FS Class 736 explained

FS class 736
Bgcolor:00625A
Color:FFFFFF
Powertype:Steam
Buildmodel:USATC S160
Builddate:1942–1945
Uicclass:1′D h2
Leadingdiameter:2feet
Driverdiameter:4feet
Wheelbase:51feet
Length:61feet,
including tender
Weightondrivers:140000lb
Locoweight:161000lb
Tenderweight:115500lb
Locotenderweight:276500lb
Fueltype:Coal
Fuelcap:20000lb
Watercap:24.6sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:483x
Operator:Ferrovie dello Stato
Fleetnumbers:736.001 – 736.243
Disposition:Two preserved, four others extant, 25 sold to Greece (3 extant), remainder scrapped

Ferrovie dello Stato (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 736 (Italian: Gruppo 736) was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives ex-United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) 2-8-0 steam locomotives of the S160 Class. There were 243 locomotives in this class, numbered 736.001-243. They were taken to Italy by invading US forces.

They were used on west coast routes working from Rome and Naples, with some later seeing service on the Bologna to Ancona line. Some were transferred to Catania, in Sicily.

In 1959, twenty-five locomotives of this class Nos 736.011/23/40/55/73/90/101/2/126/7/131/5/51/8/60/4/6/78/88/90/9/203/7/9/17 were sold to the Hellenic State Railways (Greek Railways, SEK), to add to their Class Θγ; being renumbered 571–595.