# SBB Re 460

The Re 460, popularly known as the Lok 2000, are a class of modern four-axle electric locomotives of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), similar to the Re 465 of BLS. Although designed as multipurpose locomotives, the Re 460 are now used only for hauling long-distance passenger trains in Switzerland (one service to Konstanz). 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. Only Stadler Rail still manufactures shunting and rack railway locomotives in the country.

## Assignment

The series was introduced as part of the Rail 2000 project, a massive project to modernise and improve the capacity of Switzerland's railways.
Upon their entry into service in the early 1990s, they replaced the Ae 3/6$^I$ [de], Ae 4/7, and Re 4/4$^I$ [de] series units, and displaced many of the Re 4/4$^{II}$ series into lesser duties.
When SBB was split up on 1 September 1999, locomotives Re 460 № 079–118 were assigned to the freight division, later becoming SBB 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 the Re 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 the IC 2000 double-decker or EW IV [de] trainsets (often used to pull InterCity and InterRegio trains in the German and French language areas). Their freight role has been assumed by Re 482s, Re 420/421 and Re 620 (previously also Re 481).
They are maintained at Yverdon.

## Naming and liveries

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

* Re 460 000 Grauholz
* Re 460 001 Lötschberg
* Re 460 002 Seeland
* Re 460 003 Millieu du Monde
* Re 460 004 Uetliberg
* Re 460 005 Val d'Anniviers
* Re 460 006 Lavaux
* Re 460 007 Junior
* Re 460 008 La Gruyère
* Re 460 009 Le jet d´eau
* Re 460 010 Löwenberg
* Re 460 011 Léman
* Re 460 012 Erguël
* Re 460 013 Nord Vaudois
* Re 460 014 Val du Trient
* Re 460 015 Dübendorf II
* Re 460 016 Rohrdorferberg Reusstal
* Re 460 017 Les Diablerets
* Re 460 018 —
* Re 460 019 Terre Sainte
* Re 460 020 Idée suisse
* Re 460 021 —
* Re 460 022 Sihl
* Re 460 023 Wankdorf
* Re 460 024 Rheintal
* Re 460 025 Striegel
* Re 460 026 Fricktal
* Re 460 027 Joggeli
* Re 460 028 Seetal
* Re 460 029 Eulach
* Re 460 030 Säntis
* Re 460 031 Chaumont
* Re 460 032 —
* Re 460 033 —
* Re 460 034 Aare
* Re 460 035 —
* Re 460 036 Franches-Montagnes
* Re 460 037 Sempacher See
* Re 460 038 Hauenstein
* Re 460 039 Rochers de Naye
* Re 460 040 Napf
* Re 460 041 Mendrisiotto
* Re 460 042 Albis
* Re 460 043 Dreispitz
* Re 460 044 Zugerland
* Re 460 045 Rigi
* Re 460 046 Polmengo
* Re 460 047 Maderanertal
* Re 460 048 Züri Wyland
* Re 460 049 Pfannenstiel
* Re 460 050 Züspa
* Re 460 051 Staffelegg
* Re 460 052 Eigenamt
* Re 460 053 Suhrental
* Re 460 054 Dreiländereck
* Re 460 055 Lillehammer
* Re 460 056 —
* Re 460 057 Val-de-Ruz
* Re 460 058 La Côte
* Re 460 059 La Béroche
* Re 460 060 Val-de-Travers
* Re 460 061 Wiggertal
* Re 460 062 Ergolz
* Re 460 063 Brunegg
* Re 460 064 Mythen
* Re 460 065 Rotsee
* Re 460 066 Finse
* Re 460 067 Hohle Gasse
* Re 460 068 Gütsch
* Re 460 069 Verkehrshaus
* Re 460 070 —
* Re 460 071 Mittelland
* Re 460 072 Reuss
* Re 460 073 Monte Ceneri
* Re 460 074 —
* Re 460 075 Schafmatt
* Re 460 076 Leventina
* Re 460 077 Chunnel
* Re 460 078 Monte Generoso
* Re 460 079 Weissenstein
* Re 460 080 Tre Valli
* Re 460 081 Pfänder
* Re 460 082 Ceresio
* Re 460 083 —
* Re 460 084 Helvetia (from 12 September 2006 to August 2007: Neftenbach)
* Re 460 085 Pilatus
* Re 460 086 Ägerisee
* Re 460 087 Säuliamt
* Re 460 088 Limmat
* Re 460 089 Freiamt
* Re 460 090 Goffersberg
* Re 460 091 Werdenberg
* Re 460 092 Fridolin
* Re 460 093 Rhein
* Re 460 094 Rhätia
* Re 460 095 Bachtel
* Re 460 096 Furttal
* Re 460 097 Studenland
* Re 460 098 Balsberg
* Re 460 099 Bodensee
* Re 460 100 Tösstal
* Re 460 101 Bözberg
* Re 460 102 Lägern
* Re 460 103 Heitersberg
* Re 460 104 Toggenburg
* Re 460 105 Fürstenland
* Re 460 106 Munot
* Re 460 107 Glärnisch
* Re 460 108 Engadin
* Re 460 109 Alpstein
* Re 460 110 Mariaberg
* Re 460 111 Kempt
* Re 460 112 Thurtal
* Re 460 113 Irchel
* Re 460 114 Circus Knie
* Re 460 115 Heidiland
* Re 460 116 Ostschweiz
* Re 460 117 Zürichsee
* Re 460 118 Gotthard / Gottardo

