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what is it?
The FS E.625 and E.626 are two classes of Italian electric locomotives produced for the Ferrovie dello Stato. They were introduced in the course of the 1920s and remained in service until the 1990s. The E.626 was the first locomotive fed by 3,000 V DC overhead line in Italy.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15 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
- 1927–1939
- in service from
- 1928
- number built
- 448
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Officine Meccaniche, Tecnomasio, Construzioni Elettro Meccaniche di Saronno, General Electric, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Metropolitan-Vickers
- operators
- Trenitalia, Yugoslav Railways, Československé státní dráhy
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′BoBo′
- length
- 15 m
- weight
- 84.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q773539, Wikipedia: FS Class E.626 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.