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 locomotives at a state-owned railway outside of Germany.