There are 150 of these 445 diesels in service on the Italian network. They are relatively slow with a maximum speed of 81mph attained from their 1 900Hp Fiat supercharged engines. However, probably due to that supercharger, they make a great noise as this one was as it leaves Florence SMN station with the 17.55 to Borgo San Lorenzo that is about twenty kilometres north east of Florence.
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