FS Class E.421

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1,040 mm (40.94 in)
Length	11.325 m (37 ft 1+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	64 t (63.0 long tons; 70.5 short tons)
Electric system/s	Battery electric
Traction motors	DC

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Carminati & Toselli and TIBB
Build date	1921
Total produced	1

FS class E.421
FS class E.421
	FS class E.421
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Carminati & Toselli and TIBB
Build date	1921
Total produced	1
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1,040 mm (40.94 in)
Length	11.325 m (37 ft 1+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	64 t (63.0 long tons; 70.5 short tons)
Electric system/s	Battery electric
Traction motors	DC
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	25 km/h (16 mph)
Power output	140 kW (190 hp) continuous
Operators
Career
Operators	FS

The FS Class E.421 locomotive of the Italian State Railways (FS) was a battery electric locomotive, built as a single unit (E.421.1) and used for shunting at the old Milano Centrale railway station. It was the only battery electric locomotive to be registered in the FS fleet.

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