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SBB Am 6/6
Type and origin Power type Diesel Builder Thyssen Henschel, Brown, Boveri & Cie Build date 1976 Total produced 6
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C  • UIC Co′Co′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Bogies Flexifloat Driver dia. 1,040 mm (3 ft 5 in) Wheelbase 12.2 metres (40 ft) Length 17.4 metres (57 ft) Height 4.5 metres (15 ft) Axle load 18.5 t (41,000 lb) Loco weight 111 t (245,000 lb) Traction motors (6) Transmission Diesel-electric
Performance figures Maximum speed 85 km/h (53 mph) Power output 1,440 kW (1,930 hp)
Career Operators SBB-CFF-FFS Class Am 6/6, later Am 861 Numbers 18521–18526 Locale Limmattal classification yard Disposition All withdrawn

The Am 6/6, later known as Am 861, is a class of diesel shunting locomotive which were built for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and were intended for use as heavy hump shunters at the Limmattal classification yard.

A total of six locomotives were built jointly by Thyssen Henschel and Brown, Boveri & Cie for SBB by and these received running numbers 18521 to 18526. In the late 1990s they received modernized electrical systems

The locomotives utilized a Co′Co′ wheel arrangement and a diesel-electric transmission, had six three-phase asynchronous traction motors and Flexifloat bogies (bogies without pivots and cradles) while being powered by 1.440 kW (1,930 hp) diesel engines.

In January 2004 locomotive 18524 was withdrawn to serve as a parts donor for the remainder of the class. The other five locomotives continued in service with SBB until March 2020, by which point the remainder were withdrawn from service. As of April 2020 these locomotives are awaiting to be scrapped.

See also

• List of stock used by Swiss Federal Railways

References

1. "Bouwserie Am 6/6 - 3rail Wiki". wiki.3rail.nl. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
2. "SBB-Cargo diesel locomotives". Railfaneurope.net. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
3. "SBB Am 6/6 — Trainspo". trainspo.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.

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BLS	Electric Re 420.5 Re 425 Re 456 Re 465 Re 475 Re 485 Re 486 Diesel Am 843 Am 845 Em 845
SBB-CFF-FFS	Steam A 3/5 B 3/4 C 5/6 E 3/3 Eb 3/5 Electric Ae 4/6 Ae 4/7 Ae 4/8 Ae 6/6 Be 4/6 Be 6/8 Be 6/8 Ce 6/8 Ce 6/8 Ce 6/8 De 6/6 Ee 3/3 Ee 922 Re 4/4 Re 420 Re 430 Re 450 Re 460 Re 481 Re 482 Re 484 Re 620 Experimental and prototypes Ae 8/14 Be 2/5 Be 3/5 Be 4/6 12301 Be 4/6 12302 Ce 6/8 Diesel Am 6/6 Am 840 Am 841 Am 842 Am 842.1 Am 843 Bm 4/4 Em 3/3 Experimental and prototypes Am 4/6 1101 Electro-diesel Eem 923
SOB / SZU	Electric Re 456
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