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- 1. E47171928: Photograph of the Fototecnica Sella studio commissioned by CEMSA.· Public domain
what is it?
The FS Class E.471 locomotives were prototype three-phase AC electric locomotives designed for the Italian State Railways (FS). They constituted the first Italian experiment in using a phase converter. The final goal was to power them with single-phase alternating current, constituting the first case of a European locomotive of this type designed according to modern criteria.
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.
- 3.3 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.5 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
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Construzioni Elettro Meccaniche di Saronno
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- AC, 3.6 kV, 16.7 Hz or, 10 kV, 45 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- 1′D1′
- length
- 13.5 m
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836247, Wikipedia: FS Class E.471 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.