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Original E.424 driver console. Class E.424, having DC type motors like all the Italian locomotives of the time, is a rheostatic-type locomotive; on start, a rheostat is connected in series to the motors and is gradually excluded as speed builds up allowing more current to flow to the motors; unlike other rheostatic locomotives of that time ...
The Century 424 was a four-axle, 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) diesel-electric locomotive. 190 were built between April 1963 and May 1967. Cataloged as a part of Alco's Century line of locomotives, the C424 was intended to replace the earlier RS-27 model and offered as a lower-priced alternative to the C425 .
The Class 424 has no visual distinctions to the Class 425. However, the Class 424 has a lower maximum speed of 140 km/h compared to the 160 km/h of the Class 425. Aside from that, installed on the Class 424 trains are variable steps and extendable platforms to reduce the gap between train and platform, which isn't fitted to most of the Class ...
The conversion of four members of Class E.432 was planned, but was completed only on a single unit. The first units chosen were E.432.002 and 030. On these two machines, as on E.431.018 and 036, the additional installation of a high voltage coupling was planned, which would have allowed the second unit to run with pantographs lowered.
In the second half of the 1960s, the good operating results achieved by the E.321 and E.322 prompted the FS to extend the use of electric locomotives in shunting service. . In developing the project, it was decided to keep the electrical part of their progenitors while it was decided to build from scratch the mechanical part (carriage, running gear and brake steering) following the design of ...
The prototypes differ from the standard units because of the edgy shape of the driving cabin, similar to the one of E.632/633 locomotives, while the others have a more aerodynamic one. Class E.402 was one of the first Italian locomotive fitted with induction motors. Prototype 402.001…402.005 (tot 5) First Batch 402.006…402.045 (tot 40)
The first locomotive, E.428.001, was released in May 1934. A first series, for a total of 97 units, was produced until 1937. A second order in the same series requested a shorter gear ratio (29/103) and larger air intakes, which caused an increase in weight of four tons. The "aerodynamic" profile of E.428.226, a third-series locomotive.
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