The FS Class E.405 is a class of

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built in 42 units by

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(now

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Italy) originally for the

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(PKP), but later acquired by

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Italian state railways.

History

The locomotives were originally commissioned by PKP in 1996 and the units were assembled in Poland at

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Pafawag Pafawag (Państwowa Fabryka Wagonów) ( English: National Rail Carriage Factory) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer based in Wrocław. The company became part of Adtranz in 1997 as Adtranz Pafawag, and in 2001 part of Bombardier Transportation. . ...

's plant, designated as PKP Class EU11 (manufacturer's designation: Adtranz-Pafawag 113E). After a short operational stint of 8 locomotives on the Warsaw-Berlin line, they were sold to Italy's

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (; ; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the initialism FS) is Italy's national state-owned enterprise, state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estate service ...

(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
{{Polish State Railways rolling stock E.405 3000 V DC locomotives Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1998 Standard-gauge locomotives of Italy