what is it?
The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 600 (Italian: Gruppo 600), formerly Rete Adriatica Class 380 and Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali Class 380, is a 2-6-0 'Mogul' steam locomotive; it is considered by some as the first Italian modern steam locomotive.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.6 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 64 years (1905–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1910
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 248
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Ansaldo, Berliner Maschinenbau, Officine Meccaniche, Henschel & Sohn, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, MÁVAG, Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Rete Adriatica, Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 9.6 m
- weight
- 54 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836137, Wikipedia: FS Class 600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.