FS Class 396
| VE 37-42 from 1865 SFAI 703-708 from 1869 SFAI 767-772 from 1885 RM 3942-3947 from 1905 FS Class 396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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FS Class 396 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives originally built for the Victor Emmanuel Railway (VE). They were designed for hauling passenger trains and were nicknamed "Mammoth".
History
[edit]VE ordered six locomotives from the Cail rolling stock factory and they were delivered in 1860. They were numbered 37-42. In 1865 the locomotives passed to the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (SFAI), which renumbered them 703-708, and later (probably in 1869) 767-772. In 1885, at the creation of the great national networks, the locomotives passed to the Rete Mediterranea (RM) and took the numbers 3942-3947. In 1905, at the time of nationalization, only five units arrived at the FS, which registered them as Class 396 with numbers from 3961-3965. They remained in service until 1911. By then, they were obsolete and they were scrapped in 1912.
Technical details
[edit]The locomotives were of simple design. The boiler pressure was 7 bars (0.70 MPa; 100 psi) and they had two inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Cornolò, Giovanni (1998). Locomotive a vapore FS. Parma: Ermanno Albertelli. pp. 182–184. ISBN 88-85909-91-4.