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FS Class E.332
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno· from 1914· class of 6 Italian electric locomotives
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- 1. Locomotiva FS E.332.1: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
FS Class E.332 was a class of three-phase electric locomotives of the Italian State Railways (FS). They were used for the haulage of passenger trains between 1917 and 1963. Designed and built at the same time as the FS Class E.331, they represented an attempt by FS to extend the use of three-phase AC electric traction from primary to secondary routes.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1917
- number built
- 6
- kind
- electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno, Oerlikon Works
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Three-phase overhead line, 3.6 kV, 16.7 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- 2′C2′
- weight
- 92.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836237, Wikipedia: FS Class E.332 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.