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ČSD Class T 466.2
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by ČKD· from 1977· class of 453 Czechoslovakian diesel-electric locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ostrom-3: Vít Javůrek· Public domain
- 2. 742-350 a 206 1984-03-10: Jindřich Běťák· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Kopřivnice, lokomotiva 742.224, rok 1992 (1): Felix O· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Lokomotiva 2: Ausonius· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Lokomotivy: Ausonius· CC BY 3.0
- 6. T466-2075 1986-04-19: Jindřich Běťák· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The ČSD Class T 466.2/3, later ČD,ČDC and ZSSK class 742/3, is a class of diesel locomotives, constructed by ČKD Praha between 1977 and 1986.
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- 883 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.6 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
- 1977–1988
- in service from
- 1977
- number built
- 494
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- ČKD
- operators
- Československé státní dráhy, České dráhy, Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, ČD Cargo, PKP Cargo International, BF Logistics, IDS Cargo, Metrans, Ostravská dopravní společnost, Traťová strojní společnost, TSS GRADE
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 883 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 13.6 m
- weight
- 64 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q337269, Wikipedia: ČSD Class T 466.2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.