#1911
FS Class E.421
built by Carminati & Toselli· from 1921· class of 1 Italian electric locomotive
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- 1. Locomotiva FS E.421: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The FS Class E.421 locomotive of the Italian State Railways (FS) was a battery electric locomotive, built as a single unit (E.421.1) and used for shunting at the old Milano Centrale railway station. It was the only battery electric locomotive to be registered in the FS fleet.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.3 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
- 1921
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- builders
- Carminati & Toselli
- operators
- FS
- top speed
- 25 km/h
- power
- 140 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Battery electric
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 11.3 m
- weight
- 64 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836242, Wikipedia: FS Class E.421 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.