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Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class 685 were very common Italian steam locomotives that could run at up to 120km/h. 391 locomotives were built between 1912 and 1928 and the last one was withdrawn from service in 1958. Number 685.068 is seen in the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Very common steam locomotive 740.115 was built by Breda Milano in 1921. It hauled the train with the body of the unknown soldier in 1921. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class 741 was an efficiency-improved version of class 740, using the Franco-Crosti patent (one pre-heater next to the boiler). Locomotive 741.137 was built by Ansalso Genua in 1914. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Only 18 locomotives of class 480 were built for the Brenner railway line by Officine Meccaniche (Milano) in 1923. From 1930 they mainly operated on Sicily until the last one was withdrawn from service in 1968. Number 480.017 is on display in the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class 680 was the first class of steam locomotives for express passenger trains. 680.037 was built by Breda Milano in 1907. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class 735 was the American version with Bissel truck of the better known class 740 with Zara/Italian front truck. Locomotive 735.128 "Wilson" was built by American Locomotive Company in 1919. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Steam tram locomotive 800.008 with vertical boiler was built by Maffei from München in Germany in 1907. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. The tank locomotives of class 910 were built for Sicily by Ansaldo in 1905 (54x). They were mainly used on mountain lines. 910.001 has been restored for the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. The tank locomotives of class 910 were built for Sicily by Ansaldo in 1905 (54x). They were mainly used on mountain lines. 910.001 has been restored for the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. SLM from Switzerland built 12 standard gauge rack steam locomotives for Italy, class 980. Number 980.002 was built in 1912. The class operated until 1958. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Narrow gauge rack steam locomotive R370.023 (Ansaldo 1921). These locomotives were used on Sicily. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. 3-phase electric express locomotive E432.001 was built by Breda Milano in 1928. It could run at up to 100km/h. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Prototype electric locomotive E444.001 for the express passenger locomotives "Tartaruga" ("Turtle") was built by OS Torino in 1967. The locomotis of this class could run at up to 200km/h. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. 3-phase electric locomotive FAV E440.3 was built for the Sondrio-Tirano railway line in 1932 by CEMSA-Saronno. The locomotives operated for FS until 1967. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. 3-phase electric locomotive E333.026 was built in 1926 and used for light passenger trains on level railway lines at up to 75km/h. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class E400 were mining locomotives built for Aosta-Pre St. Didier in 1929, which passed to FS already in 1931. They were sold to the Ferrovia Casalecchio-Vilnola in 1968, and one (L903) was donated to the museum in 1989. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. 3-phase electric locomotive class E551 was a very succesful class that replaced many steam locomotives on steep railway lines. The class - built from 1921 - was used for freight trains until 1965. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Twelve electric motor cars with both second and third class seating (56/23) were built as class ALe 792 in 1935-1938. Similar third-class only motor cars were class ALe 880 (10x). Based on these classes motor cars class ALe 790/880 were built with connections to the next car at one end (155x). Original motor car ALe 792.004 is on display at the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Twelve electric motor cars with both second and third class seating (56/23) were built as class ALe 792 in 1935-1938. Similar third-class only motor cars were class ALe 880 (10x). Based on these classes motor cars class ALe 790/880 were built with connections to the next car at one end (155x). Original motor car ALe 792.004 is on display at the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Twelve electric motor cars with both second and third class seating (56/23) were built as class ALe 792 in 1935-1938. Similar third-class only motor cars were class ALe 880 (10x). Based on these classes motor cars class ALe 790/880 were built with connections to the next car at one end (155x). Original motor car ALe 792.004 is on display at the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Electric motor car EAiz 106 was built for the Milano-Varese-Porto Ceresio line in the 1932. This line was electrified at 650V DC with 3rd rail. In 1948 it was converted to the now common 3000V DC overhead electrification and renumbered into E623.106. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. D341 was the first succesful class of mainline diesel locomotives that replaced steam in the 1960s. D341.1016 was built in 1958 and used until the 1980s. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class D342 were the only diesel-hydraulic large diesel locomotives built for FS. Ansaldo built 14 locomotives in 1958-1961. FS concentrated on diesel-electric locomotives and the last class D342 was withdrawn in the early 1980s. Locomotive D342.4011 is on display at the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Small diesel shunter "Sogliola" 207.020 was mainly used on turntables. The locomotive was built by ABL using the Breuer type IV traktor-lokomotor design from Switzerland. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Small diesel shunter 215.006 was built by Badoni Lecco (ABL) in 1960. This class was mainly used in ports. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Large diesel shunter 235.3005 was built by OM in 1961. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class ALn 556 "Littorina" motor cars were the first that started to replace steam locomotives on local services. They were built by different companies in the 1930s. ALn 556.1202 was built by Fiat. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class ALn 556 "Littorina" motor cars were the first that started to replace steam locomotives on local services. They were built by different companies in the 1930s. ALn 556.2312 was built by Breda. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. After the second world war some "Littorina" diesel motor cars were converted to trailers by removing their engines. Trailer Ln55.104 is on display in the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class ALn 772 was the follow-up to class ALn 556, with more comfort, more seating and a higher top speed. The class was built between 1940 and 1957. Trainset ALn 772.3375 is on display in the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Class ALn 772 was the follow-up to class ALn 556, with more comfort, more seating and a higher top speed. The class was built between 1940 and 1957. Trainset ALn 772.3375 is on display in the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Comfortable and fast diesel motor car ALn880.2018 was built by Breda in 1950. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Narrow gauge diesel motor car RALn 6012 (50 motor cars built by Fiat from 1949) was used on the narrow gauge railways of Sicilia. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Overview of the steam locomotive hall. Note that this was never a railway workshop, but a munitions factory! Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Line on the right with steam locomotives. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Line on the left with steam locomotives. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Outside area with water crane and sea view! Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Fondazione FS Italiane - Italy Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa. Main entrance to the museum with steam locomotive hall. The Pietrarsa railway station on the Napoli-Salerno (old) line is next to the museum. Pietrarsa, 05-10-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |