SBB-CFF-FFS A 3/5
Appearance
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![]() SBB A 3/5 express locomotive with matching coaches near Rolle | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Swiss Class A 3/5 locomotives were built between 1902 and 1922 for the Jura–Simplon Railway, and the Gotthard Railway. These railways were absorbed into Swiss Federal Railways in 1903. In total 111 4-6-0 locomotives of this type were built by Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik in Winterthur, Switzerland.[1][2]
Preservation
[edit]One locomotive of this type has been preserved. This is Number 705, built in 1904.[2]
Models
[edit]Scale models of the A 3/5 have been produced in a number of scales, from the tiny 1:220 Z scale,[3] up to 1:32 Gauge 1.[1]
In popular culture
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "SBB A 3/5 4 Cylinder Compound Engine". Southern Steam Trains. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ a b "SBB Historic steam locomotives". Railfaneurope.net. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ "Marklin Z Engines New for 2007". Legacystation.com. Retrieved 26 September 2009.