H0 Models from Switzerland

Switzerland is home to the legendary Crocodile and the modern Re 460 "Lok 2000". This overview links to all Switzerland topics on the platform: SBB, BLS, RhB, Swiss model manufacturers HAG and Bemo, plus the iconic locomotive families.

Swiss railways are technically and aesthetically a special case: 15 kV 16.7 Hz like Germany and Austria, but interspersed with metre-gauge networks like the RhB, MGB and many mountain and rack railways. SBB has produced its own locomotive families over decades — the Crocodile, the Ae series, the Re 4/4 and the modern Re 460 — found nowhere else.

Swiss railway operators

SBB – Swiss Federal Railways — the national railway since 1902, largest passenger and freight operator.
BLS – Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon — the second-largest Swiss standard-gauge railway, operating the key Lötschberg axis.
SBB Cargo — SBB's freight subsidiary, major player in Alpine transit.

Swiss model manufacturers

HAG — Mörschwil, founded 1944; classic Swiss model railways, traditionally AC.
Bemo — actually from Germany, but THE specialist for Swiss narrow gauge (RhB H0m, MGB H0m).

International manufacturers with Switzerland range

Märklin, Roco, Piko and Brawa all carry extensive SBB and BLS programmes.

Famous Swiss locomotives

Crocodile (Be 6/8 II/III, Ce 6/8 II/III) — the iconic articulated SBB locomotive for the Gotthard route; internationally famous for its distinctive look.
Ae 6/6 — the "Cantonal Loco", each engine carrying a Swiss canton coat of arms.
Re 4/4 II/III/IV — the SBB universal express locomotive from the 1960s.
Re 6/6 — twin locomotive for heavy Gotthard traffic.
Re 460 "Lok 2000" — the modern 1990s universal locomotive, iconic design of the Bahn 2000 reform.
Re 482/484 — Traxx family for SBB Cargo and BLS Cargo, international service.

Multiple units & push-pull trains

RABe 503/523 — SBB Stadler FLIRT for regional and commuter service.
IC2000 — the Bahn 2000 double-deck coaches, symbol of modern SBB express trains.
FLIRT — Stadler-developed in Switzerland, a worldwide export hit.

Eras

Swiss H0 models cover all Eras I to VI — from pre-war Crocodiles of Era II through the SBB classics Ae 6/6 and Re 4/4 of Era IV to modern Re 460, Traxx and FLIRT of Era VI.