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Material: Brass
Builder's number: 3496
Year of manufacture:1931
Manufacturer: OERLIKON MASCHINENFABRIK - SWITZERLAND
Oerlikon also deemed an electric brake essential; such a system was mandatoryfor locomotives traveling solo on the steep gradients of the Gotthard line.
Consequently, MFO’s design incorporated a Behn-Eschenburg regenerative brakingsystem—a technology that had already been successfully implemented on the Ce6/8 II series.
• Mechanical section: SLM (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works) in Winterthur(factory number 3486). - SEE MY OTHER LISTED PLATE IN - SLM WINTERTHURNr.3486
• Electrical section: MFO (Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon) in Zurich. - the actuallisted Locomotive Plate in this listing
The locomotive was completed in 1931 and officially handed over to the SBB inJune 1932. The units from the MFO delivery batch (numbers 10973 to 11002)differed from other Ae 4/7 locomotives due to the installation of an additionalelectric regenerative braking system. The locomotive was retired following asevere collision in 1988.
