The FS Class E.405 is a class of

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built in 42 units by ADTranz (now

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Italy) originally for the Polish State Railways (PKP), but later acquired by

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Italian state railways.

History

The locomotive batch was originally commissioned by PKP in 1996 and the units were assembled in Poland at

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's plant, with the designation of EU 11. After a short operational stint of 8 locomotives on the Warsaw-Berlin line, they were later switched to Italy's

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...

(FS), which later rechristened them as E.405 in May 2003. They are a development of the similar E.412, which are however designed for international goods transport and have polycurrent motor equipment (E.405 can operate only on 3000 V direct current lines). They have a maximum speed of with trains up to , although in Italy they can be used only up to ( for goods trains). Thanks to their relatively large initial tractive effort (), they can haul both heavy goods and fast passenger trains. They are mainly in service on the Brenner Line for goods transport.

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Norm defining E.405's characteristics in Italy
{{FS locos E.405 Bo′Bo′ locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 2003 Standard gauge locomotives of Italy Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives of Europe