The HGE 4/4 II is a narrow-gauge electric locomotive for gear and adhesion operation. A first series of 5 locomotives was purchased from 1985 by the Furka Oberalp train and the SBB for the narrow-gauge Brünig railway. With an output of 1,932 kW - that corresponds to around 2,600 HP and a maximum speed of 100 km / or 40 km / h on gear wheels sets new standards. Since the locomotives proved to be very good, more were procured from 1990 onwards, so that ultimately the SBB and the FO each had 8 and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt trains contained 5 pieces. These locomotives are still in use today, the Matterhorn Gotthard railway that of the former FO and BVZ, and the former SBB BRÜGE Railway for the central railway. The coating of the Glacier Express trains at the MGB between Zermatt and Disentis is outstanding, as well as the auto-shuttle trains at the Furktoday tunnel between Oberwald and Realp. In the last few years the MGB has started to thoroughly renew the locomotives. In addition to new electronics, the headlights in LED technology as well as the new paint finish can also be seen from the outside. Thus these locomotives will also be used for many years in the Swiss mountains. The model of the HGE 4/4 II number 101 era V, which was used in the mid-80s. True to original coloring and lettering according to the epoch V. With 'Ville de Sion' and 'Sitten' crest. All 4 wheel sets and two traction gears driven by two powerful ball-bearing motors. Equipped with a mfx/DCC decoder with a lot of light and sound functions. Pantographs are motorized, digitally adjustable. With short energy storage. Length over buffer 67 cm. Real gear operation is possible with the LGB rack 10210 and the associated rack brackets 10220. The maximum gradient in gear operation is 12%.
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