FS Class ALn 772

what is it?

The ALn 772 (Automotrice Leggera a nafta, Light Diesel motor car) series are a group of Diesel railcars built for the Italian public railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) between the 1930s and the 1950s. As the first project in Italy to abandon the automobile-derived design and adopt a comprehensive "rolling stock" approach, it represents the link between the simple and sturdy Littorine and the modern Diesel units.

who runs it

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

base stats

• speed 130 km/htop speed
• power 220 kWpower output
• weight 37 tin working order
• built 322made 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏24.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 41 years (1945–1986).

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

spec sheet

built

1937–1957

in service from

1945

retired

1986

status

retired

number built

322

kind

Diesel

traction

diesel

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

builders

Fiat Ferroviaria, Officine Meccaniche

operators

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

top speed

130 km/h

power

220 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

length

24.6 m

weight

37 t

nicknames

Littorina

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