Locomotives SFAI 250-258 were

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s (with tenders) of the

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(SFAI).

History

The first six units were built in 1855 for the

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(SFSP), where they carried the numbers 99-104. Five years later, in 1860, three similar locomotives were built for the

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(VE). In 1865, with the establishment of the SFAI, they entered SFAI stock with the numbers 250-255 for the former SFSP units, and 256-258 for the former VE units. In 1885, with the creation of the great national networks, the machines were assigned to the

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(RM), where they assumed the numbers 2707-2715. In 1905, at the establishment of the

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(FS), 8 units were still in operation, and they were classified as Class 111 with the numbers 1111-1118. After a few years they were withdrawn and scrapped.

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