- ETR 200
Infobox EMU
name = ETR 200
imagesize = 200px
caption = ETR 200 in Milan, 1938.
Manufacturer =Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Operator = Ferrovie dello Stato
Formation = three-car trainset
Built = 18 trainsets
InService = 1937-1993 (as ETR 220)
Refurbishment=2006 -2008 , transformation into E.414
Power= 1050 kW
SafetySystem =
CarLength = 62.8 m (trainset)
Weight = 116.8 t
Capacity = ETR 201-206: 35 1st class, 69 2nd class
ETR 207-218: 100 1st class
MaxSpeed = 160 km/h
Gauge = 1,435 mm
Voltage = 3000 V DCThe ETR 200 (Italian:ElettroTreno 200) is an Italianelectric multiple unit (EMU) introduced in 1936. It achieved the world mean speed record in 1939.Development
In the
1930 s the Italian state railways,Ferrovie dello Stato , electrified the main lineMilan -Bologna -Florence -Rome -Naples and needed a fast train to use on it and on other newly-electrified ones. The project was started in1934 , using new technologies forsteel andaerodynamics . The innovative nose of the train was developed after studies in thewind tunnel at thePolitecnico di Torino engineering university. The first example was built bySocietà Italiana Ernesto Breda in 1936, with three cars on four bogies, two of which had a single T 62-R-100 motor while the others were provided with two similar motors each.The train had been designed for speeds up to 175 km/h, but the first pantographs caused problems over 130 km/h. The ETR 200 entered service in 1937 on the Bologna-Rome-Naples line. They were considered the most comfortable and fast trains in Europe, and
Benito Mussolini had one sent to theUniversal Exposition inNew York of that year. OnDecember 6 ,1937 an ETR 200 established a new average speed record by running at 165 km/h.The production of the ETR 200 was halted by
World War II , and many were damaged by Allied bombings. In the early 1960s the remaining sixteen units were converted toETR 220 /230/240 by adding a fourth car and other changes. They remained in service until the early 1980s. Unit ETR 232 has been converted as a historical train.ee also
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High-speed rail in Italy
*Land speed record for railed vehicles
*Treno Alta Velocità References
*cite book|title=Una leggenda che corre: breve storia dell'elettrotreno e dei suoi primati; ETR.200 - ETR.220 - ETR 240 | first=Giovanni | last=Cornolò | location=
Salò |publisher=ETR|year=1990|id=ISBN 88-85068-23-5
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