Swiss Federal Railways (SBB / CFF / FFS) series RABe four-system electric multiple unit. 6-part unit with 1 control car, 1st class, 1 open seating car, 1st class, 1 motor car with kitchen, 1 bar car with 2nd class open-plan compartment, 1 open seating car, 2nd class, and 1 control car, 2nd class. Reconstruction in the typical light and dark gray EC paint of the SBB. Use in international EC traffic. The car looks as it did around 1993 as the Euro City train 154 “Killesberg”.

EC RABe – gray mouse in the cheese country. After the TEE traffic was discontinued and the Euro-City connections began in 1987, the 5 RAe series railcars, which now operated in 6 parts, were converted. 2nd class seats were installed, the series designation was therefore changed to RABe and the railcars were given an EC-compliant, but in relation to the elegant TEE paint, monotonous paint in light gray / dark gray. The trains running on the connections Zurich – Milan and Zurich – Stuttgart were soon referred to as “gray mice”. The age of the trains became more and more noticeable, however, and when transformer damage and axle breakages increased, they were demoted to the TGV feeder train between Bern and Frasne and retired until 1999.

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