SBB-CFF-FFS RE 420

Fully modernized Re 420 Fully modernized Re 420 in Zürich HB on 2006-07-31
Production and service data
Build date	1964, 1967-1985
Road numbers	11101 - 11349 11371 1 11397
Road numbers (UIC)	Re 420 101 – Re 420 349
Production	276
Count (2005)	258 + 1
Services	Universal locomotive
Maintenance facility	Yverdon and Bellinzona
Out of service	Accidents (6)
Sold to BLS	2005 (12)
BLS road numbers (UIC)	Re 420 501 – Re 420 512
Technical data
Vehicle type	Electric locomotive
Builder	SLM Winterthur BBC Baden MFO Zürich SAAS Geneva
Wheel arrangement	Bo'Bo
Top speed	140 km/h
Power	4700 kW (6320 hp)
Continuous traction	167 kN
Maximum traction	255 kN
Performance on grades	500 ton train on a 2.6% incline at 80 km/h
Size and Weight
Length over buffers	15'410 mm
Width	2970 mm
Height	4500 mm
Weight	Re 420: 80 t Re 421: 85 t
Other
Remarks	Largest SBB series
Predecessor	Re 4/4I
Successor	Re 620, Re 460

The 'Re 420' (in the previous numbering scheme, the 'Re 4/4^II') series are the most common electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways. They are used for passenger services throughout Switzerland alone or in pairs. For freight services, they are sometimes paired with the Re 620, especially in mountainous regions. That pairing is referred to by the term 'Re 10/10'.
The Re 420 locomotives were produced over a period of 21 years, from 1964 to 1985.
Six of the type have been equipped with a wider pantograph wiper in order to conform with DB and ÖBB standards, which allows these units to operate EuroCity trains over the border to Bregenz and Lindau.

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See also

★ List of stock used by Swiss Federal Railways

Sources

''This article was mostly translated from the of December 2006.''

External links

★ [1] Detailed technical and background information by Bruno Lämmli, in German