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what is it?
The FS E.428 was a class of Italian railways electric locomotives. They were introduced in the course of the 1930s, for fast services on the Florence–Rome railway, being decommissioned in the 1980s.
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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- 2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934–1943
- in service from
- 1934
- number built
- 242
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Hitachi Rail Italy, Ansaldo, Reggiane, Fiat, Magneti Marelli, Tecnomasio, Fiat Ferroviaria, Breda
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 2.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- (2'Bo)(Bo2')
- length
- 19 m
- weight
- 130 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q677842, Wikipedia: FS Class E.428 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.