At the beginning of 2006, SBB Cargo ordered 15 locomotives from Bombardier, the AC 2 variant of the TRAXX family which is classified as the RE 482.2 in Switzerland. The locomotives registered for Germany, Austria and Switzerland are not only used in transit traffic; they can now be encountered throughout Germany. With a total of 71 locomotives of the TRAXX family, SBB has the largest inventory of TRAXX locomotivesat a state-owned railway outside of Germany.
