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130 use 3-phase alternating current at 3,600 volts) have a total of 5.1 million horsepower. The 957 diesel locomotive have a total of 473,000 horsepower. The 300 steam locomotives that will be held in reserve for emergencies after 1973 have a total of 540,000 horsepower. The FS standard-gage motive power inventory for 1971 was as follows:

The FS, in cooperation with leading national locomotive builders, is developing a new high-speed electric locomotive, the E-666, a Co-Co type having 8,000 horsepower and capable of hauling 11 to 12 four-axle passenger coaches or a 627-short-ton trailing load at sustained speeds of 112 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 125 miles per hour. In the meantime the FS is taking deliveries of the E444, a B-B type 4,000-horsepower locomotive having a maximum speed of 125 miles per hour (Figure 1). First placed in service in 1967, over 100 units are now in service. The majority of electric locomotives are Bo-Bo-Bo types having 2,000 to 3,000 horsepower and an average continuous tractive effort of 25,000 pounds at 30 miles per hour.

Major modern repair shops for electric locomotives are at Foligno; for diesels, at Florence (Porta al Prato) and Rimini. Repair shops for steam locomotives are at Verona Porta Vescovo, Bologna Centrale, and Pietrarsa.

'''FIGURE 1. FS E444 4,000-horsepower, 3,000-volt direct-current electric locomotive. This locomotive has a maximum speed of 125 miles per hour. (U/OU)'''

For fast intercity passenger service, the FS makes extensive use of railcars and trainsets. In service in 1971 were 422 electric railcars, 23 electric multiple-unit trainsets, 955 diesel railcars, eight diesel multiple-unit trainsets, and 318 gasoline railcars. In service on FS narrow-gage lines in Sicily were 24 diesel and two gasoline railcars.

In 1971 the FS passenger car inventory consisted of 9,417 four-axle coaches of which 2,021 were equipped for international passenger service. In addition there were 2,618 baggage and postal cars and 462 trailer cars for use with electric and diesel railcars. For high-speed passenger service the FS has ordered 1,100 four-axle coaches equipped with disc brakes.

The FS freight-car pool is generally adequate, and by using EUROP, INTERFRIGO, and INTERCONTAINER equipment, the FS meets heavy seasonal demands, particularly during the citrus harvest. In 1971 there were 120,708 standard-gage freight cars, of which 105,319 cars met the standards of the International Freight Car Union—RIV. A breakdown of car types and average capacities (in short tons except where noted) is as follows:

An additional 13,150 standard-gage privately owned freight cars are registered with the FS freight car pool; 3,862 of these are POL tank cars having an average 22.8-short-ton capacity, and most are owned by international oil companies. About 10% of rolling stock is undergoing repair at any one time.

The non-Federal railroad motive power and rolling stock inventory is as follows:

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