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 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 sea ...

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 m ...

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, , was ...

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 (2 ...

. 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 * 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 mun ...

* 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. Although ...

* Re 460 007 Junior * Re 460 008 La Gruyère * 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 * 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 ...

* 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 * Re 460 029 Eulach * Re 460 030 Säntis * 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 descen ...

* 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 ...

* 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. It is counted geologically as part of th ...

* Re 460 041

Mendrisiotto The Mendrisio District ( it, Distretto di Mendrisio, also called Mendrisiotto) is the southernmost district of canton of Ticino and of Switzerland. To its north lies the Lugano District. It is surrounded on the other three sides by Italy: to the e ...

* Re 460 042 Albis * 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 Lucerne ...

* 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 a h ...

* 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 , neighboring_municipalities= Buchs, Suhr, Unterentfelden, Eppenberg-Wöschnau, ...

* Re 460 052 Eigenamt * Re 460 053 Suhrental * Re 460 054 Dreiländereck * Re 460 055

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munic ...

* Re 460 056 — * Re 460 057

Val-de-Ruz Val-de-Ruz ( frp, Vâl-de-Ruely) is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontain ...

* 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 *F ...

* 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 * Re 460 063 Brunegg * 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 * Re 460 067 Hohle Gasse * Re 460 068 Gütsch * Re 460 069 Verkehrshaus * Re 460 070 — * Re 460 071 Mittelland * Re 460 072

Reuss Reuss may refer to: * Reuss (surname) *Reuss (river) in Switzerland *Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries in present-day Germany, and the Republic of Reuss * Reuss Elder Line and Reuss Younger Line The Principality of Reus ...

* Re 460 073 Monte Ceneri * Re 460 074 — * Re 460 075 Schafmatt * Re 460 076 Leventina * Re 460 077 Chunnel * Re 460 078 Monte Generoso * Re 460 079

Weissenstein The Weissenstein (1,395 m) is a mountain of the Jura, located north of Solothurn in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. The culminating point of the chain is distinguished by the name ''Röti''. It is the easternmost summit above 1,300 metres in ...

* Re 460 080 Tre Valli * Re 460 081 Pfänder * 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 situate ...

* 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)'' * Re 460 085

Pilatus Pilatus may refer to: People * Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus, died 39 AD), Roman governor of Judea * Leontius Pilatus (died 1366), Greek Calabrian scholar * Rob Pilatus (1965–1998), artist and member of group Milli Vanilli Other uses * ...

* Re 460 086

Ägerisee __NOTOC__ Ägerisee or Lake Aegeri is a glacial lake in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. The two municipalities along its shore are Oberägeri and Unterägeri Unterägeri is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. History Oberägeri ...

* Re 460 087 Säuliamt * 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 confluen ...

* Re 460 089 Freiamt * Re 460 090 Goffersberg * Re 460 091 Werdenberg * Re 460 092

Fridolin Fridolin is a German masculine given name, derived from Old High German. Notable people with this name include: *Fridolin of Säckingen, Irish missionary, apostle of the Alamanni and founder of Säckingen Abbey *Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (born 1960) ...

* Re 460 093

Rhein Rhein may refer to: Places * Rhine, a major river in Europe (german: Rhein, link=no) * Rhein, a village in the municipality of Morsbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Rhein (Ostpreussen), a former name of the town Ryn in Poland Ships * SM ...

* Re 460 094 Rhätia * Re 460 095 Bachtel * Re 460 096 Furttal * 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 Lak ...

* 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 * 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 is ...

* Re 460 109 Alpstein * Re 460 110 Mariaberg * Re 460 111 Kempt * Re 460 112 Thurtal * Re 460 113 Irchel * Re 460 114 Circus Knie * Re 460 115 Heidiland * Re 460 116 Ostschweiz * Re 460 117 Zürichsee * 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 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 An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

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 The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...

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 List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, sou ...

. 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 couplers. 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 NSB El 18 is a class of 22 electric locomotive, electric locomotives built by Adtranz and Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works (SLM) for the Vy (transport operator), Norwegian State Railways (NSB). The class is a modification of the Swiss Federal Ra ...

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 tota ...

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 th ...

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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Re 460 The Re 460 (popularly known as the Lok 2000) series are modern four-axle electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways. Upon their entry into service in the early 1990s, they replaced the , Ae 4/7, and series units, and displaced many of th ...

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