(Quarter IV/2024)
Electric locomotive 193 110 "Goldpiercer" of Railpool leased to SBB Cargo International.
■ Christening name "Lake Zug"
■ Finely detailed model with four pantographs
■ Cross-border use in freight transport
■ Switchable head/tail light with DIP switch
■ In cooperation with Railcolor Design
SBB Cargo International received the first ETCS Baseline 3 Vectron from the leasing company Railpool in 2023. Both Vectron from Railpool and ETCS Baseline 3 locomotives are a novelty in Switzerland. A long-term lease agreement has been signed for eight locomotives, which is why five of the locomotives will be given the Alppiercer design typical of SBB Cargo International.
Now the Railpool 193 110 "Gold Piercer" has also been painted for SBB Cargo International based on the previous Nightpiercer series. The "Goldpiercer" is already the seventh special locomotive to be built on a Vectron. Like their predecessors (MRCE Vectron – aka "Shadwopiercer"), the DACHINL locomotives will be given Swiss sea names. The choice to wrap the 193 110 "Zugersee" in a special design is no coincidence, because it is the 300th new locomotive from Railpool and consequently also bears discreet golden stripes.
