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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive FS 741.120: Harlock81· Public domain
- 2. FS 740.161+ FS 741.320: Foto FS dalla collezione Vecchi· Public domain
- 3. FS 741 Agrigento: Cesa De Marchi· Public domain
- 4. FS 741.028 (cropped): sconosciuto dalla Collezione Iorio Luigi· Public domain
- 5. FS 741.233 + FS 741.115 (cropped): FOTO WORLD RAILWAYS· Public domain
- 6. FS 741.233 + FS 741.115: FOTO WORLD RAILWAYS· Public domain
- 7. FS 741.275: RENATO CESA DE MARCHI· Public domain
- 8. FS steam locomotive 741.120: Tr6637· CC0
- 9. Locomotiva FS gr 741 120 1: Sandro Baldi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Locomotiva FS gr 741 120 2: Sandro Baldi· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 741 is a class of 2-8-0 'Consolidation' steam locomotives, rebuilds from the FS Class 740 with a Franco-Crosti boiler; it was the last class of steam locomotives introduced in Italy.
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
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11 m long: about 2 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
- —
- number built
- 81
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Unknown builder
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 11 m
- weight
- 68.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836167, Wikipedia: FS Class 741 II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.