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FS Class E.620

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FS class E.620
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderOfficine Reggiane
Build date1925
Total produced5
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARC+C
 • UICCo'+Co'
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter1,050 mm (41.34 in)
Length11.77 m (38 ft 7+38 in)
Loco weight54 t (53.1 long tons; 59.5 short tons)
Electric system/s650 V DC third rail
Traction motors6
Performance figures
Maximum speed85 km/h (53 mph)
Power output950 kW (1,270 hp) continuous
Career
OperatorsFerrovie dello Stato Italiane

The FS Class E.620 was a class of third-rail electric locomotives built by Officine Meccaniche Reggiane for the Italian State Railways (FS). They were built in 1925 using motors and electrical equipment from Class E.10 [it] railcars which had been withdrawn in 1923. After World War II they were converted to 3,000 volt DC operation and became FS Class E.621.

They were equipped with six nose-suspended direct current traction motors with a total output of 950 kW (1,270 hp). This power was transferred to the axles via a geared final drive and through this they had a maximum speed of 85 km/h (53 mph). They received power from a 650 V DC third rail system, with the traction current being picked up by contact shoes.

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Further reading

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  • 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.