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FS Class E.421

Index FS Class E.421

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. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Bo-Bo, Electric locomotive, Electric vehicle battery, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Milano Centrale railway station, Shunting (rail), Tecnomasio, Third rail, Traction motor, Varese.

  2. Battery electric locomotives
  3. Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane electric locomotives
  4. Railway locomotives introduced in 1921

Bo-Bo

B-B and Bo-Bo are the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and British classifications of wheel arrangement for railway locomotives with four axles in two individual bogies.

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Electric locomotive

An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.

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Electric vehicle battery

An electric vehicle battery is a rechargeable battery used to power the electric motors of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) or hybrid electric vehicle (HEV).

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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ("Italian State Railways JSC"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the initialism FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estate services and other services in Italy and other European countries.

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Milano Centrale railway station

Milano Centrale (Stazione di Milano Centrale) is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Italy, and is the second busiest railway station in Italy for passenger flow (after Roma Termini) and the largest railway station in Europe by volume.

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Shunting (rail)

Shunting, in railway operations, is the process of sorting items of rolling stock into complete trains, or the reverse.

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Tecnomasio

Tecnomasio was an Italian scientific and precision instrument company founded in the 1860s.

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Third rail

A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Traction motor

A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as locomotives, electric or hydrogen vehicles, or electric multiple unit trains.

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Varese

Varese (or; Varés; Baretium; archaic Väris) is a city and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan.

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See also

Battery electric locomotives

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane electric locomotives

Railway locomotives introduced in 1921

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FS_Class_E.421

Also known as FS Class E421.