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Locomotive Details |
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» Xem 181 (more..) |
» Wassen
» Wassen, Switzerland (more..)
» March 07, 2024 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» 181 003, 010 (more..)
» 33159 (more..) |
» Georg Trüb (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| Dual power electro/diesel vehicles Xem 181 # 003 and # 010 of SBB infrastructure in multiple control runing through Wassen as train 33159 from Erstfeld to Göschenen, probably for driver training. This vehicles called EHFZ (Erhaltunsfahrzeug/vehicle for maintenance) with 1500 kW when driving from the overhead wire and 750 kW with diesel power were built by Harsco Rail for the maintenance of the Gotthard and Ceneri Base Tunnels and are based in Erstfeld and Biasca and have automatic couplers. They can be seldom see on the Gotthard mountain line. 13 of this vehicles were built by Harsco Rail Europe Gmbh in Rattingen/Germany. The main subcontractors of the general contractor Harsco Rail Europe for Xem 181 were:
Frame: Josef Meyer Rheinfelden.
Bogies: Railway bogies Halle ELH.
Transformer and power converter: ABB.
Main switch/current collector: Richard Murgenthal.
Powerpack: MTU Friedrichshafen.
Final assembly: Talbot-Services Aachen |
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