Trix 22773 electric locomotive Re 620, SBB, Ep. VI (incl. sound)

Trix 22773 electric locomotive Re 620, SBB, Ep. VI (incl. sound) Product Details

Description

Re 620 electric locomotive

It was and still is something special - the Re 6/6 of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). For a long time, it was even considered the most powerful locomotive in the world and still holds this title in Switzerland. Of course, this high output of 8,020 kW could only be accommodated on six axles, whereby the wheelset sequence Bo'Bo'Bo', which is rather unusual for Central European conditions, was used in order to combine the corresponding traction with good running characteristics on curves. The middle bogie had to have the appropriate side play and the three bogies had to be connected to each other via flexible transverse couplings. According to these specifications, the SBB ordered four different prototypes from SLM (mechanical part) and BBC (electrical part) in 1969. These four machines were put into service by the fall of 1972 and then extensively tested. After a final version began to emerge, the SBB ordered 45 Re 6/6 series locomotives from SLM/BBC on February 23, 1973. Their delivery began in 1975, took place within two years and was completed by 1977. The second series of 40 Re 6/6s (no. 11650 - 11689) was delivered immediately afterwards from the end of 1977 to the end of 1980. From then on, the heavy EC, IC and express trains as well as the heaviest freight trains of up to 1,600 tons on the Gotthard and Simplon were the domain of the Re 6/6. This did not change until the turn of the millennium, when all Re 6/6s were assigned to the new freight division SBB-Cargo until 2003. Even today, it is still impressive to see a Re 6/6 fighting its way up the Gotthard ramps with a long freight train. Even more impressive is the so-called "Re 10/10", the double traction with a Re 4/4II and a Re 6/6, which is almost standard, at least on the Gotthard route. The performance of this combination is only limited by the maximum load on the train hook of 1,400 tons at a gradient of 26 per thousand. Otherwise, the two locomotives could haul several hundred tons more over the mountain. Many train drivers swear by the ten driven axles and the considerable weight, and always prefer them to the Bo'Bo' double traction units of the latest design, which are nominally similarly powerful.

Features:

• Trix - Re 620 Electric Locomotive, SBB, Ep. VI (including sound)
• With digital decoder and extensive sound functions
• Controlled high-efficiency propulsion with flywheel, centrally mounted
• 4 axles (both axles in each of the two outer bogies) powered by cardan shafts
• Traction tires
• Triple headlights that change over with the direction of travel and 1 white marker light (Swiss light change) conventionally in operation, digitally switchable
• Headlights on locomotive side 2 and 1 can each be switched off separately digitally
• If the headlights on both sides of the locomotive are switched off, the double A light functions on both sides
• Lighting can be switched to 2 red tail lights
• Driver's cab lighting and engine room lighting can also each be switched digitally
• Lighting with maintenance-free warm white and red light-emitting diodes (LED)
• Attached metal grab rails
• Couplings can be exchanged for front aprons
• Minimum passable radius 360 mm
• Length over buffers 22.2 cm