A pair of SBB shunters.

SBB9664GB_161006

THE ‘SAD EYES’ of the cab of SBB CFF FFS TmIV departmental diesel traction No. 9664 remind me of the front end of the infamous British Crossley-engined Metrovick Co-Bos. The 1971-built diesel hydraulics develop a massive 280kW of power or 375hp which puts them on or around the same as a BR Class 08! Recorded at Erstfeld, Switzerland, on October 16th, 2006.

SBB841015GB_151006

Built by GEC/Alsthom (now Alstom) with a 920kw power unit, a total of 40 Am 841 diesels were delivered to SBB CFF FFS between 1996-97, and they can mainly be found on trip freight and shunting duties. This is plain red No. 841 015-8, which was helping out on infrastructure work at Lucerne/Luzern, in central Switzerland, on October 15th, 2006 - note the exhaust scrubber on the rear bonnet. This locomotive design has since been adapted by Alstom/Vossloh and forms the basis of the SNCF BB 60000 class of shunters.