SBB Re 460
Re 460 withIC 2000double decker trainset, betweenElgg and Schottikon
Type and origin Power type Electric Designer Pininfarina Builder SLM,Winterthur ABB,Zürich Build date 1991–1996 Total produced 119
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)standard gauge Length 18,500 mm (60 ft 8 in) Width 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 in) Height 4,310 mm (14 ft 2 in) Loco weight 84 t (83 long tons; 93 short tons) Electric system/s 15 kV  16+2⁄3 Hz ACCatenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors ABB 4-FXA 7065 3-phase withGTO- (after modernisationIGBT-)VVVF Loco brake Air,regenerative andmagnetic track brake Train brakes Air Couplers buffers and chain
Performance figures Maximum speed 200 km/h (124 mph)[1] Power output 6,100 kW (8,180 hp) max. 5,600 kW (7,510 hp) cont. Tractive effort 230 kN (51,710 lbf) cont. @88 km/h (55 mph)
Career Operators SBB-CFF-FFS Class Re 460 000 – Re 460 118 Nicknames Lok 2000

TheRe 460, popularly known as theLok 2000, are aclass of modern four-axleelectric locomotives ofSwiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), similar to theRe 465 ofBLS. Although designed as multipurpose locomotives, the Re 460 are now used only forhauling long-distancepassenger trains inSwitzerland (oneservice toKonstanz). Variants of the Re 460 are used in China, Finland, India and Norway.

The Lok 2000-family locomotives are the last mainline locomotives to be quasi fully developed and produced by Swiss companies. Locomotive construction in Switzerland has since been largely discontinued for economic reasons. OnlyStadler Rail still manufacturesshunting andrack railway locomotives in the country.

The series was introduced as part of theRail 2000 project, a massive project to modernise and improve the capacity of Switzerland's railways.^[2]

Upon their entry into service in the early 1990s, they replaced theAe 3/6^I [de],Ae 4/7, andRe 4/4^I [de] series units, and displaced many of theRe 4/4^II series into lesser duties.

When SBB was split up on 1 September 1999, locomotives Re 460 № 079–118 were assigned to thefreight division, later becomingSBB Cargo. It was seen as an advantage to use all Re 460, which had been designed for 200 km/h (120 mph), for passenger service. The passenger division passed theRe 6/6 to SBB Cargo and bought Re 460 079–095 on 1 January 2003, 096–102 in 2004, and the rest in 2005.

While originally designed as a multipurpose locomotive, they are now used for passenger services only, often in conjunction with theIC 2000double-decker orEW IV [de] trainsets (often used to pullInterCity andInterRegio trains in the German and French language areas). Theirfreight role has been assumed byRe 482s,Re 420/421 andRe 620 (previously alsoRe 481).

They are maintained atYverdon.

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Like several other Swiss locomotives (e.g.Ae 6/6,Re 6/6,Re 450), almost all Re 460 locomotives are named. In case of the Re 460, the names are applied below the cab window at one end.

List of Engine № with their names

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Due in part to their large, mainly flat bodysides, Swiss Federal Railways were approached early on with requests for the Re 460 to be used as mobileadvertising hoardings. Despite opposition from some quarters, the money that could be earned swayed the decision, and the first such locomotive, Re 460 015, was unveiled in 1994 inAgfa livery. Today no other loco type in Switzerland carries so many different liveries.

List of alternate names due to special liveries^[3]

Serial №	Engine's name	Period	Livery
Re 460 003	Roger	2008	National Suisse /Roger Federer
Re 460 014	FORTICO	21 Jun 1996 – 30 Oct 1997	Holderbank Cement: HCB
Re 460 015	uf u dervo	27 Jun 2004 – 9 Oct 2006	Schweizer Radio DRS III
Re 460 016	TRAMONT	11 Apr 1997 – 27 May 1998	ABB /Adtranz I-V
Re 460 018	Louis Danzas	23 Jan 1995 – 17 Apr 1997	Danzas AG
Re 460 018	Leutschenbach I	22 Jan 2005 – 5 Oct 2005	Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS II
Re 460 019	Miele	17 Aug 1995 – 4 Nov 1996	Miele: Miele Schweizer- und Euronorm
Re 460 020	idée suisse	24 Mar 1999 – unknown	SRG SSR idée suisse
Re 460 021	Lovely	4 Oct 1995 – 26 Mar 1997	ZVSM: Milch. Die natürliche Energie
Re 460 024	Doris Leuthard	22 Jun 2006 – unknown	ZugkraftAargau II
Re 460 032	Leutschenbach II	6 Jan 1997 – 18 Oct 2005	Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS Leutschenbach II
Re 460 033	Ascolino	2 Sep 1996 – 31 Oct 1997	Ascom verbindet Menschen
Re 460 035	Roger	2015	Helvetia Insurance /Roger Federer
Re 460 040	Helen Lüthi	20 Apr 2002 – 5 Sep 2005	100 JahreSBB 1902–2002
Re 460 056	Leutschenbach I	6 Jan 1997 – 5 Aug 2004	Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS Leutschenbach I
Re 460 073	DRS 1	12 May 2004 – 10 May 2007	Schweizer Radio DRS 1
Re 460 079	Morgestraich	5 Oct 1999 – 15 Mar 2004	ChemOil Logistics AG
Re 460 079	Stein am Rhein	30 Mar 2004 – 20 Jul 2005	25 JahreVerkehrsclub der Schweiz
Re 460 101	Magic Ticket	2 Jun 2004 – unknown	SBB: Magic Ticket – Hopp Schwiiz

Swiss companyBLS operates 18 similar locomotives, designatedRe 465. These locomotives have efficiency modifications, slightly higher power output andtractive effort and individual axle control rather than individualbogie control, but are otherwise identical to the Re 460. Numbered 001–018, all are named.^[4] These locomotives are used for both passenger and freight duties by BLS.^[5]

List of names:

• 001Simplon/Sempione (BLS AlpTransit/Lötschberg livery)
• 002Gornergrat
• 003 Jungfraujoch–Seespiele
• 004 Mittelallalin-Valaistourisme
• 005Niesen
• 006Lauchernalp
• 007Schilthorn
• 008Niederhorn
• 009Napf
• 010Mont Vully
• 011Wisenberg
• 012 Euro Tunnel
• 013Stockhorn
• 014 Spalenberg
• 015Vue-des-Alpes
• 016Centovalli
• 017Schrattenflue
• 018Brienz Rothorn Bahn

TheMTR Corporation ofHong Kong also operated two Lok2000 variants for its cross-boundary service fromKowloon, Hong Kong, toGuangzhou, China. They were introduced in 1998 when the service was operated by theKCRC; accordingly, the train is called theKTT, which stands for "KCR Through Train". These long-distance trains had tendouble-deck carriages^[6] and were equipped withknuckle couplers, instead ofbuffers and chain couplers. While the train had two locomotives, it was not operated inpush-pull mode. The KTT service was cancelled in 2024, following suspension of the service from 2020 owing to theCOVID-19 pandemic, as well as the opening of the fasterHong Kong Express Rail Link in 2018. Both locomotives have been in storage since then; however, beginning in January 2025, one locomotive was placed on display atHung Hom station.

The 46Sr2 locomotives ofVR (Finnish Railways) are closely based on the Re 460, as are the 22NSB El 18 class used byVy of Norway.Indian Railways'WAP-5 electric locomotives are also based on the Re 460. The shape of the modified version ofChina Railways SS9 electric locomotives is similar to Re 460.

On 20 February 2015, locomotive No. 460 087-0 was involved in acollision withS-BahnClass 514electric multiple unit 514 146–2 atRafz.

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