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FS Class 835

🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Ansaldo· from 1906· class of 370 Italian 0-6-0T locomotives

FS Class 835, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 835 (Italian: Gruppo 835) is a 0-6-0T steam locomotive; it was the standard steam shunter of the FS.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 55 km/htop speed
  • power 272 kWpower output
  • weight 45.3 tin working order
  • built 370made in total

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 120 years ago, in 1906.
  • Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1906–1922
retired
1984
status
preserved
number built
370
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇮🇹 Italy
builders
Ansaldo, Breda, Reggiane, Officine Meccaniche
operators
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
top speed
55 km/h
power
272 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
0-6-0T
weight
45.3 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q155083, Wikipedia: FS Class 835 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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