what is it?
The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 310 (Italian: Gruppo 310), formerly Rete Mediterranea Class 380, was a 0-6-0 steam locomotive; they were the first Italian as-built compound locomotives.
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 132 years ago, in 1894.
- Weighs about as much as 7 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
- 1894–1901
- in service from
- 1894
- number built
- 69
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Breda, MÁVAG
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C n2v
- length
- 8.7 m
- weight
- 43.5 t
- Dutch name
- Locomotiva FS 310
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25245648, Wikipedia: FS Class 310 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.