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FS Class 640 II

🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1907· class of 188 Italian 2-6-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Trenitalia Class 640 No 640-143 (8062232362): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. FS 640-143 - Chambéry, 2004: Jean-Jacques Levrot· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. FS 740.282 + FS 743.426 + FS 640.037: Sconosciuto· Public domain
  4. 4. FS 743.377+FS 743.426+FS 740.282+FS 640.037: Sconosciuto· Public domain
  5. 5. Pontassieve FS 640 003 Treno delle Castagne: Repuli· CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. Trenitalia Class 640 No 640-143 (8062229957): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. Trenitalia Class 640 No 640-143 (8062230741): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. Trenitalia Class 640 No 640-143 (8062231665): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. Trenitalia Class 640 No 640-143 (8062234224): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. Trenitalia Class 640 No 640-143 (8062234700): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
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FS Class 640 II, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 640 (Italian: Gruppo 640) is a class of 2-6-0 'Mogul' steam locomotives in Italy. Commonly nicknamed "Signorine" (Italian: 'young ladies'), a nickname shared with the similar Class 625, these locomotives were the first superheated steam locomotives in Italy.

who runs it

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • weight 54.5 tin working order
  • built 188made 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 119 years ago, in 1907.
  • Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 9.7 m long: about 2 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
1907–1911
number built
188
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇮🇹 Italy
builders
Berliner Maschinenbau, Breda, Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno, Ansaldo
operators
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
top speed
100 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
1′C h2
length
9.7 m
weight
54.5 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q3836143, Wikipedia: FS Class 640 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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