SIX-AXLE 10,600 HP LOCOMOTIVE SELECTED FOR GOTTHARD ROUTE

Increasing passenger and freight traffic between Germany and Italy using the Gotthard tunnel has created the need for six-axle electric locomotives of around 10,000 hp which are able to ascend the 2.6 percent gradients at 80 km/h without imposing excessive wear on curves. As the need to keep down forces exerted on the track precluded the use of three-axle bogies, four prototype Bo-Bo-Bo locomotives were ordered by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) from SLM Winterthur with Brown Boveri traction equipment; they were delivered between May and October last year. Following extensive trials, a series production order for 45 has been placed by SBB with the same companies.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 220-223
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Gotthard tunnel route
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046367
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1974 12:00AM