Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn Abdeh 8/8 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn ABDeh 8/8, now known as the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ABDeh 8/8, is a three member class of metre gauge, rack rail, electric multiple units operated until 2002 by the Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn, and since then by its successor, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The class is so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, ABDeh 8/8 denotes an electric railcar with first and second class compartments, a baggage compartment, and a total of eight axles, all of which are drive axles fitted with cogwheels for rack rail operation.