. Electric railway journal . By PROF. HUGO STUDER Zurich, Switzerland IN MAY, 1917, the management of the SwissBundesbahn ordered four sample locomotives forthe Gotthard electrification. These have now beenreceived and placed in service. It was the originalintention to test these locomotives by operating themon the line between Scheraligen and Brig, but whenthe electrification of the line connecting Scheraligenand Bern was begun it was decided to use them,together with fourteen Loetschberg locomotives, to take motive was built by the Oerlikon Company and theremaining parts by the Winterthur Lo
. Electric railway journal . By PROF. HUGO STUDER Zurich, Switzerland IN MAY, 1917, the management of the SwissBundesbahn ordered four sample locomotives forthe Gotthard electrification. These have now beenreceived and placed in service. It was the originalintention to test these locomotives by operating themon the line between Scheraligen and Brig, but whenthe electrification of the line connecting Scheraligenand Bern was begun it was decided to use them,together with fourteen Loetschberg locomotives, to take motive was built by the Oerlikon Company and theremaining parts by the Winterthur Locomotive &Machine Works. The type of construction is shown inFig. 1. The locomotive being ft. long, sym-metrically constructed and similar in design to the largeLoetschberg locomotives described in the ElectricRailway Journal of Nov. 15, 1913, except that thislocomotive has but three driving axles instead of thefive used in the Loetschberg locomotives. Two single- SAMPLE LOCOMOTIVESNOW IN SERVICE ONSWISS BUNDESBAHN. <K~~7. 71— >K~&69-~4<~ K — ^ FIG. 1 Fig. 1—Small express locomo-tive type 1-C-l Fig. 2—Large express locomo-tive type 1-BB-l Fig. 3 — Freight locomotivetype CC.
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