StephenHunter
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How do these work? I figure that the ABD in RABDe 500 reference the first class, second class and luggage van accomodation, but what about the rest?
The first letter relates to maximum speed (A was the fastest originally, R was an afterthought as speeds increased to 140km/h, starting with the Re4/4 (eg Re420).How do these work? I figure that the ABD in RABDe 500 reference the first class, second class and luggage van accomodation, but what about the rest?
Surely the latest Re 4/4 class is the BLS Re 475 Vectrons?Yes, the first one is the "Zugreihe", literally train series, there is also a series N for tilting trains that's above R but that isn't used in the class description thus a 2nd gen pendolino is still a RABe 503.
A is first, B second and C used to be third class, so D is for a luggage compartment.
We used to call our loco series Re 4/4 I, II and so on up to IV then we switched to using the class number so the latest Re 4/4 is a Re 460.
In that case I’ll throw in Re 482 and Re 484!I'm going to be pedantic and say BLS is not SBB, but in practice you're right.