The E.414 is a class of
electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or g ...
s operated by
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail tra ...
. They were built in 1994–1996, in a total of 60 units, as the E.404 class used in pairs in the
ETR 500
ETR 500 ('' Elettro Treno Rapido 500'') is a family of Italian high-speed trains built by AnsaldoBreda and introduced in 1993.
Designed under the aegis of the Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), it is now operated by Trenitalia on RFI tracks.
History
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high-speed trains. Starting from 2007, they were refurbished to be used, in double units, to haul
Frecciabianca
''Frecciabianca'' is a regional high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, and a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name, which means "white arrow", was introduced in 2011 after it had previously been know ...
prestige trains.
E.414
Bo′Bo′ locomotives
3000 V DC locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1994
Standard gauge locomotives of Italy
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Passenger locomotives