Rhätische BahnGe 4/4 III Electric Locomotive |
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Rhätische Bahn is a metre gauge railway network in southeastern
Switzerland running from junctions with the SBB at Landquart and Chur to
St. Moritz and Davos. This part of their system is electrified at 11,000
volts. Locomotive 648 is a Ge4/4 III introduced from 1993. It rides on 2 4-wheel trucks (4 powered axles, hence 4/4) with a power rating of 2400 kW, 3218 hp and a top speed of 100 km/h, 62 mph.. 648 "Susch" arrives at Landquart with train D40 from Davos Platz on Friday May 16th, 2003. Ge4/4 I 602 had arrived with a single car freight. |