#1571
FS Class E.220
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Carminati & Toselli· from 1912· class of 1 Italian electric locomotive
what is it?
FS Class E.220 was a two-axle electric locomotive, powered by a third rail, built for operation on the Varese line of the Italian Rete Mediterranea (Mediterranean Network) and registered as RM 02. It was acquired by the Italian State Railways in 1918 and re-registered as 220.01.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Carminati & Toselli
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 220 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 650 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- 4w
- length
- 8.2 m
- weight
- 27.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836230, Wikipedia: FS Class E.220 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.