Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III

Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III
ABe 4/4 III 55 and 56 at Tirano station.
ManufacturerSwiss Locomotive and Machine Works and ASEA Brown Boveri
Constructed1988–1990
Number built6
Number in service6
OperatorsRhaetian Railway
Lines servedBernina Railway
Specifications
Car length16,886 mm (55 ft 5 in)
Width2,650 mm (8 ft 8 in)
Maximum speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Weight47 t (46.3 long tons; 51.8 short tons)
Power output1,016 kW (1,360 hp)
Electric system(s)1000 V DC Overhead
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classificationBo′Bo′
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge

The Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III is a class of metre gauge electric multiple unit railcars of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.

The class is so named because it was the third class of railcars of the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification type ABe 4/4 to be acquired by the Rhaetian Railway. According to that classification system, ABe 4/4 denotes an electric railcar with first and second class compartments and a total of four axles, all of which are drive axles.

Acquired in 1988 and 1990, the six railcars in the class are numbered 51 to 56. They operate on the 1,000 V DC powered Bernina Railway, where they have helped to cope with increasing traffic. Over the years, they have also displaced the earlier ABe 4/4 I class railcars into lower level services.