HGe 4/4 II
The HGe 4/4 II is a combined adhesion and cogwheel-equipped electric locomotive used on a number of metre gauge railways in Switzerland since 1985.
An initial series of five prototypes was procured by a consortium made up of the Furka Oberalp Bahn and the SBB-CFF-FFS, which wanted them for the Brünigbahn, now known as the Zentralbahn. Once the type had been proven, the members of the consortium ordered a total of 11 series production units, and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn ordered another five such units.
The class is so named because it was the second class of locomotives of the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification type HGe 4/4 to be acquired by each of the three railway companies that procured it. According to that classification system, HGe 4/4 denotes a narrow gauge cogwheel-equipped electric locomotive with a total of four axles, all of which are drive axles.