The Re 460 (popularly known as the Lok 2000) series are modern four-axle electric locomotives of the

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

. Upon their entry into service in the early 1990s, they replaced the , Ae 4/7, and series units, and displaced many of the Re 4/4^II series into lesser duties. The series was introduced as part of the

Rail 2000 Rail 2000 (German: ''Bahn 2000''; French: ''Rail 2000'', Italian: ''Ferrovia 2000'') is a large-scale project of the Swiss Federal Railways (SFR) established in 1987 to improve the quality of the Swiss rail network for the New millennium. It ...

project, a massive project to modernise and improve the capacity of Switzerland's railways. While originally designed as a multipurpose locomotive, they are now used for passenger services only, often in conjunction with the

IC 2000 The IC 2000 is a double-deck train in Switzerland and is run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) as part of its InterCity service. Top speed is 200 km/h. The train set can be composed of up to 10 coaches and provides close to 1,000 se ...

double-decker trains (often used to pull

InterCity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at ma ...

and InterRegio trains in German and French language areas). Their freight role has been assumed by Re 482s. They are maintained at

Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , wa ...

Assignment

When SBB was split up on 1 September 1999, Re 460 079–118 were assigned to the freight division, later becoming

SBB Cargo * it, FFS Cargo SA , type = Subsidiary , logo = SBB CFF FFS Cargo logo.svg , logo_size = 300px , foundation = 1999 , location_city = Olten , location_country = Switzerland , industry = Rail Transport , revenue = CHF 953 million (20 ...

. It was seen as an advantage to use all Re 460, which had been designed for 200 km/h, for passenger service. The passenger division passed the Re 6/6 to SBB Cargo and bought 079–095 on 1 January 2003, 096–102 2004, and the rest 2005.

Advertising

Due in part to their large, mainly flat bodysides, Swiss Federal Railways were approached early on with requests for the Re 460 to be used as mobile advertising hoardings. 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. Today no other loco type in Switzerland carries so many different liveries.

Naming

Almost all Re 460 locomotives are named, with the names being applied below the cab window at one end. List of names: * Re 460 000 Grauholz * Re 460 001

Lötschberg The Lötschberg is an Alpine mountain massif and usually associated with a major, historically important transit axis of the Alps in Switzerland with, at its core, the Lötschen Pass (german: Lötschenpass, Swiss German: ''Lötschepass''). The mo ...

* Re 460 002 Seeland * Re 460 003 Millieu du Monde * Re 460 004

Uetliberg __NOTOC__ The Uetliberg (also known as Üetliberg) is a mountain in the Swiss plateau, part of the Albis chain, rising to . The mountain offers a panoramic view of the entire city of Zürich (to the northeast of its summit) and the Lake of Zur ...

* Re 460 005

Val d'Anniviers The Val d'Anniviers (old name in German ''Eifischtal'') is a Swiss Alpine valley, situated in the district of Sierre in Valais, which extends south of the Rhône Valley, on the northern slopes of the Pennine Alps. The valley was home to six muni ...

* Re 460 006

Lavaux Lavaux () is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Lavaux consists of 830 hectares of terraced vineyards that stretch for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva. Althoug ...

* Re 460 007 Junior * Re 460 008

La Gruyère LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

* Re 460 009 Le jet d´eau * Re 460 010 Löwenberg * Re 460 011 Léman * Re 460 012 Erguël * Re 460 013 Nord Vaudois * Re 460 014 Val du Trient * Re 460 015 Dübendorf II * Re 460 016 Rohrdorferberg Reusstal * Re 460 017

Les Diablerets Les Diablerets is a village and ski resort located in the municipality of Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The village lies at an altitude of on the north side of the massif of the Diablerets, , in the Swiss Alps. It can be ...

* Re 460 018 — * Re 460 019 Terre Sainte * Re 460 020 Idée suisse * Re 460 021 — * Re 460 022

Sihl The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich. It has a length of , including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river fl ...

