Gela railway station Gela railway station Gela is the main railway station of the Italian city of Gela, in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. It is owned by the "Ferrovie dello Stato", the national rail company of Italy. Current station was inaugurated in 1977, substituting the old one of 1891, inaugurated after the opening of the line from Syracuse station. Newest station, larger than the old, is located in north of the city. The site of the old station, in city center, was interested in 1984 by the construction of a road. Due to the discovery of remains of the 4th century BC
Giuseppe Bianchi (engineer) Giuseppe Bianchi (engineer) Giuseppe Bianchi (26 August 1888 – Milan, 20 July 1969) was an Italian railway engineer on the Ferrovie dello Stato between 1913 and 1946. Born at Imola, Bianchi graduated in electrical mechanical engineering at the University of Turin in 1912. Offered a job by Ferrovie dello Stato, the operator of the Italian rail network, he was first assigned to the select committee for the electrification of Rome. In 1920 Bianchi was transferred to the office for locomotive research within the Servizio materiale e trazione (Rolling Stock and Locomotive Service) at Florence (where it still resides, under a