Roco Ae 3/6I SBB Serie Manuel page 26

The Original
The electric locomotives of the series Ae 3/6
from the MFO and SLM workshops. Due to the long procurement period, technical innovations were also installed. As a result,
the locomotive power increased from 1,450 kW to 1,600 kW. Thanks to the excellent running characteristics, the maximum speed
could also be improved. From 1929 onwards from 90 km/h to 100 km/h and for the more powerful locomotives (starting with No.
10637) in 1937, after adjustments to the running axle bogie, to 110 km/h.
Locomotive 10664, built in the year 1926, was housed in the Bern, Zurich and Rohrschach depots. From 1990 to 2010, it was run
as a historic traction unit by the «Eisenbahnfreunde Zürichsee rechtes Ufer» (Railway Friends of Zurich Lake, Right-hand Bank). It
is still used today as an operational historic locomotive in the Rapperswil Depot, and is owned by the Stiftung Historisches Erbe
der SBB (SBB Historic).
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were purchased in several orders from 1921 to 1929. The locomotive 10700 originates
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