Product Features and Details
Model: The Roco Ae6/6 features a DCC Digital 8 pin interface, can motor with flywheel, prototypical Swiss bi-directional lighting and all wheel drive. This is truly a fantastic and highly
detailed model. Ae/6/6 version with green paintwork and "Graubünden" canton coat of arms.
Prototype: The Ae 6/6 is a heavy electric locomotive used by the SBB-CFF-FFS. The Ae6/6 is sometimes also referred to as canton locomotive ("Kantonslokomotive"), because the first 25 locomotives were fitted with the coats of arms of all Swiss cantons. With highly polished chrome ornaments on their sides and front, the Swiss red cross on the front and the colorful cantons made the Ae6/6 internationally famous. The other 95 locomotives of the series production got coats of arms of capitals of Swiss cantons or other important cities, but without the chrome ornaments. The namings were held as ceremonies in the respective cities.
Due to being originally designed for heavy services on the Gotthard route, as many Swiss locomotives were, the Ae 6/6 was one of the classic Gotthard locomotives.
Originally, all locomotives had a SBB-CFF-FFS green livery. Nowadays about half are painted red.
