#0132· Locomotiva FS 396
FS Class 396
built by Jean-François Cail· from 1860· class of 6 Italian 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
FS Class 396 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives originally built for the Victor Emmanuel Railway (VE). They were designed for hauling passenger trains and were nicknamed "Mammoth".
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 166 years ago, in 1860.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1860
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Jean-François Cail
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 13.4 m
- weight
- 30 t
- Dutch name
- Locomotiva FS 396
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836101, Wikipedia: FS Class 396 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.