#1036
FS Class E.430
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Ganz Works· from 1901· class of Italian electric locomotives
.jpg)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotiva elettrica GRE430 - Museo scienza e tecnologia Milano: Alessandro Nassiri· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Locomotiva elettrica GRE430 Museo scienza e tecnologia Milano 01 (crop): Alessandro Nassiri for Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia (Milan)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The FS Class E.430 locomotives, initially classed as RA 34, were three-phase alternating current electric locomotives of the Italian railways. They were built for Ferrovia della Valtellina by Ganz and MÁVAG in 1901 and had a power output of 440 kW (about 600 metric horsepower) and a haulage capacity of 300 tons. One locomotive is preserved.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1902
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Ganz Works
- operators
- Ferrovia della Valtellina
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo+Bo
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q995195, Wikipedia: FS Class E.430 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.