* Re 460 023 Wankdorf * Re 460 024

Rheintal ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , sourc ...

* Re 460 025 Striegel * Re 460 026 Fricktal * Re 460 027 Joggeli * Re 460 028

Seetal The Seetal is a valley in the cantons of Lucerne and Aargau in Switzerland. The valley descends from south to north from near Eschenbach (in the canton of Lucerne) to Lenzburg (in the canton of Aargau), and is drained by the Aabach and the ...

* Re 460 029 Eulach * Re 460 030

Säntis At above sea level, Säntis is the highest mountain in the Alpstein massif of northeastern Switzerland. It is also the culminating point of the whole Appenzell Alps, between Lake Walen and Lake Constance. Shared by three cantons, the moun ...

* Re 460 031 Chaumont * Re 460 032 — * Re 460 033 — * Re 460 034

Aare The Aare () or Aar () is a tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about , during which distance it desce ...

* Re 460 035 — * Re 460 036 Franches-Montagnes * Re 460 037 Sempacher See * Re 460 038 Hauenstein * Re 460 039

Rochers de Naye The Rochers de Naye (French, lit. "rocks of Naye"; ) is a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Lake Geneva near Montreux and Villeneuve, in the canton of Vaud. They lie on the range separating the basin of Lake Geneva from the valley of the S ...

* Re 460 040

Napf The Napf is a mountain on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Lucerne. With an altitude of , it is the summit of the Napfgebiet (Napf region), the hilly region lying between Bern and Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozä ...

* Re 460 041 Mendrisiotto * Re 460 042

Albis The Albis is a chain of hills in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, stretching for some 19 km from Sihlbrugg in the south to Waldegg near Zürich in the north. The chain forms, among others, the border between the Affoltern and Horge ...

* Re 460 043 Dreispitz * Re 460 044 Zugerland * Re 460 045

Rigi The Rigi (or ''Mount Rigi''; also known as ''Queen of the Mountains'') is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Luce ...

* Re 460 046 Polmengo * Re 460 047

Maderanertal The Maderanertal is an Alpine valley of the canton of Uri in Central Switzerland. It is drained by the Chärstelenbach, a stream that is a right tributary of the Reuss at Amsteg. The highest mountain in the Maderanertal is the Oberalpstock with ...

* Re 460 048 Züri Wyland * Re 460 049 Pfannenstiel * Re 460 050 Züspa * Re 460 051

Staffelegg Staffelegg Pass (el. 621 m.) is a mountain pass in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It connects Küttigen and Asp. The postal bus route from Frick to Aarau Aarau (, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland ...

* Re 460 052 Eigenamt * Re 460 053

Suhre The river Suhre is a 34 kilometer long tributary of the river Aare in the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Aargau. The river rises in Sempachersee (or Lake Sempach) at an elevation of 504 meters above sea level, and joins the Aare east of the town A ...

ntal * Re 460 054 Dreiländereck * Re 460 055 Lillehammer * Re 460 056 — * Re 460 057 Val-de-Ruz * Re 460 058

La Côte La Côte () is part of the sloping Lake Geneva () north shore, stretching from Nyon to Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Known for its vineyards, the area has views towards the high Alps across the lake. Communes *Mies *Coppet *Fou ...

* Re 460 059 La Béroche * Re 460 060

Val-de-Travers Val-de-Travers is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers ...

* Re 460 061 Wiggertal * Re 460 062

Ergolz The Ergolz is the main river in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. It rises on Mount Geisflue in the Faltenjura mountains in the upper region of Basel-Landschaft, on the border with Aargau and Solothurn, and joins the Rhine at Augst. ...

* Re 460 063

Brunegg Brunegg is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Brunegg is first mentioned in first half of the 12th century as ''Bruneco''. In 1273 it was mentioned as ''Brunegge''. Brunegg castle was ...

* Re 460 064

Mythen The Grosser Mythen (also ''Grosse Mythe'') is a mountain in the Schwyzer Alps of Central Switzerland. The mountain lies in the canton of Schwyz, to the east of the town of Schwyz, and to the south of the village of Alpthal in the valley of the ri ...

