The RBDe 560 and its derivatives provide motive power for S-Bahn, suburban, and regional traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) network. The derivative versions belong to the SBB as well as various private railroads. The locomotive and its matching Bt model Steuerwagen form compositions generally known as the Neuer Pendelzug, which is the source of the acronym NPZ. An NPZ trainset usually includes one or more intermediate cars.
RBDe 560
The matching NPZ driving trailer (Bt) in Biel
Glarner Sprinter color scheme in Zürich HB
Train des Vignes at Vevey
The Südostbahn – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a Swiss railway company, and a 1,435 mm standard gauge network in Central and Eastern Switzerland. It resulted from the merger of the original SOB with the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway (BT) at the end of 2001.
Südostbahn (SOB) Stadler FLIRT on Seedamm
Old generation rolling stock (until 2010): BDe 4/4 with a push-pull train, between Altmatt and Rothenthurm
SOB NPZ set (RBDe 566 motor coach, coach, and driving trailer) with former SOB livery
Historic Voralpen Express push-pull trainset (used until 2019) on Wissbach Viaduct near Degersheim