🇮🇹 Luigi Cantamessa, head of heritage arm of state rail #FondazioneFS is busy again.
In Rimini he’s opened a training school for obsolete railway trades.
Steam train drivers, cooks & furniture restorer skills are essential to preserve Italy’s railway heritage.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
In Rimini he’s opened a training school for obsolete railway trades.
Steam train drivers, cooks & furniture restorer skills are essential to preserve Italy’s railway heritage.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
May 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🇮🇹 Luigi Cantamessa, head of heritage arm of state rail #FondazioneFS is busy again.
In Rimini he’s opened a training school for obsolete railway trades.
Steam train drivers, cooks & furniture restorer skills are essential to preserve Italy’s railway heritage.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
In Rimini he’s opened a training school for obsolete railway trades.
Steam train drivers, cooks & furniture restorer skills are essential to preserve Italy’s railway heritage.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
🇮🇹 New route & stunning new heritage train from #FondazioneFS this autumn;
Rome-Siena by Trans Europ Express in ‘Gran Confort’ carriages.
🍂 No dining, but beautiful Tuscan scenery.
5hr trip over 3 weekends Sept/Oct/Nov 250km €49.
ℹ️: www.fstrenituristici.it/en/travel-an...
Rome-Siena by Trans Europ Express in ‘Gran Confort’ carriages.
🍂 No dining, but beautiful Tuscan scenery.
5hr trip over 3 weekends Sept/Oct/Nov 250km €49.
ℹ️: www.fstrenituristici.it/en/travel-an...
August 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🇮🇹 New route & stunning new heritage train from #FondazioneFS this autumn;
Rome-Siena by Trans Europ Express in ‘Gran Confort’ carriages.
🍂 No dining, but beautiful Tuscan scenery.
5hr trip over 3 weekends Sept/Oct/Nov 250km €49.
ℹ️: www.fstrenituristici.it/en/travel-an...
Rome-Siena by Trans Europ Express in ‘Gran Confort’ carriages.
🍂 No dining, but beautiful Tuscan scenery.
5hr trip over 3 weekends Sept/Oct/Nov 250km €49.
ℹ️: www.fstrenituristici.it/en/travel-an...
Renovations by #FondazioneFS of a vintage DMU/ALn 772 have revealed scars of its early life in Italy.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Renovations by #FondazioneFS of a vintage DMU/ALn 772 have revealed scars of its early life in Italy.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
Bullet holes have been revealed in the side of the 1936 built vehicle.
Bringing vehicles back to life means recognising & preserving history for generations of today and tomorrow.
7 remarkable pics released by Italy's #FondazioneFS of 2 ALn 556 DMUs delivered to workshops in Porrena for full restoration.
Built by Fiat in 1937 with multiple unit operation, withdrawn 1976.
Italy has a fleet of 200+ working heritage vehicles.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Built by Fiat in 1937 with multiple unit operation, withdrawn 1976.
Italy has a fleet of 200+ working heritage vehicles.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
7 remarkable pics released by Italy's #FondazioneFS of 2 ALn 556 DMUs delivered to workshops in Porrena for full restoration.
Built by Fiat in 1937 with multiple unit operation, withdrawn 1976.
Italy has a fleet of 200+ working heritage vehicles.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Built by Fiat in 1937 with multiple unit operation, withdrawn 1976.
Italy has a fleet of 200+ working heritage vehicles.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🌋 Naples - Pompei, for Pompeii. What a great route for a #FondazioneFS 1930s heritage train.
Yesterday I travelled on the first of the year, unfortunately it was also the last.
But there’s 200+ more steam, diesel & electric heritage trains across Italy!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Yesterday I travelled on the first of the year, unfortunately it was also the last.
But there’s 200+ more steam, diesel & electric heritage trains across Italy!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
April 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🌋 Naples - Pompei, for Pompeii. What a great route for a #FondazioneFS 1930s heritage train.
Yesterday I travelled on the first of the year, unfortunately it was also the last.
But there’s 200+ more steam, diesel & electric heritage trains across Italy!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Yesterday I travelled on the first of the year, unfortunately it was also the last.
But there’s 200+ more steam, diesel & electric heritage trains across Italy!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Milano Centrale, one of Europe’s most impressive stations - & one of 12 Italian stations with royal waiting rooms.
#FondazioneFS will give you a private tour, masses of history of the railway - and country.
Saw King’s secret escape ladder from toilet to roof!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/Historica...
