#1941
FS Class E.431
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Tecnomasio· from 1922· class of 37 Italian electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E431 027 Torino Smistamento: Paolo Di Lorenzo· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. E431fs: Petr Sporer· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The FS Class E.431 was a class of three-phase AC electric locomotives of the Italian State Railways (FS).
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1922–1925
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 37
- kind
- electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Tecnomasio, Ansaldo
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Three-phase overhead line, 3.6 kV, 16.7 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- 1′D1′
- weight
- 91 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836244, Wikipedia: FS Class E.431 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.