page_title: Swiss locomotive and railcar classification
section_title: Traction type
hierarchical_section_title: Swiss locomotive and railcar classification / The original classification system / Locomotives / Traction type
caption_attribution_description: English: SBB Historic Charter train pulled by Be 4/6 12320 between Rämismühle-Zell and Rikon. Digital alterations: Removed distracting street lights from behind the train Deutsch: Charterfahrt von SBB Historic mit Be 4/6 12320 zwischen Rämismühle-Zell und Rikon. Manipulationen am Bild: Störende Strassenlampen hinter der dem Zug entfernt
context_page_description: For more than a century, the Swiss locomotive, multiple unit, motor coach and railcar classification system, in either its original or updated forms, has been used to name and classify the rolling stock operated on the railways of Switzerland. It started out as a uniform system for the classification and naming of all rolling stock, powered and unpowered, but had been replaced and amended by the UIC classification of goods wagons.
context_section_description: The additional letters designating traction type can also occur in combination.  Examples: Gea, Tem, Gmf
  One distinction: with pure rack rail vehicles, the letter h comes in first place after the capital letters; with combined adhesion and rack rail drive, h comes at the end.  (Example: rack rail railcar Bhe 4/4, mixed Beh 4/4)
caption: Be 4/6 between Rämismühle-Zell and Rikon, 24 October 2009.
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