#FondazioneFS will give you a private tour, masses of history of the railway - and country.
Saw King’s secret escape ladder from toilet to roof!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/Historica...
October 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Milano Centrale, one of Europe’s most impressive stations - & one of 12 Italian stations with royal waiting rooms.
#FondazioneFS will give you a private tour, masses of history of the railway - and country.
Saw King’s secret escape ladder from toilet to roof!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/Historica...
#FondazioneFS will give you a private tour, masses of history of the railway - and country.
Saw King’s secret escape ladder from toilet to roof!
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/Historica...
As 1980s trains are withdrawn, good to see Italy’s #FondazioneFS preserveing the country’s heritage.
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As 1980s trains are withdrawn, good to see Italy’s #FondazioneFS preserveing the country’s heritage.
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
4 DMU/ALn 663s started restoration to original condition this week in Caserta, Naples for 12+ “Timeless Tracks”, lined reopened for tourists, and mainlines.
ℹ️ : www.fondazionefs.it/en/fondazion...
On board an #FS 🇮🇹 #Trenitalia #ETR485 #Pendolino highspeed service from #Calabria to #Rome. This is one of the few trains in #Italy with a full-length #DiningCar, equipped with restaurant-style tables.
At #Paola, an #E656 electric with her #FondazioneFS #TrenoStorico is parked on an adjacent track.
At #Paola, an #E656 electric with her #FondazioneFS #TrenoStorico is parked on an adjacent track.
August 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On board an #FS 🇮🇹 #Trenitalia #ETR485 #Pendolino highspeed service from #Calabria to #Rome. This is one of the few trains in #Italy with a full-length #DiningCar, equipped with restaurant-style tables.
At #Paola, an #E656 electric with her #FondazioneFS #TrenoStorico is parked on an adjacent track.
At #Paola, an #E656 electric with her #FondazioneFS #TrenoStorico is parked on an adjacent track.
End of an era for this spectacular but hidden line in rural Lazio.
Great to see the trip getting recognition, met by the mayor at one of the stations!
Fortunately lots of these trains are preserved by #FondazioneFS & used on heritage lines.
Great to see the trip getting recognition, met by the mayor at one of the stations!
Fortunately lots of these trains are preserved by #FondazioneFS & used on heritage lines.
June 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
End of an era for this spectacular but hidden line in rural Lazio.
Great to see the trip getting recognition, met by the mayor at one of the stations!
Fortunately lots of these trains are preserved by #FondazioneFS & used on heritage lines.
Great to see the trip getting recognition, met by the mayor at one of the stations!
Fortunately lots of these trains are preserved by #FondazioneFS & used on heritage lines.
Another Italian railway icon gets the closer to the mainline.
After a €m #FondazioneFS refurb EMU/ALe601 is on the Bologna test track.
Built 1961 as successor to Settebello with more practical layout for 250kmh/150mph 1st class services. Public trips next year…
After a €m #FondazioneFS refurb EMU/ALe601 is on the Bologna test track.
Built 1961 as successor to Settebello with more practical layout for 250kmh/150mph 1st class services. Public trips next year…
August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another Italian railway icon gets the closer to the mainline.
After a €m #FondazioneFS refurb EMU/ALe601 is on the Bologna test track.
Built 1961 as successor to Settebello with more practical layout for 250kmh/150mph 1st class services. Public trips next year…
After a €m #FondazioneFS refurb EMU/ALe601 is on the Bologna test track.
Built 1961 as successor to Settebello with more practical layout for 250kmh/150mph 1st class services. Public trips next year…
🚂🚋🚋🚋 Just what the 🇮🇹 Palazzulo sull'Oglio - Paratico Line and Lake Iseo has been waiting for, open topped carriages!
📍 maps.apple.com/place?addres...
I travelled on Train Jaune, French Pyrenees, any more lines with them??
Coming soon to Italy thanks to #FondazioneFS on a track with overhead lines 😬
📍 maps.apple.com/place?addres...
I travelled on Train Jaune, French Pyrenees, any more lines with them??
Coming soon to Italy thanks to #FondazioneFS on a track with overhead lines 😬
July 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🚂🚋🚋🚋 Just what the 🇮🇹 Palazzulo sull'Oglio - Paratico Line and Lake Iseo has been waiting for, open topped carriages!
📍 maps.apple.com/place?addres...
I travelled on Train Jaune, French Pyrenees, any more lines with them??
Coming soon to Italy thanks to #FondazioneFS on a track with overhead lines 😬
📍 maps.apple.com/place?addres...
