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La Bella Ferrovia,
or the result of 3 weeks vacations in Italy...
This year I took 3 weeks of
vacations in northern Italy, discovering not only the Italian state railways
but also the numerous and usually less known private railways of the country:
Forza E 402 B!
The Italian state railways FS
(Ferrovie dello Stato) got a serious youth treatment in the last times, but
it’s still possible to find nice (quite) old electrics in regular service.
The "reptiles"
E 626 no longer run for the FS (but on some private railways), there are still
numerous E 424 and E 646 (with push-pull trains), E 636 and E 645 (with goods
traffic). The "Tigers" E 632, E 633, E 652,
the "Turtles" E 444 and the "Caimans" E 656 are very
active with passengers and goods trains (excepted the E 444, specialised on
passenger trains). The newcomers are the E 402 and E 402B (with really questionable
look, personal opinion ...), and the "Monocabina" E 464, specialised
for push-pull trains.
The bad surprise was the
absence of the "Pendolini" ETR 450, ETR 460 and ETR 480 in northern
Italy: most of their services have been taken over by the ETR 500... Only
the "Cisalpino" ETR 470 run regularly on the lines Domodossola /
Chiasso – Milano – Firenze / Venezia.
E
402.003 
E 402.030 
E 402B.138
E
424.323 
E
424.301 
E
424.316
E
444.036
E 464 "Monocabina" :
E
464.033
E 632 / E 633 "Tigre" :
E
632.007 
E 632.012 
E 633.031
E
636.102 
E 636.329 
E 636.385
E
645.011
E
646.075
E
656.161 
E 656.524 
E 656.293
E
656.589
ETR
470.055
ETR 500 :
E
404.509
ALe
582.015 
ALe 582.045
ALe 940 :
ALe
940.053
ALn DAP :
Aln
DAP 005
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The (unvoluntary) kings
of graffiti...
The Milan northern railway
(FNM) circulates from Milano (Piazza Cadorna) in direction of Como,
Varese , Novara and Malpensa (Airport), almost exclusively with suburb traffic.
FNM EA 761-009
"Malpensa Express"
It looks, THE big problem
of the FNM are the graffiti. It’s really the first time I can see locomotives
sprayed up to the roof level, where the original colours and the inscriptions
are no longer clearly visible...
FNM E
630-04 
FNM EBD 730-11 
FNM E 600-2
FNM E
610-01 
FNM E 610-01 
FNM E 610-02
FNM EA 750-11 
FNM E 620-03 
FNM E 630-04 
FNM EB 740-24
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The V 200 at Don
Camillo’s country
The south-eastern part of
the Pô lowlands is served by several private railways:
With exception of the FPS,
these railways also have numerous goods trains, hauled mainly by former German
diesels : V 200 ex DB (FSF and FP), and the prototype V 160 "Lollo"
also ex DB (ACT, line Reggio – Sassuolo).
And, if you want to see Don
Camillo : The station Brescello-Viadana, who is visible in several film
scenes, is not far from Parma, on the line Parma – Suzarra.
ACT-RE Aln 078 
ACT-RE Aln 2464 
FP 220.041-8
FSF Ln 880.038 
FSF LD 220.RO.1 
FP 220.074-9
ACT-RE 850.006
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Isolated, but no more
for long time
The public transport
company of Modena (ACTM, Azienda Communale die Trasporti di Modena) also
exploit the local line Modena-Sassuolo, who isn’t connected to any other
railway: at Modena, the station ACTM is about 3 km away of the main station FS,
and the terminus of Sassuolo is located 100m far of the station of the ACT
Reggio-Emilia. A new connecting line between the station Modena ACTM and the
main station in work, it should be taken in service in 2002.
ACTM Ale 228.056 
ACTM A7 + Ale 228.072
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Diesel under catenaries
FCU D
341.1039 
FCU Aln 063.11.2443.014-2 + Aln 063.11.2443.058-1
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Oh bella !!!
If you like old
electrics, you must see this railway!
The LFI railway (La
Ferroviara Italiana, lines Arezzo – Stia and Arezzo – Sinalunga, south of
Firenze) is really a rolling electric traction museum, with a nice fleet of old
electric locomotives and EMUs, any diesels of various types, several steam
engines (with at least one in running order: the beautiful 740.091), and
3 "reptiles" E 626 (with E 626.006, one of the first
prototypes, having a completely different look than the other E 626).
Last but not least, the
shunter in the station of Bibbiena is an English engine: 700.003, not a
standard 08 of the BR, but one of their prototypes, with Winterthur rods drive.
In my knowledge, this engine was one of the prototypes of the 08 owned by the
LMS, and then sold to the Dutch state railways NS short after WW2 (If somebody
knows more about this shunter, please contact me: e-mail pnr@freesurf.ch . Thanks !)
LFI Ale 056.142 
LFI EDz 14 
LFI Ebiz 9 
LFI D.I 183
LFI EDz
18 
LFI E
626.006 
LFI e 626.223 + E 626.311
LFI E
626.006 + E 626.311 
LFI D 341.1063 
LFI DE 51 +
740.091
LFI E
626.311
LFI
700.003
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A little of
Switzerland...
From Trento, on the Brenner
line, the FTM (Ferrovia Trento-Male‘, also named FETM Ferrovia
Elettrica Trento-Male‘) is a metric gauge railway to Male‘. Having first the
characteristics of a valley line as far as Mezzocorona, it climbs then through
the apple-tree plantations up to the terminus of Male‘. The material is modern
and well maintained. This line really looks like some Swiss narrow gauge
railways...
FTM EL
02 
FTM EL
05
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A little of Austria...
Radical change of ambience
with the "Ferrovia del Renon" (or "Rittnerbahn" in German).
The all region of the dolomites and their inhabitants got a strong Austrian
influence: this railway, exploited by the SAD (Societa' dei Autobussi
delle Dolomite), too.
The line started initially
in Bolzano / Bozen with a rack section as far as L’Asciunta / Maria Himmelfahrt
(This part of the line has been removed and was replaced by a cable cabin
railway), and carries on to Soprabolzano / Oberbozen and Collalbo / Klobenstein.
Along the line, the panorama over the Dolomites is simply superb.
This railway still has some
nice old wooden electric railcars, who aren't regularly used yet. The daily
traffic is done with the Nr END 12, bought second-hand in Germany after the
closure of the Esslingen-Nellingen-Denkendorf railway, near of Stuttgart.
SAD 12
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