### Advertising

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 mobile advertising 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 in Agfa livery. Today no other loco type in Switzerland carries so many different liveries.
    List of alternate names due to special liveries Serial № Engine's name Period Livery Re 460 003 Roger2008National Suisse / Roger Federer Re 460 014 FORTICO21 Jun 1996 – 30 Oct 1997Holderbank Cement: HCB Re 460 015 uf u dervo27 Jun 2004 – 9 Oct 2006Schweizer Radio DRS III Re 460 016 TRAMONT11 Apr 1997 – 27 May 1998ABB / Adtranz I-V Re 460 018 Louis Danzas23 Jan 1995 – 17 Apr 1997Danzas AG Re 460 018 Leutschenbach I22 Jan 2005 – 5 Oct 2005Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS II Re 460 019 Miele17 Aug 1995 – 4 Nov 1996Miele: Miele Schweizer- und Euronorm Re 460 020 idée suisse24 Mar 1999 – unknownSRG SSR idée suisse Re 460 021 Lovely4 Oct 1995 – 26 Mar 1997ZVSM: Milch. Die natürliche Energie Re 460 024 Doris Leuthard22 Jun 2006 – unknownZugkraft Aargau II Re 460 032 Leutschenbach II6 Jan 1997 – 18 Oct 2005Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS Leutschenbach II Re 460 033 Ascolino2 Sep 1996 – 31 Oct 1997Ascom verbindet Menschen Re 460 035 Roger2015Helvetia Insurance / Roger Federer Re 460 040 Helen Lüthi20 Apr 2002 – 5 Sep 2005100 Jahre SBB 1902–2002 Re 460 056 Leutschenbach I6 Jan 1997 – 5 Aug 2004Schweizer Fernsehen SF DRS Leutschenbach I Re 460 073 DRS 112 May 2004 – 10 May 2007Schweizer Radio DRS 1 Re 460 079 Morgestraich5 Oct 1999 – 15 Mar 2004ChemOil Logistics AG Re 460 079 Stein am Rhein30 Mar 2004 – 20 Jul 200525 Jahre Verkehrsclub der Schweiz Re 460 101 Magic Ticket2 Jun 2004 – unknownSBB: Magic Ticket – Hopp Schwiiz

## BLS Re 465

Swiss company BLS operates 18 similar locomotives, designated Re 465. These locomotives have efficiency modifications, slightly higher power output and tractive effort and individual axle control rather than individual bogie control, but are otherwise identical to the Re 460. Numbered 001–018, all are named. These locomotives are used for both passenger and freight duties by BLS.
List of names:
* 001 Simplon/Sempione (BLS AlpTransit/Lötschberg livery)
* 002 Gornergrat
* 003 Jungfraujoch–Seespiele
* 004 Mittelallalin-Valaistourisme
* 005 Niesen
* 006 Lauchernalp
* 007 Schilthorn
* 008 Niederhorn
* 009 Napf
* 010 Mont Vully
* 011 Wisenberg
* 012 Euro Tunnel
* 013 Stockhorn
* 014 Spalenberg
* 015 Vue-des-Alpes
* 016 Centovalli
* 017 Schrattenflue
* 018 Brienz Rothorn Bahn

## Usage in other countries

The MTR Corporation of Hong Kong also operated two Lok2000 variants for its cross-boundary service from Kowloon, Hong Kong, to Guangzhou, China. They were introduced in 1998 when the service was operated by the KCRC; accordingly, the train is called the KTT, which stands for "KCR Through Train". These long-distance trains had ten double-deck carriages and were equipped with knuckle couplers, instead of buffers and chain couplers. While the train had two locomotives, it was not operated in push-pull mode. The KTT service was cancelled in 2024, following suspension of the service from 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the opening of the faster Hong 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 at Hung Hom station.
The 46 Sr2 locomotives of VR (Finnish Railways) are closely based on the Re 460, as are the 22 NSB El 18 class used by Vy of Norway. Indian Railways' WAP-5 electric locomotives are also based on the Re 460. The shape of the modified version of China Railways SS9 electric locomotives is similar to Re 460.

## Accidents and incidents

On 20 February 2015, locomotive No. 460 087-0 was involved in a collision with S-Bahn Class 514 electric multiple unit 514 146–2 at Rafz.