Train experts of Switzerland, what does these symbols mean?

8 comments

1. Technical indications, identification numbers, length,… IIRC, it’s at least a European standard.

2. Everything is explained here: [https://www.bav.admin.ch/bav/fr/home/droit/bases-legales-prescriptions/pct-2020.html](https://www.bav.admin.ch/bav/fr/home/droit/bases-legales-prescriptions/pct-2020.html) (R300.1 mainly) 🙂

   But notably:
   – The train serial number (CH-..)
   – Weight (and “brake weight”) of the train
   – length
   – Types of brakes (magnetic, disc, ..)
   – And at the end that it can go on a hump yard

3. I know that LBT and NBS means it’s certified for the new lines at Lötschberg and Neubaustrecke near Langenthal. But it’s missing the text for Gotthard so it can’t go through there.

4. If I tell you, I’ll have to kill you

5. It means a couple things.

6. Unter anderem: Gewicht, Bremsgewicht, Achsenabstand, länge Puffer zu Puffer, dritte Revision war in Olten am 7.4.21. Geschlossenes WC also kein Plumsklo und und und

7. Oh Dude, I’ve been there.. Staring and pondering, trying to figure out what the heck these squiggles mean.

8. -Train serial number
   -Your moms weight
   -can go into tunnels
   -Type of wheels / breaks
   -amount of trains attached to this one
   -it’s got a horn
   -electrical output
   -it has toilet