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ČSD Class 477.0
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by ČKD· from 1951· class of 60 Czechoslovakian 4-8-4T locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Steam locomotive 477.043: Oso Pardo· Public domain
- 2. 477 Farbe: Rainerhaufe at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Luzna museum CSD 477-043 1 2017-06-25: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Tenderlokomotive ČSD 477.043: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
- 5. ČSD 477.013: Sächsische IV K· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
ČSD Class 477.0 is the last type of steam locomotive made by ČKD for Czechoslovak State Railways. In total 60 tank locomotives with axle arrangement 2′D′ 2′ (4-8-4) were produced in 1951-1952 and 1955. It was a tank locomotive development of the ČSD Class 475.0 locomotive.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1951–1980).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1955
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 1980
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- ČKD
- operators
- Československé státní dráhy
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-4T
- length
- 17.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q336873, Wikipedia: ČSD Class 477.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.