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what is it?
The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 690 (Italian: Gruppo 690) was a 4-6-2 'Pacific' steam locomotive for express trains.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1911–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1914
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Breda, Officine Meccaniche, Ansaldo
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′C1′ h4
- length
- 13.4 m
- weight
- 87.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836161, Wikipedia: FS Class 690 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.