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ČSD Class T 458.1
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by ČKD· from 1961· class of 221 Czechoslovakian diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lok T 458 1190 Decin 2011: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 721 151-9 RJ: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 2019-07-02 Retrolok at Horažďovice předměstí - T 458.1035: Kevin Prince· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 2019-07-02 T 458.1035 Retrolok at Horažďovice předměstí: Kevin Prince· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. T458.1532 in Praha-Vršovice 2021: Sächsische IV K· CC0
- 6. T458.1532 in Praha-Vršovice: Sächsische IV K· CC0
- 7. T458.1532 in Čerčany 2: Sächsische IV K· CC0
- 8. T458.1532 in Čerčany 2021: Sächsische IV K· CC0
- 9. T458.1532 in Čerčany 3: Sächsische IV K· CC0
- 10. T458.1532 in Čerčany 4: Sächsische IV K· CC0
what is it?
ČSD Class T 458.1 is a Czechoslovak diesel locomotive. It remain in use as shunters in both Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It is now classified as class 721.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 551 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1968
- number built
- 290
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD
- operators
- České dráhy
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 551 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 74 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q337262, Wikipedia: ČSD Class T 458.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.