FS Class E.464

FS class E.464

An E.464 with the new livery

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Bombardier
Build date	1999 - 2015

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1.250 m (49.21 in)
Wheelbase	7.540 m (24 ft 8 ⁷⁄₈ in) between bogies 2.650 m (104.33 in) between axles in each bogie
Length	15.750 m (51 ft 8 ¹⁄₈ in)
Width	3.000 m (9 ft 10 ¹⁄₈ in)
Height	4.100 m (13 ft 5 ³⁄₈ in)
Loco weight	72 t (71 long tons; 79 short tons)
Electric system(s)	3,000 V DC
Traction motors	Three-phase asynchronous
Transmission	27/55 and 26/64 gear ratios

Performance figures
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output	3.5 MW (4,700 hp)
Tractive effort	200 kN (45,000 lb_f) Starting 135 kN (30,000 lb_f) Cont. @80 km/h (50 mph)^[1]

Career
Operators	FS Trenitalia, TiLo, Ferrovie Emilia Romagna
Number in class	728^[2]
First run	1999
Disposition	in service

The E.464 is a class of Italian railways electric locomotives. They were introduced in the course of the 1990s for hauling light trains, especially for commuter service. They were acquired by FS Trenitalia to replace the old E.424 and E.646, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. The class was originally designed by ABB Trazione, later ADTranz (now part of the Bombardier group), and produced in the Italian plant of Vado Ligure.

Cost per unit is 2.6 million Euro. With 717 locomotives currently in service (as of December 2015) the E.464 is the largest class in use by Trenitalia,^[2] and also the most numerous Italian locomotive class ever in service.

History

The E.464 derives from a project launched by the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato in the 1980s for a "modular" class of locomotives which would be easily adapted to commuter, inter-regional and cargo services. Initially, types with 4-axle (Bo-Bo, E.453/E.454) and 6-axle (Bo-Bo-Bo, E.665/E.666) were devised, the latter for cargo services. However, the E.666 class was cancelled due to availability of the new E.652 Tigre class, capable of hauling massive cargo trains. Moreover, the new inverter technology was developed in those years, and the E.454 became suddenly obsolete.

In 1994 FS requested ABB to design a new class which, to save money, was to be based on already built prototypes and using parts from the new E.412 from the same producer. The first batch of 50 E.464 was issued to the Lazio regional government in 1999-2000, and proved immediately successful. Further orders for 90, 100 and 48 units followed in 2001-2005, plus another 100 in 2006-2007, another 100 in 2009, another 50 in 2011,and, finally, another order of 29 locomotives on November 2013: a total of 717 locomotives, and an investment of over one billion Euro.^[2]

10 units are also used by Ferrovie Emilia Romagna and 1 by Trasporto Ferroviario Toscano for a total of 728 locomotives delivered in Italy.

Technology

The E.464 were the first Italian locomotives provided with an automatic Scharfenberg coupling system, capable of forming trains rapidly. The hull is steel with aluminium ceiling, in the white-green standard livery of FS Trenitalia.

The locomotive uses simplified on-board electronics, with two GTO thyristor choppers which provide a variable voltage to the two inverters, that are used to feed the 4 three-phase asynchronous motors.

The motors employ a double-star type connection; if a traction inverter is inoperative (i.e. due to a failure) the motors use a delta-type connection and are fed by only one inverter. During braking the motors can be used as generators in order to recover electric energy (regenerative braking). However, since Italian railway power substations are not able to receive energy (they are not reversible), this method only works if there are other trains nearby absorbing current and the line voltage is lower than 4000 V. Otherwise the power is dissipated through a braking rheostat. The vehicle braking logic checks if these conditions are met and then decides to send the current to the line or to the rheostat.

Two static inverters (often referred to as BUR) output a voltage of 450 V, 60 Hz AC that feeds the auxiliary systems which include the compressors, 24 V battery charger, rheostat ventilation fans, motors fans etc.

Usually BUR n.1 feeds only the motor cooling devices with a voltage down to 352 V at 58 Hz, while BUR n.2 feeds the rest; in case of failure of one BUR, one of the three motor fans is deactivated automatically and the system is fed at 450 V 60 Hz by the remaining one.

Braking systems include, other than the regenerative/rheostat braking, disc-type brakes activated by compressed air to completely immobilize the locomotive when stationary. If this condition lasts for a prolonged time air may run out thereby releasing the brakes, in which case the spring brake is activated.

The coupling system allows, in case of emergency, coupling of up to 4 locomotives for hauling heavy trains, for a total of 14,000 kW (more than one TGV). The E.464 can be coupled with other modern types like the E.402.

The locomotive is provided with a secondary driving cabin with reduced instrumentation in the rear area, for short range manoeuvres in stations (maximum speed allowed: 30 km/h).

