trains E-G
Trains H-M
Trains N-Q
Trains R-S
Trains T-V
Trains W-Z

You are not a registered member: the resolution of the images is restricted to a maximum of 500px wide and 500px high. Register to remove this restriction.

Click thumbnail for full size

Blueprint details
Category	Trains
ID	Trains T-V
Date Added	December 17th, 2007
Width	1600px
Height	579px
Size	266KB
Hits	3332 (5.3 / day)
Source	Dr Dan Saranga

Rating: 9.67 (3 votes)

Comments

You can't make any comments, because you are not logged in.

2008/03/13 3:43

acespade

That locomotive is the European "Crocodile." It is an electric locomotive that is used on railways in or near the Alps.

2008/03/18 4:23

PROCALIBER

Watta shame, the SWISS CROCODILE named as unnammed ... :)

The original "Crocodiles" were the series SBB Ce 6/8 II and SBB Ce 6/8 III locomotives of the SBB, Swiss Federal Railways, built between 1919 and 1927. These locomotives were developed for pulling heavy goods trains on the steep tracks of the Gotthardbahn from Lucerne to Chiasso, including the Gotthard Tunnel.

The electric motors available at the time were large and had to be body-mounted, but flexibility was required to negotiate the tight curves on the Alpine routes and tunnels. An articulated design, with two powered nose units bridged with a pivoting center section containing cabs and the heavy transformer, met both requirements and gave excellent visibility from driving cabs mounted safely away from any collision. These locomotives, sometimes called the Swiss Crocodile or SBB Crocodile, were highly successful and served until the 1980s. Several are still in operation as preserved historical locomotives.

Very similar locomotives were used in Austria as Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahn) classes ÖBB 1089 and ÖBB 1189, and are often known as Austrian Crocodiles.

2008/09/25 1:00

Route66

it looks like a electric train

2009/04/21 20:57

David Kemish

I agree with PROCALIBER but with a few added facts. The first batch [Ce 6/8 II] were built 1919-1921 and used a Scotch yoke in the motor drive, where as the second batch [Ce 6/8 III] built in 1926 used a simplified single jackshaft and long driving rod which was attached to the triangular coupling rod connecting the two inner drive axles. These locomotives could haul a trailing load of 520 tonnes up the maximum gradient at 35 km/h. with a max. tractive effort of 32000 kg. There max. speed was 65 km/h.