a number of prototypes, the last of which was the ETR 401. This prototype was followed by the ETR 450 series units. The first train entered service on...

adapted for service to the broad gauge Renfe Spanish lines. In 1982, FS retired the ETR 401 from service, due to high maintenance cost, and FIAT transformed...

Aosta Valley) HTR 312/412 "Blues" ETR 460 ETR 470 ETR 485 ETR 500 ETR 600 ETR 610 ETR 700 ETR 1000 Locomotives E.401 E.402B E.403 E.412 E.414 E.464 D.445...

attempt on high-speed rail, with a top speed of 200 km/h (120 mph). The ETR 401 (1976) was the first prototype of the new Pendolino class. Following other...

French TGV were appearing). Italian railways could boast fast trains like the ETR 200, but they were getting old and the Pendolino project was just in its...

used by FS to the route Milan Lione, and the ETR 480, used by Trenitalia under AC-powered Italian high speed lines. A total of 34 EMUs of the ETR 460/470/480...

The FS E.645 and E.646 are two classes of similar electric locomotives used on Italian railways. They were introduced during the 1950s and they were retired...

The FS E.326 was a class of Italian railways electric locomotives. Designed in 1929, they were introduced in the early 1930s, for hauling light express...

(ETR 401, ETR 450, ETR 460-65, ETR 480-85 and the Alstom made ETR600. Following the success of the ETR 450 series introduced in Italy in 1988 (the 401...

the successor to the TEE Settebello on the same route and schedule. The ETR 300 rolling stock was replaced by locomotive-hauled coaches of the Gran Conforto...