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16 unusual facts about CFF


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SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560, a Swiss push-pull trainset, generally known as the Neuer Pendelzug (New Commuter Train)

SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 4/7

In 1960, four Ae 4/7 (10948–10951) got a wider pantograph compatible to ÖBB standards, so that they could run international trains from St. Margrethen via Bregenz to Lindau.

SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 4/8

The total weight of the locomotive of 127 t – incidentally the same as the one of the later built Ae 4/7 – lead to a total weight of 18.6 t at the drive-wheels.

Beside the Be 3/5 12201, Be 4/6 12301, Be 4/6 12302 und coupling rods the SBB procured the Be 2/5 prototype locomotive with fully spring-loaded drives.

The roster of 1927 included – together with two Ae 4/7s – two fast train pairs Basle – Zürich and back with a daily performance of 416 km.

SBB-CFF-FFS Be 3/5

Intended to provide experience with electric traction, the locomotive was intended, along with Be 4/6 12301, Be 4/6 12302 and Gotthardbahn (Gotthard railway).

SBB-CFF-FFS Be 4/6 12301

But technically the locomotive was much more complicated than their sisters Be 4/6 12302 and Be 4/6 12303-12342.

For gaining experience for ordering electrical locomotives this locomotive should – as her three sisters Be 3/5 12201, Be 4/6 12302 and Gotthardbahn (Gotthard railway).

SBB-CFF-FFS Ce 6/8 I

The locomotive body was almost identical to the one of the Be 4/6 12302.

For gaining experience for ordering electrical locomotives this locomotive should – as her three sisters Be 3/5 12201, Be 4/6 12301 and Be 4/6 12302 – have been used for services on the Gotthardbahn (Gotthard railway).

These tubes were the main part of the very distinctive appearance of the locomotive as the Be 4/6 12302 and their successors Be 4/6 12303-12342.

The stepping switch transmitted the traction current to the motors which were connected in series circuit.

SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560

The Chemin de fer Pont Brassus (PBr) has never possessed its own locomotives, but has always subcontracted operation to the SBB, which guarantees through service between VallorbeLe Pont (SBB) and the PBr route Le Pont-Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux.

SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460

The MTR also operates two Re 460 variants for its cross-boundary service to Guangdong from Hong Kong to Guangzhou.

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.

Stadler Rail

the Eem 923, a hybrid electro-diesel shunting locomotive built for Swiss Federal Railways


CEVA rail

It will link the CFF route Lausanne – Geneva Cornavin – Geneva Airport and the SNCF route Geneva Cornavin – Bellegarde-sur-Valserine – Lyon with lines in the Haute Savoie serving Thonon-les-Bains, Évian-les-Bains, the valley of the Arve to St Gervais and Chamonix and from Annemasse to Annecy.

Cult Awareness Network

The CAN predecessor, Citizen's Freedom Foundation ("CFF"), was founded in the wake of the 1978 Jonestown mass murder-suicide, and was run for a time by Patricia Ryan, the daughter of US Congressman Leo J. Ryan (D-Millbrae, California), who died from gunfire while investigating conditions at the Jonestown cult compound in Guyana.

Forensic accounting

In other countries, some forensic accountants are also Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Public Accountants with AICPA's Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) Credentials, Chartered Accountants (CA), Certified Management Accountants (CMA) or Chartered Certified Accountants.

Luino railway station

Luino is a frontier station between the Italian network, managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, and the Swiss network, managed by SBB-CFF-FFS.