2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotiva FS E.432.001 a Pietrarsa: Sandro Baldi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Italy Rail 014 Turin: Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
FS Class E.432 was a class of three-phase electric locomotives of the Italian State Railways. Forty of these 1′D1′ locomotives were built in 1928 by Società Ernesto Breda and two have been preserved.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- retired
- 1976
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 40
- kind
- electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Breda
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Three-phase overhead line, 3.6 kV, 162, 3 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- 1′D1′
- length
- 13.9 m
- weight
- 94 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q778626, Wikipedia: FS Class E.432 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.