SBB-CFF-FFS A 3/5

SBB-CFF-FFS A 3/5
SBB-CFF-FFS A 3/5
	SBB A 3/5 express locomotive with matching coaches near Rolle
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	SLM Winterthur
Build date	1902–1922
Total produced	111
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-0
• UIC	2′C v4
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	18,600 mm (61 ft 0 in)
Height	4,400 mm (14 ft 5 in)
Loco weight	106–107 tonnes (104–105 long tons; 117–118 short tons)
Cylinders	4 – de Glehn compound
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	1,000 kW (1,300 hp)
Operators
Career
Operators	JS, SBB-CFF-FFS
Numbers	JS: 231+232; SBB-CFF-FFS: 701–811
Preserved	No. 705
Disposition	One preserved, remainder scrapped

The Swiss Class A 3/5 locomotives were built between 1902 and 1922 for the Jura–Simplon Railway, and the Gotthard Railway. These railways were absorbed into Swiss Federal Railways in 1903. In total 111 4-6-0 locomotives of this type were built by Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik in Winterthur, Switzerland.^[1]^[2]

Preservation

One locomotive of this type has been preserved. This is Number 705, built in 1904.^[2]

Scale models of the A 3/5 have been produced in a number of scales, from the tiny 1:220 Z scale,^[3] up to 1:32 Gauge 1.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "SBB A 3/5 4 Cylinder Compound Engine". Southern Steam Trains. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b "SBB Historic steam locomotives". Railfaneurope.net. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
^ "Marklin Z Engines New for 2007". Legacystation.com. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

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