#1977
FS Class 480
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Officine Meccaniche· from 1923· class of 18 Italian 2-10-0 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Museo nazionale ferroviario di Pietrarsa - locomotiva 480.017: B.Zsolt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. FS 480.018 (2): FOTO RENATO CESA DE MARCHI· Public domain
- 3. FS 480.018: FOTO RENATO CESA DE MARCHI· Public domain
what is it?
The Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 480 (Italian: Gruppo 480) is a 2-10-0 steam locomotive.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 45 years (1923–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Officine Meccaniche
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 1′E h2
- length
- 12.2 m
- weight
- 84.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836122, Wikipedia: FS Class 480 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.