Locomotives LVCI 116-119

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LVCI 116-119
from 1865 SFAI 714-717
from 1869 SFAI 778-781
from 1885 RM 3948-3951
from 1905 FS Class 397

| Type and origin

Power type| Steam
Builder| Parent & Schaken
Build date| 1859
Total produced| 4
| Specifications

Configuration:
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• Whyte| 0-6-0
Gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.| 1.515 m (59.6 in)
Length| 14.688 m (48.2 ft)
Loco weight| 30.2 tonnes (29.7 long tons; 33.3 short tons)
Fuel type| Coal
Boiler pressure| 8 kgf/cm2 (0.78 MPa; 110 psi)
Cylinders| 2 inside
Valve gear| Stephenson
| Performance figures

Maximum speed| 50 km/h (31 mph)
Power output| 260 CV (190 kW; 260 hp)

Locomotives LVCI 116-119 were 0-6-0 steam locomotives of the LVCI. They were designed for hauling passenger trains.

## History

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They were built in 1859 by Parent & Schaken, which later became Fives-Lille, for the French army, and sent to Italy for the Second Italian War of Independence. At the end of the conflict they had been incorporated into the stock of the LVCI, a company linked to the French arm of the Rothschild Group. In 1865 the locomotives passed to the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (SFAI), which assigned them the numbers 714-717. Later (probably in 1869) they were renumbered 778-781. In 1885, at the creation of the great national networks, the locomotives passed to the Rete Mediterranea, which numbered them 3948-3951. In 1905, at the time of nationalization, only 3 units arrived at the FS, which registered them as Class 397 with numbers 3971-3973. They were regarded as obsolete so they were soon withdrawn and scrapped.

## References

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## Further reading

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* Giovanni Cornolò, Locomotive a vapore FS, Parma, Ermanno Albertelli, 1998, pp. 182-184. ISBN 88-85909-91-4