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FS Class 400
🇫🇷 France ·built by André Koechlin & Cie· from 1861· class of 2 Austrian 0-8-6 locomotives
what is it?
FS Class 400 were steam locomotives of French construction, built for service in Italy. They were 0-8-0 tender locomotives with two outside cylinders.
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 165 years ago, in 1861.
- 455 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.5 m long: about 3 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
- 1861–1871
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- André Koechlin & Cie
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 455 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- length
- 14.5 m
- Dutch name
- SB alt 29
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2205272, Wikipedia: FS Class 400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.