MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 37325 Electric locomotive - class Re 6/6

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KEY DATA
Product Name	37325 Electric locomotive - class Re 6/6
Object type	Locomotive-Electric
Product Line	Märklin
Era	1990-2006 (V)
Manufactured years	2015-2017
Text on object	SBB CFF - Balerna
Number on object	11672
Classification	R 6/6
Type of housing	Metal
Length	22.2 cm
Technology	Digital MFX+
Nationality	Switzerland
Railway company	-SBB Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses
Märklin RRP (Year)	330€ (2016)
Koll valuation (Year)	215€ (2022)
Url to Märklin	Klick to GoTo www.maerklin.de

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Description
Electric Locomotive Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) class Re 6/6 heavy electric locomotive. Version in a Fire Red basic paint scheme. Road number 11672, with the locomotive coat-of-arms for BALERNA. Round headlights, without UIC plugs, with railroad radio antennas. The locomotive looks as it did after 1987. Source: www.maerklin.de 40 Years Since the Class Re 6/6 Was Placed into Service It was and still is something special – the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Re 6/6. For a long time it was held as the most powerful electric locomotive in the world and still has this rating in Switzerland. Naturally, such a high performance as 8.020 kilowatts / 10,755 horsepower could only be applied to six axles, hence the rather unusual wheel arrangement of B-B-B for central European circumstances in order to combine the resultant tractive effort with good running characteristics on curves. The center truck had to have appropriate side play and the three trucks are connected to one another by means of elastic cross couplings. Based on these specifications, the SBB ordered four different prototypes in 1969 from SLM (mechanical parts) and from BBC (electrical parts). These four units were placed into service by the fall of 1972 and were then exhaustively tested. After a final version began to emerge, the SBB ordered 45 production units of the Re 6/6 from SLM/BBC as early as February 23, 1973. Delivery of them began in 1975, was carried out within two years, and was completed by 1977. Delivery of the second series of 40 Re 6/6 locomotives (road numbers 11650 - 11689) took place immediately thereafter from the end of 1977 to the end of 1980. From then on heavy EC, IC, and express trains as well as the heaviest freight trains with up to 1,600 metric tons were the domain of the Re 6/6 locomotives on the Gotthard and Simplon. This did not change until the turn of the century when all of the Re 6/6 units were assigned by 2003 to the new freight service group SBB Cargo. It is still impressive today, when an Re 6/6 fights its way up the ramps of the Gotthard with a long freight train. Even more impressive is the so-called Re 10/10, the double-heading of an Re 4/4II and an Re 6/6, which has become an everyday sight at least on the Gotthard line. The productivity of this combination is only limited by the maximum load on the couplers of 1,400 metric tons on a 2.6% grade. Otherwise, the two locomotives could haul another several hundred tons over the mountain. Many locomotive engineers swear by the ten powered axles and the decent weight. They always prefer it to the nominally similar output of B-B m.u. combinations of the newest design.

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Electric Locomotive

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) class Re 6/6 heavy electric locomotive. Version in a Fire Red basic paint scheme. Road number 11672, with the locomotive coat-of-arms for BALERNA. Round headlights, without UIC plugs, with railroad radio antennas. The locomotive looks as it did after 1987.

Source: www.maerklin.de
40 Years Since the Class Re 6/6 Was Placed into Service It was and still is something special – the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Re 6/6. For a long time it was held as the most powerful electric locomotive in the world and still has this rating in Switzerland. Naturally, such a high performance as 8.020 kilowatts / 10,755 horsepower could only be applied to six axles, hence the rather unusual wheel arrangement of B-B-B for central European circumstances in order to combine the resultant tractive effort with good running characteristics on curves. The center truck had to have appropriate side play and the three trucks are connected to one another by means of elastic cross couplings. Based on these specifications, the SBB ordered four different prototypes in 1969 from SLM (mechanical parts) and from BBC (electrical parts). These four units were placed into service by the fall of 1972 and were then exhaustively tested. After a final version began to emerge, the SBB ordered 45 production units of the Re 6/6 from SLM/BBC as early as February 23, 1973. Delivery of them began in 1975, was carried out within two years, and was completed by 1977. Delivery of the second series of 40 Re 6/6 locomotives (road numbers 11650 - 11689) took place immediately thereafter from the end of 1977 to the end of 1980. From then on heavy EC, IC, and express trains as well as the heaviest freight trains with up to 1,600 metric tons were the domain of the Re 6/6 locomotives on the Gotthard and Simplon. This did not change until the turn of the century when all of the Re 6/6 units were assigned by 2003 to the new freight service group SBB Cargo. It is still impressive today, when an Re 6/6 fights its way up the ramps of the Gotthard with a long freight train. Even more impressive is the so-called Re 10/10, the double-heading of an Re 4/4II and an Re 6/6, which has become an everyday sight at least on the Gotthard line. The productivity of this combination is only limited by the maximum load on the couplers of 1,400 metric tons on a 2.6% grade. Otherwise, the two locomotives could haul another several hundred tons over the mountain. Many locomotive engineers swear by the ten powered axles and the decent weight. They always prefer it to the nominally similar output of B-B m.u. combinations of the newest design.

MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 37325 Electric locomotive - class Re 6/6

AN EXTRACT FROM MODEL RAIL WORKSHOP - H0 MÄRKLIN DATABASE Feel free to copy and use.....

AN EXTRACT FROM MODEL RAIL WORKSHOP - H0 MÄRKLIN DATABASE

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