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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style=";">FS class E.444</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">An E.444 in <a href="Roma_Termini" class="mw-redirect" title="Roma Termini">Roma Termini</a> station in 1995</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Type and origin</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Power type</th><td class="infobox-data">Electric</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Build date</th><td class="infobox-data">1965–1975</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Configuration:<br></th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"> • <a href="UIC_classification_of_locomotive_axle_arrangements" title="UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements">UIC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Bo%E2%80%B2Bo%E2%80%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="Bo′Bo′">Bo′Bo′</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">

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</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Wheel diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.250 m (49.21 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Wheelbase#Rail" title="Wheelbase">Wheelbase</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9.000 m (29 ft <span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) between bogies<br>3.020 m (9 ft <span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in) between <a href="Axle" title="Axle">axles</a> on each bogie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">16.840 m (55 ft 3 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">3.020 m (9 ft <span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">7</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">4.300 m (14 ft <span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Loco weight</th><td class="infobox-data">83 <a href="Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a> (82 <a href="Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>; 91 <a href="Short_ton" title="Short ton">short tons</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Railway_electrification" title="Railway electrification">Electric system/s</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,000 <a href="Volt" title="Volt">V</a> <a href="Direct_current" title="Direct current">DC</a> <a href="Overhead_line" title="Overhead line">Catenary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Current_collector" title="Current collector">Current pickup(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Pantograph_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pantograph (rail)">Pantograph</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Traction_motor" title="Traction motor">Traction motors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DC series</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Transmission</th><td class="infobox-data">41/77 gear ratio</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Safety systems</th><td class="infobox-data">RSC4; <a href="SCMT" class="mw-redirect" title="SCMT">SCMT</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Performance figures</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Maximum speed</th><td class="infobox-data">200 km/h (120 mph)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Power output</th><td class="infobox-data">4,272 kW (5,729 hp)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Tractive_effort" title="Tractive effort">Tractive effort</a></th><td class="infobox-data">201 kN (45,000 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Operators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="FS_Trenitalia" class="mw-redirect" title="FS Trenitalia">FS Trenitalia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Number in class</th><td class="infobox-data">117<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Nicknames</th><td class="infobox-data">"Tartaruga" (Tortoise)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">First run</th><td class="infobox-data">1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Disposition</th><td class="infobox-data">updated as E.444R<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <a href="Ferrovie_dello_Stato" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrovie dello Stato">FS</a> <b>E.444</b> is a class of <a href="Italian_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian railways">Italian railways</a> <a href="Electric_locomotive" title="Electric locomotive">electric locomotives</a>. They were introduced in the course of the 1960s until 1975. Starting from 1989, all E.444s were upgraded as E.444R.

</p><p>The locomotives are nicknamed <i>Tartaruga</i> (tortoise). The original E.444 class carried a cabside cartoon of a speeding tortoise.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="E.444_standard">E.444 standard</h3></div>

<p>The E.444 locomotive was designed in the 1960s as the first Italian electric locomotive capable to reach 200 km/h (120 mph) (in that period first high-speed trains like the Japanese <a href="Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> and the French <a href="TGV" title="TGV">TGV</a> were appearing). Italian railways could boast fast trains like the <a href="ETR_200" class="mw-redirect" title="ETR 200">ETR 200</a>, but they were getting old and the <a href="Pendolino" title="Pendolino">Pendolino</a> project was just in its early phases.

</p><p>The first four prototypes, built at <a href="Savigliano" title="Savigliano">Savigliano</a>, made their debut in 1967–1968: their power output 3,000 kW (4,000 hp) was respectable for the time, but they proved unable to hold the fast international services required for the new locomotive, and the bogies were limited to 180 km/h (110 mph). They proved anyway that Italian industry could produce locomotive capable of more than 200 km/h (120 mph)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was registered on November 8, 1967, in the maiden trip Rome–Milan.

</p><p>The series production saw the introduction of the more powerful T750 motors, which boosted the power to 4,200 kW (5,600 hp), while the bogies were upgraded for 200 km/h (120 mph). The frontal part was improved and made more aerodynamic. A characteristic livery with two blue stripes on a pale grey background was adopted. The first 50 units proved successful, and the <a href="Ferrovie_dello_Stato" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrovie dello Stato">Ferrovie dello Stato</a> (FS) ordered 60 more to be built starting from 1972. 16 units were adapted for feeding at 1.5 kV DC. During 1974 two locomotives (units 056 and 057) were provided with a "shunt chopper" system (later the modifications applied were rolled back, making the two units identical to standard once again), while in 1975 the E.444.005 adopted a "full chopper" electronic system, which was later also adopted on the <a href="FS_Class_E.632" title="FS Class E.632">E.632/633</a> classes, and which granted a 5,000 kW (6,700 hp) peak power.

