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ČSD Class E 426.0
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 1973· electric locomotive class by Škoda Works
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E 426: RainerHaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. E 426.003 in Tábor: de:User:Rainerhaufe (selbst fotografiert)· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The locomotives of ČSD's Class E 426.0 (ČD's Class 113) are essentially ČSD Class E 458.0 locomotives redesigned to work from the 1500 V DC overhead wire electrification system. They are retained for use on line 202 from Tábor to Bechyně. When delivered, the class E 426.0 locomotives ran at half the power of an E 458.0, reflecting the lower line voltage.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 800 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1973
- in service from
- 1973
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- Škoda Works
- operators
- Československé státní dráhy, České dráhy
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 800 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.4 m
- weight
- 64 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q258962, Wikipedia: ČSD Class E 426.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.