2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Taranto - deposito locomotive - locomotiva FS D 445.1009 - 09-07-1986: Gabriele Fontana· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. FS D 445 1125 Venezia Santa Lucia 060410: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class D.445 is a class of diesel locomotives used by the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) railway company and by Trenord. 150 units were built between 1974 and 1988, divided into three series.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- 1.6 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 51 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1974–1988
- in service from
- 1975
- status
- in service
- number built
- 150
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Fiat
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 14.1 m
- weight
- 73 t
- Dutch name
- FS type D.445
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q751558, Wikipedia: FS Class D.445 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.