[ E.633 "Tigre" — Perché le FS vollero la merci elettrica più potente d'Europa negli anni '80 ]

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Vapore Italia

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In the 1980s, the Italian State Railways made a bold decision: to build the most powerful electric freight locomotive in Europe. Three thousand two hundred kilowatts of continuous power, six driven axles, and a tractive force capable of tearing through the Apennine passes with loads no Italian locomotive had ever dared to tackle alone. Railway workers called it the Tiger. Not by chance.

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