FS Class E.444

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1.250 m (49.21 in)
Wheelbase	9.000 m (29 ft 6+3⁄8 in) between bogies; 3.020 m (9 ft 10+7⁄8 in) between axles on each bogie
Length	16.840 m (55 ft 3 in)
Width	3.020 m (9 ft 10+7⁄8 in)
Height	4.300 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
Loco weight	83 t (82 long tons; 91 short tons)
Electric system/s	3,000 V DC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	DC series
Transmission	41/77 gear ratio
Safety systems	RSC4; SCMT

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Build date	1965-1975

FS class E.444
FS class E.444
	An E.444 in Roma Termini station in 1995.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Build date	1965-1975
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1.250 m (49.21 in)
Wheelbase	9.000 m (29 ft 6+3⁄8 in) between bogies; 3.020 m (9 ft 10+7⁄8 in) between axles on each bogie
Length	16.840 m (55 ft 3 in)
Width	3.020 m (9 ft 10+7⁄8 in)
Height	4.300 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
Loco weight	83 t (82 long tons; 91 short tons)
Electric system/s	3,000 V DC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	DC series
Transmission	41/77 gear ratio
Safety systems	RSC4; SCMT
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	200 km/h (120 mph)
Power output	4,272 kW (5,729 hp)
Tractive effort	201 kN (45,000 lbf)
Operators
Career
Operators	FS Trenitalia
Number in class	117
Nicknames	"Tartaruga" (Tortoise)
First run	1967
Disposition	updated as E.444R

The FS E.444 is a class of Italian railways electric locomotives. They were introduced in the course of the 1960s until 1975. Starting from 1989, all E.444s were upgraded as E.444R.

The locomotives are nicknamed Tartaruga (tortoise). The original E.444 class carried a cabside cartoon of a speeding tortoise.