ČSD Class E 669.2

what is it?

The ČSD E 669.2 is a class of electric locomotives designed, built and used in the former Czechoslovakia for heavy freight trains. The class is a development of the E 669.1 class. Surviving members of the class are now used in the Czech Republic (ČD Class 182) by ČD Cargo and ODOS, in Slovakia by private operator Lokorail and in Poland by various private operators including CTL Logistics and PTK Holding).

who runs it

České dráhyČD CargoPCPKP Cargo InternationalČeskoslovenské státní dráhyRORailways of the Slovak RepublicŽSŽelezničná spoločnosťŽSŽelezničná spoločnosť Cargo SlovakiaDB Cargo PolskaCLCTL LogisticsOKOrlen KolejODOstravská dopravní společnost

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• power 2.8 MWpower output
• weight 120 tin working order
• built 168made in total

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 63 years ago, in 1963.
• 🚗2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏18.9 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

1963–1965

in service from

1963

number built

168

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

builders

Škoda Works

operators

České dráhy, ČD Cargo, PKP Cargo International, Československé státní dráhy, Railways of the Slovak Republic, Železničná spoločnosť, Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, DB Cargo Polska, CTL Logistics, Orlen Kolej, Ostravská dopravní společnost

top speed

90 km/h

power

2.8 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

3000 V DC overhead lines

wheel arrangement

Co′Co′

length

18.9 m

weight

120 t

nicknames

Šestikolak, Rakaňa

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.