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- 1. Locomotiva FS E.454.001: EmmeBi Photos· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The E.454 locomotives are a small series of electric locomotives with electronic control, single-cab, and remote-controllable, designed and built for the Italian State Railways in the 1980s. A freight version, named E.453, was also developed. Remaining at the prototype stage, they were phased out during the 1990s.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 3.9 MW is about 46 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985–1989
- in service from
- 1990
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Breda, Ansaldo, Fiat Ferroviaria, Tecnomasio
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 3.9 MW
- electric system
- 3 kV DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836246, Wikipedia: FS Class E.454 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.