Re 460
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Electric |
| Designer | Pininfarina |
| Builder |
SLM, Winterthur ABB, Zürich |
| Build date | 1991–1996 |
| Total produced | 119 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • UIC | Bo′Bo′ |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Length | 18,500 mm (60 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 4,310 mm (14 ft 2 in) |
| Loco weight | 84 t (83 long tons; 93 short tons) |
| Electric system(s) | 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC Catenary |
| Current source | Pantograph |
| Loco brake | Air and Regenerative |
| Train brakes | Air |
| Couplers | buffers and chain |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed | 200 km/h (120 mph) |
| Power output | Re 460:6,100 kW (8,180 hp) Max. 5,600 kW (7,510 hp) Cont. Re 465:7,000 kW (9,390 hp) Max. 6,270 kW (8,410 hp) Cont. |
| Tractive effort | 230 kN (51,710 lbf) Cont. (Re 460) @88 km/h (55 mph) 242 kN (54,400 lbf) Cont. @92 km/h (57 mph)(Re 465) 300 kN (67,440 lbf) Max. (Re 460) 320 kN (71,940 lbf) Max. (Re 465) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Class | Re 460 000 – Re 460 118 |
| Nicknames | Lok 2000 |
The Re 460 (popularly known as the Lok 2000) series are modern four-axle electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways. Upon their entry into service in the early 1990s, they replaced the Ae 3/6I, Ae 4/7 and Re 4/4I series units, and displaced many of the Re 4/4II series into lesser duties.
The series was introduced as part of the Rail 2000 project, a massive project to modernise and improve capacity on Switzerland's railways. While originally designed as a multipurpose locomotive, they are now used for passenger services only, often in conjunction with the IC 2000 double decker trains (often used to pull InterCity and InterRegio trains in German and French language areas). Their freight role has been assumed by Re 482s. They are maintained at Yverdon.
When SBB was split up on 1 September 1999, Re 460 079–118 were assigned to the freight division, later becoming SBB Cargo. It was seen as an advantage to use all Re 460, which had been designed for 200 km/h, for passenger service. The passenger division passed the Re 6/6 to SBB Cargo and bought 079–095 on 1 January 2003, 096–102 2004 and the rest 2005.
Due in part to their large, mainly flat bodysides, Swiss Federal Railways were approached early on with requests for the Re 460 to be used as mobile advertising hoardings. Despite opposition from some quarters, the money that could be earned swayed the decision and the first such locomotive, Re 460 015 was unveiled in 1994 in Agfa livery. Today no other loco type in Switzerland carries so many different liveries.
Almost all Re 460 locomotives are named, with the names being applied below the cab window at one end.
List of names:
On 20 February 2015, locomotive No. 460 087-0 was involved in a collision with S-Bahn Class 514 electric multiple unit 514 146-2 at Rafz.
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