* Re 460 065

Rotsee __NOTOC__ The Rotsee (previously known as Rootsee) is a natural rowing lake on the northern edge of Lucerne, Switzerland. It is regarded as one of the best rowing venues in the world. Description and location The lake and its surrounding area is ...

* Re 460 066

Finse Finse is a mountain village area on the shore of the lake Finsevatnet in Ulvik municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is centered on Finse Station, a railway station on the Bergen Line. The village sits at an elevation of above sea ...

* Re 460 067 Hohle Gasse * Re 460 068 Gütsch * Re 460 069 Verkehrshaus * Re 460 070 — * Re 460 071

Mittelland Mittelland (German, ‘middle land’) may refer to: * Mittelland, Switzerland, a district of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland * Swiss Plateau (German: ''Schweizer Mittelland''), a major landscape in Switzerland * Mittelland, part ...

* Re 460 072 Reuss * Re 460 073

Monte Ceneri Monte Ceneri is a mountain pass in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It connects the Magadino Plain and the Vedeggio Valley across the Lugano Prealps at an elevation of above sea level. It provides the most direct route between the cities ...

* Re 460 074 — * Re 460 075 Schafmatt * Re 460 076 Leventina * Re 460 077 Chunnel * Re 460 078 Monte Generoso * Re 460 079 Weissenstein * Re 460 080 Tre Valli * Re 460 081

Pfänder The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance (Bodensee). The city of Bregenz lies at the foot of the mountain on the shores of the lake. With its views over the lake and the surrounding mountain peaks, the Pfänder is o ...

* Re 460 082

Ceresio __NOTOC__ Lake Lugano ( it, Lago di Lugano or , from la, Ceresius lacus; lmo, Lagh de Lugan) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated ...

* Re 460 083 — * Re 460 084

Helvetia Helvetia () is the female national personification of Switzerland, officially ''Confoederatio Helvetica,'' the Swiss Confederation. The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing gown, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss fl ...

''(Temporarily 09/12/2006 - 08/2007

Neftenbach Neftenbach is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Neftenbach itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Hünikon, Aesch, Riet and Irchelhöfen. History Neftenbach ...

)'' * Re 460 085 Pilatus * Re 460 086 Ägerisee * Re 460 087

Säuliamt Affoltern District (also known as Knonaueramt or Säuliamt) is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Its capital is the city of Affoltern am Albis. Municipalities Affoltern contains a total of 14 m ...

* Re 460 088

Limmat The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The conflu ...

* Re 460 089

Freiamt Freiamt is a town in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Unio ...

* Re 460 090 Goffersberg * Re 460 091 Werdenberg * Re 460 092 Fridolin * Re 460 093 Rhein * Re 460 094 Rhätia * Re 460 095

Bachtel Bachtel is a mountain of the Zurich Oberland, located between Hinwil and Wald in the canton of Zurich. It lies approximately halfway between the Schnebelhorn (the highest point of the canton) and Lake Zurich. On the summit is the Bachtel Tow ...

* Re 460 096

Furttal Furttal is the name of a valley region in Switzerland between Lägern and Altberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich. The area's name stems from the German word for ford, or ''furt'', and is named after the crossing over the Limmat ...

* Re 460 097 Studenland * Re 460 098 Balsberg * Re 460 099

Bodensee Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the L ...

* Re 460 100 Tösstal * Re 460 101

Bözberg Bözberg is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It ceased to exist in 1873, when it was split into the two new municipalities Oberbözberg and Unterbözberg. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of G ...

* Re 460 102 Lägern * Re 460 103 Heitersberg * Re 460 104

Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the river Thur and that of its main tributary, the Necker. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis'') of the canton of St. Gallen ( ...

* Re 460 105

Fürstenland Fürstenland or Alte Landschaft is the name of a historical territory of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, corresponding to the modern districts of St. Gallen (without the city proper), Wil and Rorschach. It was a subject territory of the Abbey of ...

