8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotiva FS 744 118: Sandro Baldi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. At Cagliari, Sardinia 2019 022: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. At Cagliari 2024 05: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. At Cagliari 2024 06: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. At Cagliari 2024 07: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. At Cagliari 2024 08: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. At Cagliari 2024 09: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. At Cagliari 2024 10: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 744 (Italian: Gruppo 744) is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives; they were the last orthodox steam locomotives built for the FS.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.6 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
- 1927–1928
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Ansaldo, Breda, Officine Meccaniche
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 11.6 m
- weight
- 70.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836169, Wikipedia: FS Class 744 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.