FS Class E.428

The series E.428 is an Italian electric locomotive.

History

In 1938 the electrification of the Rome- Milan was completed. The travel time was beginning an hour and 27 minutes. There was a need for new, more powerful electric locomotives. The E.428 series could meet these requirements. A total of 242 specimens of this series were produced. The series was intended as a further development of the E.428 E.326 and best suited.

Technical Features

The machines showed the wheel arrangement 2BoBo2 on - not as the previously standardized wheel arrangement 2D2. Thus, the Kurvenläufigkeit of locomotives has been improved. E series 428 has eight motors, which are coupled to sets of two motors. There were three different versions, which only differed in appearance:

• 001-122: a central structure with two stems " Avancorpi "
• 123-203: closed structure and staggered forward cab "semi- Aerodinamica "
• 204-242: front panel and body into an aerodynamic shape connected " Aerodinamica "