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what is it?
FAV Class E.440 was a class of four electric locomotives built for the Italian Ferrovia Alta Valtellina (FAV) in 1932 for the operation between Sondrio and Tirano.
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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1932
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- builders
- Nicola Romeo
- operators
- FAV
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Three-phase AC , 3,600V, 16.7 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836025, Wikipedia: FAV Class E.440 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.