I travelled on Train Jaune, French Pyrenees, any more lines with them??
Coming soon to Italy thanks to #FondazioneFS on a track with overhead lines 😬
L'Italia che ci manca!
Auguri #Caimano
Tra i binari coperti di neve, la E 656 001 avanza decisa nei pressi di Milano Centrale durante un trasferimento invernale.
Uno scatto che restituisce tutta la suggestione e la bellezza della stagione natalizia e che, quest’anno...
#Trenitalia #FondazioneFS
Auguri #Caimano
Tra i binari coperti di neve, la E 656 001 avanza decisa nei pressi di Milano Centrale durante un trasferimento invernale.
Uno scatto che restituisce tutta la suggestione e la bellezza della stagione natalizia e che, quest’anno...
#Trenitalia #FondazioneFS
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
L'Italia che ci manca!
Auguri #Caimano
Tra i binari coperti di neve, la E 656 001 avanza decisa nei pressi di Milano Centrale durante un trasferimento invernale.
Uno scatto che restituisce tutta la suggestione e la bellezza della stagione natalizia e che, quest’anno...
#Trenitalia #FondazioneFS
Auguri #Caimano
Tra i binari coperti di neve, la E 656 001 avanza decisa nei pressi di Milano Centrale durante un trasferimento invernale.
Uno scatto che restituisce tutta la suggestione e la bellezza della stagione natalizia e che, quest’anno...
#Trenitalia #FondazioneFS
..an afternoon of “prodotti tipici” 🧀🍷🥂🍅 in Paternopoli, Campania…
#IrpiniaExpress ALn668 DMU restored by state #FondazioneFS takes trippers back to Avellino…
One of 200+ heritage trains in Italy every year… and second today in Campania….
Not the most scenic location - next to Zuegg jam factory! 🍓🍐🍋
#IrpiniaExpress ALn668 DMU restored by state #FondazioneFS takes trippers back to Avellino…
One of 200+ heritage trains in Italy every year… and second today in Campania….
Not the most scenic location - next to Zuegg jam factory! 🍓🍐🍋
September 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
..an afternoon of “prodotti tipici” 🧀🍷🥂🍅 in Paternopoli, Campania…
#IrpiniaExpress ALn668 DMU restored by state #FondazioneFS takes trippers back to Avellino…
One of 200+ heritage trains in Italy every year… and second today in Campania….
Not the most scenic location - next to Zuegg jam factory! 🍓🍐🍋
#IrpiniaExpress ALn668 DMU restored by state #FondazioneFS takes trippers back to Avellino…
One of 200+ heritage trains in Italy every year… and second today in Campania….
Not the most scenic location - next to Zuegg jam factory! 🍓🍐🍋
Each way…. €20 return!
Italy loves its railway, it’s restored 100s of vehicles and runs 200+ #FondazioneFS trains on mainlines & closed lines every year, for the price of a Regionale.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Italy loves its railway, it’s restored 100s of vehicles and runs 200+ #FondazioneFS trains on mainlines & closed lines every year, for the price of a Regionale.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
July 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Each way…. €20 return!
Italy loves its railway, it’s restored 100s of vehicles and runs 200+ #FondazioneFS trains on mainlines & closed lines every year, for the price of a Regionale.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
Italy loves its railway, it’s restored 100s of vehicles and runs 200+ #FondazioneFS trains on mainlines & closed lines every year, for the price of a Regionale.
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
🍁🍂🍇 The summer sun is fading as the year grows old….
but Italy’s heritage trains from #FondazioneFS bring life to the countryside.
Today DMU/ALn 668 on a 3hr, 100km, €8 trip Avellino-mountain top village Cairano.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Lth1uRzENvUZ...
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
but Italy’s heritage trains from #FondazioneFS bring life to the countryside.
Today DMU/ALn 668 on a 3hr, 100km, €8 trip Avellino-mountain top village Cairano.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Lth1uRzENvUZ...
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🍁🍂🍇 The summer sun is fading as the year grows old….
but Italy’s heritage trains from #FondazioneFS bring life to the countryside.
Today DMU/ALn 668 on a 3hr, 100km, €8 trip Avellino-mountain top village Cairano.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Lth1uRzENvUZ...
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
but Italy’s heritage trains from #FondazioneFS bring life to the countryside.
Today DMU/ALn 668 on a 3hr, 100km, €8 trip Avellino-mountain top village Cairano.
