FS Class E.428

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FS class E.428
First-series E.428.058 hauling an historical train
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Breda, Ansaldo, Officine Reggiane and Fiat-Marelli Build date 1934-1943
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR 2-B-B-2  • UIC (2'Bo)(Bo2') Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Wheel diameter 1.880 m (74.02 in) (driving wheels) Wheelbase 5.450 m (17 ft 10+5⁄8 in) Length 19.000 m (62 ft 4 in) Loco weight 130 t (130 long tons; 140 short tons)/135 t (133 long tons; 149 short tons) Electric system/s 3,000 V DC Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors DC series Transmission 29/103 and 31/101 gear ratios
Performance figures Maximum speed 130 km/h (81 mph) Power output 2,800 kW (3,800 hp) Tractive effort 115 kN (26,000 lbf) /137 kN (31,000 lbf)
Career Operators FS Trenitalia Number in class 242 in three series First run 1934 Disposition Decommissioned in 1988

The FS E.428 was a class of Italian railways electric locomotives. They were introduced in the course of the 1930s, for fast services on the Florence–Rome railway, being decommissioned in the 1980s.^[1]