#4537
ČSD Class E 499.3
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 1984· class of Czechoslovakian electric locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CzechLocomotive163a: Radouch· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Elektricka loko: Original uploader and author was Zacatecnik at cs.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SK Class 163: Михаил Кульгейко· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 163 039-1 (E 499.3), railway line 400, 8. 1991 (Czechoslovakia): © Karel Furiš , author ( Ostrava Poruba , Czech Republic ). When reusing, please credit me as: Karel Furiš / Wikimedia Commons . I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia.· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
ČSD Class E 499.3 electric locomotives were used primarily for passenger trains in Czechoslovakia. Locomotives which passed to České dráhy, rail operator in the Czech Republic are now classified as Class 163, those which passed to ZSSK, rail operator in Slovakia, are also Class 163. E 499.3 locomotives operate on the 3,000 V DC system and are essentially a DC only version of the ES 499.1.
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 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 3.5 MW is about 41 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984–1992
- in service from
- 1984
- number built
- 120
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- Škoda Works
- operators
- ČD Cargo, České dráhy, RegioJet, Ferrovie Nord Milano, Československé státní dráhy, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 3.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 84 t
- nicknames
- Peršing
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q337056, Wikipedia: ČSD Class E 499.3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.