📍 maps.app.goo.gl/Lth1uRzENvUZ...
ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
⛲️Treno Delle Terme - Spa Train.
🇮🇹 #FondazioneFS, Italy's heritage train operator has a restored train trip for the cold winter days!
· Milan-Abano, open air thermal spas, 24-26 Jan. 250km, 3hr, €39.
⛲️ Abano info: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g194...
🚞 Train info: www.fondazionefs.it/it/notizie-a...
🇮🇹 #FondazioneFS, Italy's heritage train operator has a restored train trip for the cold winter days!
· Milan-Abano, open air thermal spas, 24-26 Jan. 250km, 3hr, €39.
⛲️ Abano info: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g194...
🚞 Train info: www.fondazionefs.it/it/notizie-a...
December 21, 2024 at 1:27 PM
⛲️Treno Delle Terme - Spa Train.
🇮🇹 #FondazioneFS, Italy's heritage train operator has a restored train trip for the cold winter days!
· Milan-Abano, open air thermal spas, 24-26 Jan. 250km, 3hr, €39.
⛲️ Abano info: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g194...
🚞 Train info: www.fondazionefs.it/it/notizie-a...
🇮🇹 #FondazioneFS, Italy's heritage train operator has a restored train trip for the cold winter days!
· Milan-Abano, open air thermal spas, 24-26 Jan. 250km, 3hr, €39.
⛲️ Abano info: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g194...
🚞 Train info: www.fondazionefs.it/it/notizie-a...
Does anyone know the current state of renovation works for #Trieste #CampoMarzio Museum?
I cannot find any articles stating when it will reopen.
#italia #fondazionefs
I cannot find any articles stating when it will reopen.
#italia #fondazionefs
February 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Does anyone know the current state of renovation works for #Trieste #CampoMarzio Museum?
I cannot find any articles stating when it will reopen.
#italia #fondazionefs
I cannot find any articles stating when it will reopen.
#italia #fondazionefs
Mobilità, Fondazione Fs: "Con riconversione ALn668 sostenibilità ha declinazione operativa" ... LEGGI TUTTO #Mobilità #Sostenibilità #FondazioneFS #Treni #Riconversione
Mobilità, Fondazione Fs: "Con riconversione ALn668 sostenibilità ha declinazione operativa"
(Adnkronos) - “La sostenibilità, che oggi è un cardine, deve trovare delle declinazioni operative. Alle nostre spalle ne abbiamo un esempio perfetto” basato sul “riutilizzo dell’esistente, un treno prodotto in Italia, alla Fi...
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April 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Mobilità, Fondazione Fs: "Con riconversione ALn668 sostenibilità ha declinazione operativa" ... LEGGI TUTTO #Mobilità #Sostenibilità #FondazioneFS #Treni #Riconversione
Napoli ➡️ L'Aquila via "la transiberiana italiana"❣️
🚂 6h par monts et par vaux sur les sommets de l'Apennin
🚂 Petit autorail Fiat, moteur de camion, changement de vitesse, déco années 80
🚂 Odeur de diesel, et de casernes 🫢
Désormais "fuori servizio"😢
youtu.be/ajE2jfYowFA
🚂 6h par monts et par vaux sur les sommets de l'Apennin
🚂 Petit autorail Fiat, moteur de camion, changement de vitesse, déco années 80
🚂 Odeur de diesel, et de casernes 🫢
Désormais "fuori servizio"😢
youtu.be/ajE2jfYowFA
Binari senza tempo: la linea Sulmona - Carpinone
Prosegue il nostro viaggio alla scoperta delle linee di Binari senza tempo.
Oggi il nostro Direttore Generale Luigi Francesco Cantamessa Armati ci parla della Ferrovia "Transiberiana d'Italia".
#FondazioneFSItaliane
#FondazioneFS
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January 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Napoli ➡️ L'Aquila via "la transiberiana italiana"❣️
🚂 6h par monts et par vaux sur les sommets de l'Apennin
🚂 Petit autorail Fiat, moteur de camion, changement de vitesse, déco années 80
🚂 Odeur de diesel, et de casernes 🫢
Désormais "fuori servizio"😢
youtu.be/ajE2jfYowFA
🚂 6h par monts et par vaux sur les sommets de l'Apennin
🚂 Petit autorail Fiat, moteur de camion, changement de vitesse, déco années 80
🚂 Odeur de diesel, et de casernes 🫢
Désormais "fuori servizio"😢
youtu.be/ajE2jfYowFA