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FS Class 170
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Franco-Belge· from 1873· class of 73 Italian 2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
FS Class 170 was a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives acquired by Italian State Railways (FS) from Rete Mediterranea (RM) on nationalization in 1905.
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 153 years ago, in 1873.
- 15.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873–1889
- number built
- 73
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Franco-Belge, André Koechlin & Cie, Maffei
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia, Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 15.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836065, Wikipedia: FS Class 170 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.