#3953
ČKD T-669 diesel locomotive
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by ČKD· from 1968· czechoslovakian Diesellokomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lok 770: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Albania train: kopaszsop· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
T-669.0 (770) class diesel locomotives, built by ČKD are six-axle, with two bogies. The wheel pairs are set in radius arms and have a simple coil spring suspension. The body is mounted on the frame with eight anchors.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 993 kW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.2 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
- 1968–1990
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 993 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17.2 m
- weight
- 115 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1760525, Wikipedia: ČKD T-669 diesel locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.