SBB Cargo leases 35 Siemens “Vectron” locomotives for 8 years from 2024 via the lessor NorthRail and financed by Bank Reichmuth in Lucerne. The first machines have now been in Switzerland for a few weeks and training of locomotive crews has begun at some locations. Scheduled freight trains are being hauled. The locomotive for 15000 V 16.7 Hz AC weighs 86 tons, has an output of 6400 kW and is licensed in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. In Switzerland, a maximum of 120 km/h is permitted according to train series A. 193 # 056 and # 058 in multiple control are entering Brig with the freight train 60023 from Lausanne shunting yard via Martigny-Sion-Brig-Thun-Olten to the Limmattal shunting yard. On the right is Re 4/4 # 191 of the BLS standing in front of the shed. This locomotive was built in 1982.
