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FS Class E.321 (third rail)
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Officine Meccaniche· from 1923· class of 17 Italian electric locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotiva elettrica E.321.012 - Museo scienza tecnologia Milano D0324: Tecnomasio Italiano Brown Boveri (TIBB) (costruttore)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Mus Scienza Tecnica loco E321: Arbalete· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 060MilanoMuseoScienza: MarkusMark· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. DSCF1944 (6937562490): John Seb Barber from Leeds, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Locomotiva elettrica E.321.012 - Museo scienza tecnologia Milano D0324 dia: Tecnomasio Italiano Brown Boveri (TIBB) (costruttore)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
FS Class E.321 was a class of 17 third-rail electric locomotives, built for the Italian State Railways (FS) for operation on the Varese line and on the underground line in Naples.
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.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1927
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Officine Meccaniche, Tecnomasio
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 650 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 12.8 m
- weight
- 69 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836235, Wikipedia: FS Class E.321 (third rail) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.