#2100
ČSD Class 387.0
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 1926· class of 43 Czechoslovakian 4-6-2 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 387 Luschna: Rainerhaufe at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Skoda Works Pilsen, ČSD Class 387.042 (Ans 05373-2866): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05373-2866 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
- 3. Luzna museum CSD 387-043 2017-06-25: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The ČSD Class 387.0 were 4-6-2 express passenger steam locomotives operated by the Czechoslovak State Railways (Československé státní dráhy, ČSD) between 1926 and 1974. Forty-three of these 2,100-horsepower (1,570 kW) pacific locomotives were built by Škoda Works, Plzeň in five series between 1926 and 1937. They were intended for the heaviest long-distance express trains.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1926–1974).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1937
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1974
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 43
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- Škoda Works
- operators
- Československé státní dráhy
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 92.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q336829, Wikipedia: ČSD Class 387.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.