Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2

Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Ge 2/2 Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2
Ge 2/2 161 at Tirano, 2014
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Build date	1911
Total produced	2
Specifications
UIC classification	B
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in)
Electric system(s)	1 kV DC Overhead
Current collection method	Pantograph
Career
Operator(s)	Bernina Railway, Rhaetian Railway
Number(s)	BB: 61, 62, RhB: 161, 162
Official name	Ge 2/2
Locale	Graubünden, Switzerland
Current owner	Rhaetian Railway
Disposition	Both still in service

The Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2 is a class of small metre gauge 1 kV DC electric locomotives operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.

The class is so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, Ge 2/2 denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of two axles, both of which are drive axles. There are only two locomotives in the class, and they are numbered 161 and 162.

Both direct current locomotives were procured by the Berninabahn (BB) in 1911 for piloting duties. The then still brown liveried machines were given the numbers Ge 2/2 61 and 62, and were equipped with Lyra pantographs. After the Rhaetian Railway takeover of the BB, they were given the new numbers they still bear. Today, they work mainly as shunting locomotives in Poschiavo.

On the Appenzeller Bahnen (AB), there is another locomotive, Te 49, that is of similar appearance, and dates from 1912. Between 1955 and 1975, it operated as Ge 2/2 49.

Patrick Belloncle, Gian Brünger, Rolf Grossenbacher, Christian Müller: Das große Buch der Rhätischen Bahn 1889-2001. ISBN 3-9522494-0-8
Wolfgang Finke, Hans Schweers: Die Fahrzeuge der Rhätischen Bahn 1889-1998. Band 3: Triebfahrzeuge, Verlag Schweers+Wall Aachen, heute Köln, ISBN 3-89494-105-7
Claude Jeanmaire: Die elektrischen und Dieseltriebfahrzeuge Schweizerischer Eisenbahn - Die Gleichstromlinen der Rhätischen Bahn. Verlag Eisenbahn, ISBN 3-85649-020-5

This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at January 2010.

Rolling stock of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB)

Steam locomotives	G 3/4 G 2x2/2 G 2/2+2/3 G 2/3+2/2 G 4/5

Electric locomotives	Ge 2/2 Ge 3/3 Ge 2/4 Ge 4/4 I Ge 4/4 II Ge 4/4 III Ge 4/6 Ge 6/6 I Ge 6/6 II Ge 4/4 181 Ge 4/4 182

Electro-diesel locomotives	Gem 4/4

Diesel locomotives	Gm 3/3 Gm 4/4 Gmf 4/4

Railcars	ABe 4/4 (core network) Be 4/4 AB(D)e 4/4 (Arosa) ABe 4/4 I ABe 4/4 II ABe 4/4 III ABe 8/12 ABe 4/16 De 2/2

Tractors	Te 2/2 Tm 2/2 Tmf 2/2

Snow blowers	Xrotd Xrote Xrotm

Passenger cars	ABt BDt Einheitswagen I Einheitswagen II Einheitswagen III Einheitswagen IV Panoramawagen Schwerer Stahlwagen Aussichtswagen

Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2

Further reading