FS Class 737

The Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian State Railways, FS) Class 737 (Italian: Gruppo 737) consisted of 15 ex-British War Department locomotives of the Stanier Class 8F type purchased in 1946.

History

The first eight engines, (eventually FS Numbers 737.001 – 737.008) were built to WD orders between 1940 and 1942. The remaining seven (eventually FS Numbers 737.009 – 737.015) had been requisitioned by the War Department in 1941 from the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) - these had been built in 1936 by the Vulcan Foundry. All were then shipped to the Middle East, with several more classmates, where they served in Persia and were numbered in the Persian series. In 1944, 50 of the Persian engines were transferred to Kingdom of Egypt/Mandate Palestine, where they were again renumbered into the Middle East Forces (MEF) 93xx series. Later WD numbers were original numbers plus +70000, and in 1946 FS bought fifteen of these.

As they were non-standard compared to Italian locomotive practice, their career was relatively short, working on the line between Bologna and Ancona until 1947, then being kept at Bari; they were all withdrawn from service by 1953.^[1]

Numbering

Numbers were as follows:

FS No.	LMS No.	WD No.	Persia No.	MEF No.	Later WD No.	Date built	Builder	Maker's No.	Withdrawn
737.001	-	334	41.119	9380	70334	1940	North British	24634	1956
737.002	-	375	41.164	9372	70375	1941	North British	24675	1956
737.003	-	408	41.104	9381	70408	1941	Beyer Peacock	6988	1956
737.004	-	437	41.177	9374	70437	1941	Beyer Peacock	7017	1956
737.005	-	441	41.166	9362	70441	1941	Beyer Peacock	7021	1956
737.006	-	514	41.210	9368	70514	1941	North British	24722	1956
737.007	-	520	41.238	9363	70520	1941	North British	24728	1956
737.008	-	548	41.223	-	70548	1942	North British	24741	1956
737.009	8032	585	41.162	9378	70585	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4709	1956
737.010	8091	589	41.185	9351	70589	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4768	1956
737.011	8038	594	41.182	9370	70594	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4715	1956
737.012	8040	595	41.192	9355	70595	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4717	1956
737.013	8044	598	41.196	9371	70598	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4721	1956
737.014	8072	609	41.198	9373	70609	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4749	1956
737.015	8059	613	41.195	9352	70613	1936	Vulcan Foundry	4736	1956

References

↑ Kalla-Bishop, P.M. (1986). Italian state railways steam locomotives : together with low-voltage direct current and three-phase motive power. Abingdon: Tourret. pp. 68–9. ISBN 0905878035. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Rowledge, J.W.P. (1975). Engines of the LMS built 1923–51. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-902888-59-5.
Tourret, R. (1995). Allied Military Locomotives of the Second World War. Abingdon, Oxon: Tourret Publishing. ISBN 0-905878-06-X.
Turchi, Gian Guido (November 1982). "Locomotive a vapore FS 737". I treni oggi (in Italian) (24): 10–14.

Classes of Ferrovie dello Stato locomotives

Steam

Tender locomotives	100 102 103 110^I 110^II 111 112 113 114 116 117 118 119^I 119^II 120 121 122 136 139 140 150 155 158 160 161 162 163 164 170 180 181^I 181^II 182^I 182^II 183 185 186 187 190 193 194 195 196 197 198 200 201 206 207 208 209 211 212 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 255 260 261 262 265 268 269 270 271 272 290 291 292 293 310 320 380 385 388 390 391 394 395 396 397 400 410 420 421 422 423 424 425 450 451 452 453 454 455 460 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 482 499^I 499^II 500 510 512 513 530 540^I 540^II 542 543 545 550 552 553 554 555 556 560 600 601 603 604 605 606 607 623 625 626 630 640^I 640^II 645 650 652 653 656 660 666 670 671 672 675 676 677 680 681 682 683^I 683^II 685 686 687 688 690^I 690^II 691 720 728 729 730 731 735 736 737 740 741^I 741^II 743^I 743^II 744 745 746 747^I 747^II 750

Tank locomotives	800^I 800^II 801 802^I 802^II 803^I 803^II 804 805 806 809 810^I 810^II 811 812 813 814 815^I 815^II 815^III 816 817 818 819 820^I 820^II 821^I 821^II 822 823 824 825 826^I 826^II 827 828^I 828^II 828^III 829 830^I 830^II 831 835 842 848 849 850^I 850^II 851 870 871 874^I 874^II 875 876 877 880^I 880^II 881 882 885 893 894 895 896^I 896^II 897 898 899^I 899^II 900 902 904 905 906 910 912 915 940 950 980 981 999

Narrow gauge locomotives	R.201 R.202 R.300 R.301 R.302 R.305 R.306 R.310 R.370 R.401 R.402 R.410 R.440 R.441 R.442 R.443 R.600 P U

Electric

Rechargeable battery	E.421

650 V DC Third rail	E.220 E.320 E.321 E.420 E.620

3,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.330 E.331 E.332 E.333 E.360 E.380 E.390 E.430 E.431 E.432 E.550 E.551 E.552 E.554

10,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.470 E.471 E.472 E.570

3 kV DC	E.321 E.322 E.323 E.324 E.326 E.400 E.402A E.402B E.403 E.404 E.405 E.412 E.414 E.424 E.428 E.434 E.444 E.444R E.447 E.453 E.454 E.464 E.621 E.625 E.626 E.632 E.633 E.636 E.645 E.646 E.652 E.655 E.656

25 kV AC	E.491 E.492

Diesel

Light shunters	206 207 208^I 208^II 209 210 211 R.212 213^I 213^II 214 215 216 218^I

Shunters	218^II 225 234 235 236 245 250 255

Heavy shunters	Ne 120 D.141 RD.142 D.143 D.145 D.146 D.147 356 372 Ne 700

Train locomotives	D.341 D.342 D.343 D.345 D.442 D.443 D.445 D.449 D.461

see also Category:Rolling stock of Italy

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FS Class 737

History

Numbering

See also

References