/ 2020 / … In 1919 a powerful double-snouted electric locomotive of the type Ce 6/8 II, number 14253, was delivered to the Swiss State Railways, the SBB. Since that year, “crocodiles” have been roaming the Swiss rails, mostly on the stretch of track through the Gotthard tunnel. On the 19th of October, 2019, the SBB Historic organization celebrated this 100th anniversary with a vintage passenger train that was triple-headed by the last surviving “crocodiles” that are still in running condition. Number 14253, together with two successor models, Be 6/8 lll 13302 (from 1922) and Ce 6/8 III 14305 (1925), once again conquered the Gotthard mountain route from Erstfeld to Bellinzona and back. We see the three locomotives and the train being assembled in Erstfeld, as well as images taken in the train during the trip to Bellizona. There we also glimpse the SBB loco Re 4/4 II 11192 that was attached at the front of the train in Bodio south of the Gotthard pass in order to use its internal signaling equipment.
/ 2019 / … Even tough Märklin has announced the new construction of this 1-gauge model not until end of January 2019, its delivery startet end of mai 2019. Das Maerklin-model in scale 1/32 with Article-Numerber 55681 in Europa has a list price of 3499,99 Euro. The model has a lenght of 626 millimeters and a weight of 6,5 kg. The original is one of the third series of swiss crocodile-locomotives (type Ce 6/8 III ) which was delivered in 1926 and 1927 to swiss railway-company SBB. Märklin realised the locomotive with the official operation number 14305 in state of the years 2018/2019 which is in 2019 sometimes on special rides in switzerland. This museum-locomotive is owned by the “Stiftung Historisches Erbe der SBB” (SBB Historic) and is in operation and maintenance bei the society “Verein Krokodil 14305”.
