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ČSD Class T 499.0
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by ČKD· from 1974· class of 2 Czechoslovakian diesel-electric locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T4990002decin2001-05-19: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Locomotive T 499: Rainerhaufe at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Lokomotivy: Ausonius· CC BY 3.0
- 4. T499 ZZO: Jindřich Běťák· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The ČSD Class T 499.0 (ČD Class 759 since 1987) is a Czech diesel electric locomotive originally designed for express passenger use on unelectrified lines. Two locomotives were built by ČKD as prototypes, with the locomotive never entering mass production, due to the locomotive's high weight, and progress in electrifying main lines.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1974–1975
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- ČKD
- operators
- Československé státní dráhy, České dráhy
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 17.8 m
- nicknames
- Cyclops
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q337299, Wikipedia: ČSD Class T 499.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.