Ellok Re 460, SBB

Ellok Re 460, SBB.

Electric locomotive Re 460 of the Swiss Federal Railways.

■ Model with baptistal name “Gütsch”
■ Delicately designed pantographs of the type Faiveley
■ Chassis made of metal die-cast material
■ Closed front skirt is attached to the package
■ Prototypical light and sound functions using on-board switchable decoder
■ Driver‘s cab lighting switchable in digital mode

For the implementation of the “Bahn 2000” concept, the SBB procured 24 locomotives of this class. Another series of 75 locomotives was built to cope with the 1994 implemented piggyback corridor through Switzerland. These locomotives were later assigned to passenger transport. Until today they are indispensable for the traction of the dense Swiss regular traffic.

General data
Coupling: NEM shaft 355 with close coupling mechanism
Minimum radius: 192 mm
Flywheel: yes
Traction tyres: 2
Number of driven axles: 4
Scale: 296
Epoch: VI
Railway Company: SBB
Electrical
Motor: 3 pole motor
Head light: 3 headlight, dependent on the direction of travel/2 tail lights, dependent on the direction of travel
LED head light: yes
Control 2L - Digital
Decoder-Type: On-Board
Sound: yes
Interior lighting: Yes, LED, Digital switchable, Driver's cab lighting
Digital decoder DCC
Measurements
Length over buffer: 116 mm