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ČSD Class E 458.1
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 1979· class of 35 Czechoslovakian electric locomotives
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what is it?
ČSD Class E 458.1 is a class of electric locomotive were used for shunting and local trip working in former Czechoslovakia. Locomotives which passed to České dráhy, rail operator in the Czech Republic are now classified as Class 111. E 458.1 locomotives operate solely on the 3,000 V DC electrification system.
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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- 772 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 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
- 1979–1982
- in service from
- 1981
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- Škoda Works
- operators
- Československé státní dráhy, České dráhy, ČD Cargo
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 772 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.4 m
- weight
- 70.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q240724, Wikipedia: ČSD Class E 458.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.