* Re 460 106

Munot The Munot is a circular 16th century fortification in the center of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. It is surrounded by vineyards and serves as the city's symbol. The ring-shaped fortress was built in the 16th century. Today, it is a tourist attra ...

* Re 460 107

Glärnisch The Glärnisch is a mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It consists of several summits, of which the highest, ''Bächistock'', is 2,915 metres above sea level. Until 2013, the ...

* Re 460 108

Engadin The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it i ...

* Re 460 109

Alpstein The Alpstein are a subgroup of the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland. The Alpstein massif is in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and St. Gallen. Despite it being rather low when compared to other Alpine peaks – the highest mountai ...

* Re 460 110 Mariaberg * Re 460 111 Kempt * Re 460 112 Thurtal * Re 460 113 Irchel * Re 460 114

Circus Knie Circus Knie (german: Schweizer National-Circus Knie, french: Cirque National Suisse Knie) is the largest circus of Switzerland, based in Rapperswil. The circus was founded in 1803 by the Knie family and has existed in its present form since 191 ...

* Re 460 115 Heidiland * Re 460 116

Ostschweiz Eastern Switzerland (german: Ostschweiz, french: Suisse orientale, rm, Svizra orientala, it, Svizzera orientale) is the common name of the region situated to the east of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appe ...

* Re 460 117

Zürichsee __NOTOC__ Lake Zurich (Swiss German/ Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used t ...

* Re 460 118 Gotthard / Gottardo List of alternate names due to special liveries: See also: Re 460 special liveries (German Wikipedia)

Accidents and incidents

On 20 February 2015, locomotive No. 460 087-0 was involved in a

collision In physics, a collision is any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. Although the most common use of the word ''collision'' refers to incidents in which two or more objects collide with great fo ...

with

S-Bahn The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban-suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble c ...

Class 514 electric multiple unit 514 146–2 at .

BLS

Swiss company BLS operates 18 similar locomotives, designated Re 465. These locomotives have efficiency modifications and individual axle control rather than individual bogie control which allows for slightly higher starting tractive effort, but are otherwise identical to the Re 460. Numbered 001–018, all are named. These locomotives are used for both passenger and freight duties by BLS. RoLa Loetschberg

List of names: * 001 Simplon/Sempione/Adler/Staatswappen Schweiz/Italien/BLS AplTransit/Lötschberg * 002 Gornergrat * 003 Jungfraujoch–Seespiele * 004 Mittelallalin-Valaistourisme * 005 Niesen * 006 Lauchernalp * 007 Schilthorn * 008 Niederhorn * 009 Napf * 010 Mont Vully * 011 Wisenberg * 012 Euro Tunnel * 013 Stockhorn * 014 Spalenberg * 015 Vue-des-Alpes * 016 Centovalli * 017 Schrattenflue * 018 Brienz Rothorn Bahn

Usage abroad

The MTR also operates two Lok2000 variants for its cross-boundary service from

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong ...

. They were introduced in 1998 when the service was operated by the KCR; accordingly, the train is called the KTT, which stands for "KCR Through Train". These long-distance trains have ten double-deck carriages and are equipped with knuckle couplers, instead of

buffers and chain coupler Buffers and chain couplers (also known as "buffers and screw", "screw", "screwlink", and "English" couplers) are the de facto UIC standard railway stock coupling used in the EU and UK, and on some surviving former colonial railways, such as in ...

s. While the train has two locomotives, it is not operated in push-pull mode. Tls002 shunting

The 46 Sr2 locomotives of VR ( Finnish Railways) are closely based on the Re 460, as are the 22 NSB El 18 class used by Vy of Norway.

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

WAP-5 The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is the name of a class of "High Speed" electric locomotives produced and used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of t ...

electric locomotives are also based on the Re 460. The shape of the modified version of China Railways SS9 electric locomotives is similar to Re 460.

References

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