SBB-CFF-FFS Ce 6/6

Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	CC
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Wheelbase	1,930 mm (6 ft 4 in)
Length	14,800 mm (48 ft 7 in) over buffers
Loco weight	103 tonnes (101 long tons; 114 short tons)
Electric system/s	15 kV 16 2⁄3 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	Two
Train brakes	Air

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Siemens-Schuckert
Build date	1912
Total produced	1

Ce 6/6
	Ce 6/6 in the 1930s
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Siemens-Schuckert
Build date	1912
Total produced	1
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	CC
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Wheelbase	1,930 mm (6 ft 4 in)
Length	14,800 mm (48 ft 7 in) over buffers
Loco weight	103 tonnes (101 long tons; 114 short tons)
Electric system/s	15 kV 16 2⁄3 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	Two
Train brakes	Air
Performance figures
Maximum speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Power output	One hour: 1,104 kW (1,480 hp)
Career
Operators	SBB
Numbers	12200 until 1920, 14101 after 1920
Delivered	1919
Retired	1937
Preserved	None

The Ce 6/6 was an electric locomotive operated by Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways) (SBB). Originally ordered from Siemens-Schuckert by Malmbanen in Sweden as Fc 2x3 / 3 in 1912, the locomotive was not delivered due to World War 1 and was instead bought by SBB in 1919.

Description

The sole Ce 6/6 was a double locomotive consisting of two identical halves permanently connected. Each engine had a drivers cab, with a large electric motor mounted behind driving three axles. Originally allocated the service number 12200, it was renumbered 14101 in 1920.

Service

The lomotive was used to pull good trains between Bern and Thun. It was retired early in 1937 due to the high maintenance costs inherent in running a unique engine.

Röthenbachsäge

The Ce 6/6 was known as Röthenbachsäge, named after the sawmill near Röthenbach im Emmental, due to the mechanical sawing sound of its low speed engine.

References

Schneeberger, Hans (1995). Die elektrischen und Dieseltriebfahrzeuge der SBB, Band I: Baujahre 1904-1955 (in German). Luzern: Minirex AG. pp. 35, 38–39. ISBN 3-907014-07-3.

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