FS Class E.620

FS class E.620
Type and origin
Power type Electric
Builder Officine Reggiane
Build date 1925
Total produced 5
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AAR C+C
 • UIC Co'+Co'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter 1,050 mm (41.34 in)
Length 11.77 m (38 ft 7 3⁄8 in)
Loco weight 54 t (53.1 long tons; 59.5 short tons)
Electric system/s 650 V DC third rail
Traction motors 6
Performance figures
Maximum speed 85 km/h (53 mph)
Power output 950 kW (1,270 hp) continuous
Career
Operators FS


FS Class E.620 was a class of third-rail electric locomotives built by Officine Reggiane for the Italian State Railways (FS). They were built in 1925 using motors and electrical equipment from Class E.10 railcars which had been withdrawn in 1923. They were equipped with six nose-suspended direct current traction motors with a total output of 950 kW. The drive to the axles was by gears and the maximum speed was 85 km/h. After World War II they were converted to 3,000 volt DC operation and became FS Class E.621.

References

    Further reading

    • Nuovi locomotori per la linea Milano-Varese-Porto Ceresio, in "Rivista tecnica delle ferrovie italiane", anno XV, vol. XXIX, n. 1 (15 gennaio 1926), pp. 1–3.
    • Giovanni Cornolò, Locomotive elettriche FS, Parma, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 1983, pp. 43-45.
    • Stefano Garzaro, Locomotive elettriche FS, editrice Elledi, 1986.
    • Giovanni Cornolò Claudio Pedrazzini, Locomotive elettriche FS, Parma, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 1983.
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