Roco 7510101 H0 E-Loc Re 486 501-0 of BLS Cargo
Electric locomotive Re 486 501 from the Swiss rail company BLS Cargo.In September 2007, BLS Cargo was the only Swiss company to order ten Traxx F140 MS2e, with the option to deliver a further ten locomotives. However, the option has never been redeemed. Even though the new building route Rothrist â Matstetten and the Loetschberg base tunnel were completed at delivery and ETCS equipment was mandatory, the Re 486 was still in operation without this. The retrofit was carried out at a later date. The locomotives have been registered in Switzerland and are therefore called Re 486 with locomotive numbers 486 501 to 510. The machines are designed for traffic across the Alps and have the equipment for the countries of Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy. The 486 501 is the only locomotive of its series, the coat of arms with the place name Beura Cardezza. The new design with the Alpinists over a glacier column was realized for the first time on the 486 510 in spring 2022, before the remaining locomotives were also newly designed.This text is machine translated.