sentences:  The E.444 locomotive was designed in the 1960s as the first Italian electric locomotive capable to reach (in that period first high-speed trains like the Japanese Shinkansen and the French TGV were appearing).Italian railways could boast fast trains like the ETR 200, but they were getting old and the Pendolino project was just in its early phases.The first 4 prototypes, built at Savigliano, made their debut in 1967-1968