#1572
FS class R.301
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno· from 1912· class of Italian narrow gauge 2-6-0T locomotives
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- 1. Mus Scienza Tecnica locomotiva R301: Arbalete· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The R.301 locomotive was a narrow gauge 2-6-0T steam locomotive for passenger and freight service that served on the Sicilian narrow gauge railway network and of the former colonies, Eritrea and Libya.
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.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1914
- in service from
- 1912
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno, Breda, Ansaldo, Officine Meccaniche
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Eritrean Railway
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 239 kW
- gauge
- 950 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 7.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836255, Wikipedia: FS class R.301 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.