</p><p>Curiously, the fact that the E.444s were often used on old lines and coupled to not advanced coaches, usually hampered their performances. For example, only with the adoption of second-generation coaches, like the Grand Comfort type, trains driven by E.444 could replace the old <a href="ETR_300" class="mw-redirect" title="ETR 300">ETR 300</a> in the Milan–Rome fast service.

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<table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style=";">FS class E.444R</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">An E.444R at <a href="Brindisi_railway_station" title="Brindisi railway station">Brindisi Station</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Type and origin</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Power type</th><td class="infobox-data">Electric</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Build date</th><td class="infobox-data">1989–</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Configuration:<br></th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"> • <a href="UIC_classification_of_locomotive_axle_arrangements" title="UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements">UIC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Bo%E2%80%B2Bo%E2%80%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="Bo′Bo′">Bo′Bo′</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Wheel diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.250 m (49.21 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Wheelbase#Rail" title="Wheelbase">Wheelbase</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9.000 m (29 ft 6.3 in) between bogie pivots<br>3.020 m (9 ft 10.9 in) between axles on each bogie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">17.120 m (56 ft 2.0 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">3.020 m (9 ft 10.9 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">4.300 m (14 ft 1.3 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Loco weight</th><td class="infobox-data">84 t (83 long tons; 93 short tons)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Railway_electrification" title="Railway electrification">Electric system/s</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,000 <a href="Volt" title="Volt">V</a> <a href="Direct_current" title="Direct current">DC</a> <a href="Overhead_line" title="Overhead line">Catenary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Current_collector" title="Current collector">Current pickup(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Pantograph_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pantograph (rail)">Pantograph</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Traction_motor" title="Traction motor">Traction motors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DC series</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Transmission</th><td class="infobox-data">42/75 gear ratio</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Performance figures</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Maximum speed</th><td class="infobox-data">200 km/h (120 mph)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Power output</th><td class="infobox-data">4,272 kW (5,729 hp)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="Tractive_effort" title="Tractive effort">Tractive effort</a></th><td class="infobox-data">201 kN (45,000 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #eeb47f; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Operators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="FS_Trenitalia" class="mw-redirect" title="FS Trenitalia">FS Trenitalia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Number in class</th><td class="infobox-data">97</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">First run</th><td class="infobox-data">1989</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Disposition</th><td class="infobox-data">In service</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The introduction of fast lines showed the age of the E.444. It was therefore commissioned a program to upgrade all units to a new standard. That <a href="Stator" title="Stator">stator</a> groups and the braking system were adapted for high speed service, while later it was also decided to update the driving cabin, which had been always noisy at high speed. A new, profiled frontal was thus adopted, together with a pearl grey-red livery.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modified units (for a total of 97) were re-christened <b>E.444R</b> ("R" standing for <i>riqualificazione</i>, meaning "re-qualification", but also known as "Ribollita" derisively among personnel, meaning "Reheated soup").

</p><p>E.444R are in widespread service with FS-Trenitalia for fast Intercity and express services.

</p><p>As part of Trenitalia's plan to retire older types of locomotives (such as the <a href="FS_Class_E.656" title="FS Class E.656">Caimano</a>, <a href="FS_Class_E.632" title="FS Class E.632">Tigre</a> and Tartaruga), the E.444Rs are now undergoing final retirement due to lack of newer safety features. By June 2020, they are no longer used in revenue services, instead being used to tow rolling stock for scrap or work trains.

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including four prototypes, 110 series and three experimental units.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For a total of 97 units as of 2007. The first prototype is preserved to the original standard.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A speed of 207 km/h (129 mph)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Later changed to the standard white green of <a href="FS_Trenitalia" class="mw-redirect" title="FS Trenitalia">FS Trenitalia</a>.</span>

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<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FS_E.444" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:FS E.444">FS E.444</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FS_E.444R" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:FS E.444R">FS E.444R</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FS_E.447" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:FS E.447">FS E.447</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>

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