Hello:

39429? Do you mean 39420 (green) or 39421 (red)? Those are Re 4/4I Pendelzug loks. These loks were used for local and regional push-pull trains on many Swiss lines. The consist would normally be composed of a baggage car (43401), two second class coaches (43371) and a pilot coach (43410) or RailTop 21301/21302 or 21303.

The Re 4/4I (Pendelzug) were not used for international traffic. The Re 4/4I (2nd Series) (37044) was used to pull SBB Express Trains and International Trains in the flat areas of the country, eg between St. Gallen, Zuerich and Geneva, between Basel and Luzern, and so on.

The more modern Re 4/4II (3434, 34344, 37356, 37343, etc) were used to pull freight and passenger trains, both in the flatlands and on both the Gotthard and Loetschberg/Simplon routes.

There are books like Die Gotthardbahn by Marti & Trueb (OF publishing) and Lokomotiven und Triebwagen (SBB Historic.ch) that list the loks and give photos and some details about what coaches (esp pilot coaches) go with each lok.

Another good source of photos of all kinds of Swiss loks is: http://www.bahnbilder.de...hierarchie1/Schweiz.html

Select E-Loks or Dieselloks or one of the other categories to see the photos.

Another useful site is http://www.polier.ch/page/archiv/Fotoarchiv.htm. Click on P. Sutter and then select SBB or BLS and enjoy!

Regards

Mike C

I am not clear which model you have. The 37044 Re 4/4I (2010) could be used with Swiss domestic and international coaches as these loks could be found between Geneva/Lausanne and Brig (for example) or between Basel and Luzern. The Re 4/4I (39421) with the gangway doors on the end was used for regional push pull trains, but may have occasionally seen use with international trains if other loks were not available or were defective and needed to be replaced.

Regards

Mike C

....the re-package of 3 lightweight coaches with an interesting special offer is coming (repackage of the Swiss mega starter set)