The production "Crocodiles" were the series SBB Ce 6/8 II and SBB Ce 6/8 III locomotives of the SBB, Swiss Federal Railways, built between 1919 and 1927. There were 33 class Ce 6/8 II and 18 class Ce 6/8 III, making a total (excluding the prototype) of 51 locomotives. These locomotives were developed for pulling heavy goods trains on the steep tracks of the Gotthardbahn from Lucerne to Chiasso, including the Gotthard Tunnel. The electric motors available at the time were large and had to be body-mounted above the plane of the axles, but flexibility was required to negotiate the tight curves on the Alpine routes and tunnels. An articulated design, with two powered nose units bridged with a pivoting center section containing cabs and the heavy transformer, met both requirements and gave excellent visibility from driving cabs mounted safely away from any collision. The two motors in each nose unit were geared to a jackshaft between the drive axles farthest from the cab, with side rods carrying the power to the drivers. These locomotives, sometimes called the "Swiss Crocodile" or "SBB Crocodile", were highly successful and served until the 1980s. The German model railway manufacturer Märklin published a book about their history in 1984. Several are still in operation as preserved historical locomotives.

@SuperRede4u

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the detailed information. They really are a remarkable piece of engineering for the time.

@andydunn5673

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperRede4u agreed

@josephcooksley3219

8 ай бұрын

Yes when worked on one of largest dairy units in Switzerland 1970/71 winter they Crocodials used to motor past on the Ostersmundigen Thun main line thru to Brig ... it was Stop and look ever time even when unloading Sugarbeet pulp off railway wagon in the Ostermundigen rail yards ... dam hard work lol

Until i saw the driver coming out of the door, i thought this was an amazing N-gauge model railway! Love the fact that all you can hear are the birds and the cow-bells.

@afishcalledwanda

4 жыл бұрын

It is an N-gauge model. Aren't the people in motion just adorable?

I thought this was Railway Modelling at its best - then saw it was REAL. What fabulous scenery!

Nice video, beautiful loc and scenery. Thanks for posting.

Excellent Video, Thank You ! Saved to Favorites !

Wunderschön! Danke für's Teilen!

incredible, amazing, beautiful! 1000 dank für's zeigen.

The zoom on that lens though!!

@boyishot69

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah

amazing video! This loco is beautiful.

So very nice video. ¡Gracias!

Immaculate locomotive.Shame they had trouble with their pantographs.Stunning scenery!

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

Das berühmte Krokodil an einer wunderschönen Örtlichkeit. Klasse! Schade wegen der Panne. Das hat der ganzen Sache aber keinen Abbruch getan. Daumen hoch! :) Grüße Mega

@peterplein9971

5 жыл бұрын

K

muito,lindo,e,adoravel

stunning loco

felicitaciones por buen video

What a Beautiful location.

They lift and lower the pantograph with air pressure. The wearing strips sometimes contain a pipe under pressure. If the wearing strip is breaking, air pressure lowers and the pantograph is lowering also to protect the wire ! I assume they had leakage in that system and had to pump up the reservoir to lift the pantograph again, until the electric pump had energy and started to deliver enough pressure to keep the pantopgraph up.

@ddpeak1

4 жыл бұрын

muctop well explained old days chap thanks.

👍👍👍 Excellent!!!!👍👍👍 Great caught!!!!!👍👍👍

The most beautiful country in the world.

Spettacolare!

Belle video superpes paysages et belle crocodile.Dommage que la Suisse soit si chère.C'est un pays que j'adore.

Amazing

Trotz Machinen Lärm Man kann die Vögel richtig hören Das liebe ich. Ich wohne gerade neben ein Wald.Und auch in drr Schweiz.

@saputravian3370

5 жыл бұрын

Hai...

I have a small, Triang 040 from the sixties which appears to borrow the steeple cab, colour and Pantograph from this impressive beast.

Beautyful pleace.

If Wes Anderson was a trainspotter, this is what his meets would look like

Da wird der Fahrdienstleiter aber ins Schwitzen gekommen sein! Die Güterzüge sind wohl irgendwo gestapelt worden

beautiful

Explanation for understanding please - what were the men winding or pumping within the cab, and why was it at the opposite end to the pantograph that finally made it to the power wire?

@stepheneyles2198

5 жыл бұрын

It would have been a pump to manually raise the pantograph; from their lack of success I imagine there was an air leak preventing it from working until they fixed something. Linked below is an interesting document about pantographs which mentions a "Foot pump for manual raising". stemmann.com/documents/catalogues/st_railway_technology_systems.pdf

@ThePaulv12

5 жыл бұрын

Why couldn't you have left the pantograph that was up, up? I understand that sometimes 2 are required for ice removal but what difference does it make?

Hello, Nice Video! Which camcorder are you using?

How come it was following the passenger trains?

Schönes Video! Tolle Maschine in wunderbarer Landschaft! :o) Muß der Pantograph von Hand hochgepumpt werden? Ich dachte, das geschieht per Federdruck- man sieht die Jungs im Innern da solche Fitnessübungen machen...?

@TheMawiLP

2 жыл бұрын

Nein die funktionieren per Druckluft, und ohne Strom funktioniert der Kompressor nicht und wenn der Hauptluftbehälter auch zu wenig druck hat gibt es nur die Hilfspumpe

Nice.👌👌👌👌👌

Иволга щебечет...скорей бы весна !! Сегодня 11.01.

😍😍😍😍😍

EIN HERRLICHES TEIL

Beast!

My theory is that the air in Switzerland is very clear, so the colours of distant things appear more crisp than usual, leading people (incl. myself) to believe they are looking at a model.

Nice video

Call me crazy, but Switzerland looks like a model train layout. The krokodils are about my favorite locomotives.

Schade wegen der Panne war trotzdem TollYves Mollard Eisenbahnfan aus Sarnen Obwalden

wait these actually exist

Yes, let's raise the pantograph with the main breaker engaged. Works everytime!

Thsst is an old electric locomotive

Jesus some fucking lens on that camera, seriously impressive.

Warndreieck, Warnblinkanlage ;-) nein Spass, Gott sei Dank haben sie es wieder flott bekommen

🙋

It just dropped its consist so it has to chase after it

珍しい機関車ですね(⌒‐⌒)日本では先ずは見ないですね(*_*)

@nichkom

4 жыл бұрын

я в России тоже

I have this in a LGB.

Ich nehme mal an, die mussten die Stromabfälle mit der Handpumpe aus der Stromabnehmerleitung herauspressen. Da setzen sich jeweils so rostige Elektronen und angesengte Neutronen fest, wodurch die Protonen ochsidieren =:-)

GG1 locomotive

The train is like hoew the fuck did yea forgot me ........wait i commin

La loco qui essaye de ratrapper sa rame de wagon

Модель цього потяга є

Where's my Viagra pills!

@HeartlandTuber

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Gerlach Sigh. You beat me to it. I was going to comment on how hard it was for the poor man, no matter how hard he worked at it, to get it up.

@chrislauterbach8856

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@chrislauterbach8856

4 жыл бұрын

@@HeartlandTuber 🤣

@chrislauterbach8856

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

Shouldn’t a crocodile be green ;-)

コレ日本の電気機関車ぢゃねーの？

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