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The class entered the BVZ fleet in 1975–1976, and all of its members are still in service. Five mechanically similar vehicles, with different electrical equipment, had already been procured in 1972 by the
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While the mechanical componentry of the Deh 4/4 remained largely unchanged, the electrical equipment installed in the BVZ vehicles was a
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24:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Deh 4/4 21–24
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241:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Deh 4/4 21–24
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22:Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn Deh 4/4
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166:1,094 kW (1,470 hp)
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305:Introduction of the class
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699:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
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610:Schweizer Triebfahrzeuge
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35:Deh 4/4 No. 22 near
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796:MGB HGm 2/2
508:in service
492:in service
485:St. Niklaus
476:in service
428:(GFN) type
381:, and with
327:control car
276:Switzerland
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66:Constructed
887:Categories
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791:FO HGm 4/4
781:BVZ Gm 3/3
758:HGe 4/4 II
721:BFD HG 3/4
716:VZB HG 2/3
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272:Valais
268:Canton
198:Bo'Bo'
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517:Täsch
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