Swiss rail operator SBB has announced a major overhaul of its fleet of Re460 locomotives.
The locomotives are the only vehicles in Switzerland capable of reaching speeds of 200km/h and have now been in operation for 20 years.
SBB will upgrade each of its 119 locomotives, having estimated that together they cover the equivalent of two-and-a-half times around the globe every day.
Modernisation work will be carried out at a site in Yverdon-les-Bains between now and 2022.
Around 230 million Swiss francs is being invested in the programme, which will include installing energy recovery systems on the locos.
The first revitalised Re460 is expected to return to service in 2015.
119 locos x 20 years = 2,380 loco years
2.5 times around the globe = 100,000 kms
So each loco has traveled about 40 kms per year?? Swiss efficiency???
Shome mishtake surely?