#3349
ČD Class 700
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by ČKD· from 1957· class of 835 Czechoslovakian diesel shunting locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T 211 0 Jaromer: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Lokomotiva řady 700: Dezidor· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The ČD Class 700 (Formerly ČSD Class T 211.0) is a two-axle diesel–mechanical locomotive. It was designed for shunting in depots, stations and sidings. In depots, these small locomotives were used for moving and hauling locomotives during repairs (when the locomotives could not move under their own power) and in places where it was necessary to move electric locomotives without overhead lines (in roundhouses, on turntables and in engine sheds where space were limited and therefore the small overall length over the bumpers often played an important role).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1957–1962
- number built
- 627
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- ČKD
- designer
- ČKD
- operators
- Railways of the Slovak Republic, České dráhy, ČD Cargo, Československé státní dráhy
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,425 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 7.2 m
- weight
- 22 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q337218, Wikipedia: ČD Class 700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.