Other users

E.464 in Trenord livery at Milan's central station

Bombardier is currently producing 60 units especially adapted for use with the new Vivalto two-floor coaches.

Apart from FS-Trenitalia (whose engines are often owned by regional authorities), E.464 is used in Lombardy by the regional railway company Trenord, and in Emilia-Romagna by the Ferrovie Emilia-Romagna.

As of December 2015, there are 727 class E.464 locos. 716 in the series 464.001-464.717 are operated by Trenitalia - 464.029 was withdrawn after accident damage sustained in September 2009. 10 locos (464.890-893 and 464.901-906) are operated by TPER (ex-FER), and 1 (464.880) by TFT.

References

↑ Spec Sheet; French
1 2 3 "Trenitalia orders more E464 electric locomotives". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2011-05-12.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FS E.464.

Sources

"80 anni di locomotive elettriche FS in CC". Tuttotreno Tema. Duegi (21). 2006.
"E464". Tuttotreno. Duegi. July–August 2002.

Classes of Ferrovie dello Stato locomotives

Steam

Tender locomotives	100 102 103 110^I 110^II 111 112 113 114 116 117 118 119^I 119^II 120 121 122 136 139 140 150 155 158 160 161 162 163 164 170 180 181^I 181^II 182^I 182^II 183 185 186 187 190 193 194 195 196 197 198 200 201 206 207 208 209 211 212 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 255 260 261 262 265 268 269 270 271 272 290 291 292 293 310 320 380 385 388 390 391 394 395 396 397 400 410 420 421 422 423 424 425 450 451 452 453 454 455 460 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 482 499^I 499^II 500 510 512 513 530 540^I 540^II 542 543 545 550 552 553 554 555 556 560 600 601 603 604 605 606 607 623 625 626 630 640^I 640^II 645 650 652 653 656 660 666 670 671 672 675 676 677 680 681 682 683^I 683^II 685 686 687 688 690^I 690^II 691 720 728 729 730 731 735 736 737 740 741^I 741^II 743^I 743^II 744 745 746 747^I 747^II 750

Tank locomotives	800^I 800^II 801 802^I 802^II 803^I 803^II 804 805 806 809 810^I 810^II 811 812 813 814 815^I 815^II 815^III 816 817 818 819 820^I 820^II 821^I 821^II 822 823 824 825 826^I 826^II 827 828^I 828^II 828^III 829 830^I 830^II 831 835 842 848 849 850^I 850^II 851 870 871 874^I 874^II 875 876 877 880^I 880^II 881 882 885 893 894 895 896^I 896^II 897 898 899^I 899^II 900 902 904 905 906 910 912 915 940 950 980 981 999

Narrow gauge locomotives	R.201 R.202 R.300 R.301 R.302 R.305 R.306 R.310 R.370 R.401 R.402 R.410 R.440 R.441 R.442 R.443 R.600 P U

Electric

Rechargeable battery	E.421

650 V DC Third rail	E.220 E.320 E.321 E.420 E.620

3,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.330 E.331 E.332 E.333 E.360 E.380 E.390 E.430 E.431 E.432 E.550 E.551 E.552 E.554

10,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.470 E.471 E.472 E.570

3 kV DC	E.321 E.322 E.323 E.324 E.326 E.400 E.402A E.402B E.403 E.404 E.405 E.412 E.414 E.424 E.428 E.434 E.444 E.444R E.447 E.453 E.454 E.464 E.621 E.625 E.626 E.632 E.633 E.636 E.645 E.646 E.652 E.655 E.656

25 kV AC	E.491 E.492

Diesel

Light shunters	206 207 208^I 208^II 209 210 211 R.212 213^I 213^II 214 215 216 218^I

Shunters	218^II 225 234 235 236 245 250 255

Heavy shunters	Ne 120 D.141 RD.142 D.143 D.145 D.146 D.147 356 372 Ne 700

Train locomotives	D.341 D.342 D.343 D.345 D.442 D.443 D.445 D.449 D.461

see also Category:Rolling stock of Italy

Rolling stock of Ferrovie Emilia Romagna

Electric locomotives	51–54 E.189 E.464 E.483 E.484 E.640

Diesel locomotives	260 850 1900 D.220 D.361 DE.122 DE.145 DE.341 DE.424 Dj.474 G.2000 LD.61–62 Ld.404 Ln.372 M.52

Electric railcars	1–10 ALe 054 ALe 88 ALe 228 E.122 ETR 350

Diesel railcars	ALn 067–082 ALn 556 ALn 663 ALn 668 ALn 772 ALn 773 ALn 1201–1205 ALn 2451–2456 ALn 9001–9003 ATR 220

See also Category:Rolling stock of Italy

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