#2711
FS Class 736
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1942· USATC S160 2-8-0 locomotives in service with the Italian State Railways
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Museo nazionale ferroviario di Pietrarsa - locomotiva 736.114: B.Zsolt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. FS 736.086 fronte: Luciano Marcon· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. FS 736.086 retro: Luciano Marcon· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 736 (Italian: Gruppo 736) was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives ex-United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) 2-8-0 steam locomotives of the S160 Class. There were 243 locomotives in this class, numbered 736.001-243. They were taken to Italy by invading US forces.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 84 years ago, in 1942.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1942–1945
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 73 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4209768, Wikipedia: FS Class 736 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.