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FS Class ALn 668

🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Fiat Ferroviaria· from 1956· Italian diesel railcar

🚆 multiple unit diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. ALn668 1706 03: Federico Cantoni (Jollyroger)· CC BY-SA 2.5
  2. 2. Firenze - deposito locomotive - ALn 668.1020 - 22-08-1985: Gabriele Fontana· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. FS ALn 668.1400: Moliva· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. L'ALn 668.3012 + l'ALn 668.3017 alla stazione di Trapani: Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. FS ALn 668.3100: Giorgio Stagni· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. FS ALn 668.3300: © Ra Boe / Wikipedia Create the proper attribution for your usage by clicking on this button! This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. Attribution:· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  7. 7. 13.11.95 Trapani ALn668.3017 & ALn668.3012 (12788763833): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. ALn668.1401+ALn668.1452 Rovato città 20080601: Moliva· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. ALn 668 3200 Trenitalia San Zeno Naviglio 20110410: Moliva· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Aln 668 1615: Aph· Public domain
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FS Class ALn 668, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Federico Cantoni (Jollyroger)· CC BY-SA 2.5

what is it?

The ALn 668 (Automotrice Leggera a nafta, Light Diesel motor car) series is a family of diesel railcars built by Fiat Ferroviaria between the year 50s and 1980s. The trains were built for the Italian public railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), now Trenitalia as well as many Italian private railway operators. Types derived from the class have been built for the railway companies of other nations.

who runs it

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

base stats

  • speed 130 km/htop speed
  • weight 36 tin working order
  • seats 68passengers
  • built 785made in total

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 70 years ago, in 1956.
  • Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 22.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1956
in service from
1956
number built
785
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇮🇹 Italy
builders
Fiat Ferroviaria, Breda, Officine Meccaniche
operators
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
top speed
130 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
length
22.1 m
weight
36 t
capacity
68 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q948511, Wikipedia: FS Class ALn 668 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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