![GIPR’s first ‘Crocodile’.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2020/07/Das-Krokodil-der-GIPR-300x186.jpg)
When Switzerland was still exporting ‘Crocodiles’
In 1925, the Schweizerische Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik in Winterthur was contracted to build ‘Krokodil’/‘Crocodile’ locomotives for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.
![An Indian ‘Crocodile’ in operation.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2020/07/Ein-Indisches-Krokodil-im-Einsatz-300x201.jpg)
![An engine body in seaworthy packaging prior to shipping to India.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2020/07/Made-in-Winterthur-Seetüchtig-verpackt-300x201.jpg)
![An SBB ‘Crocodile’ of the second Ce 6/8 III series from 1926.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2020/07/lok-krokodil-GBE-4952_LM-1456851-300x169.jpg)
In 1925, the Schweizerische Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik in Winterthur was contracted to build ‘Krokodil’/‘Crocodile’ locomotives for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.