8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RM 6820: Foto Breda· Public domain
- 2. FS 830.035 Pergusa 010708: Nordwaldedampflok· CC BY 4.0
- 3. 001particolare 3: Sbardella· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 005particolare 2: Sbardella· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 010 ruote, particolare: Sbardella· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 016valvola vapore: Arseliosbardella· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 017 locomotiva ex Breda, particolari vari: Arseliosbardella· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 020locomotiva, particolare 3: Arseliosbardella· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The FS Class 830 was a series of 0-6-0T tank locomotives used by the Italian State Railways (FS) for shunting duties from 1903 to the 1940s. Initially built for the Rete Mediterranea (RM) as RM 6807–6820, these locomotives were closely related to the earlier RM 6801-6806, later FS 829 and served as the direct predecessors to the FS 835. Some components of decommissioned FS 830 locomotives were repurposed for constructing locomotives of the FS 234 and E.321 and E.322 groups.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 37 years (1903–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1906
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 44
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Breda
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9 m
- weight
- 45.2 t
- Dutch name
- Locomotiva FS 830
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836192, Wikipedia: FS Class 830 I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.