what is it?
Locomotives SFAI 301-311 of the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (SFAI) were a group of steam locomotives derived from the rebuilding of some machines in the 31-80 series.
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 169 years ago, in 1857.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1857–1882
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 8.1 m
- weight
- 38.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836315, Wikipedia: Locomotives SFAI 301-311 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.