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FS Class E.550
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Westinghouse Electric Corporation· from 1908· locomotive class
what is it?
The FS Class E.550 was a class of three-phase electric locomotive used in Italy, introduced in the 20th century, which remained in service until 1965.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908–1921
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 186
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Three-phase 3,400 V 15.8 Hz Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- length
- 9.5 m
- weight
- 63 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q377699, Wikipedia: FS Class E.550 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.