ČSD Class 477.0

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ČSD Class 477.0
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderČKD[1]
Build date1951-1952 (38), 1955 (22)[1]
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-8-4T[2]
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
CylindersThree[1]
Career
OperatorsČSD[1]
Numbers477.001–477.060[1]

ČSD Class 477.0 is the last type of steam locomotive made by ČKD for Czechoslovak State Railways. In total 60 tank locomotives with axle arrangement 2′D′ 2′ (4-8-4) were produced in 1951-1952 and 1955.[1] It was a tank locomotive development of the ČSD Class 475.0 locomotive.

Three are preserved, as of 2018 two of them were still operational (013 and 043).[3][4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Malec, Miroslav; Martinek, Michal (1984). Naše lokomotivy (in Czech). Praha: Albatros. p. 80.
  2. ^ Railway World No. 393 (February 1973)
  3. ^ Výhrevna Vrútky, Železnica pre deti 2018, 5 June 2018, with photos of 477.013
  4. ^ České dráhy, Železničář, 11 April 2019, page 4, mentions 477.043 pulled a train with hundreds of passengers in March 2019
  5. ^ Annual report of Národní technické muzeum for calendar year 2009, mentions 477.060 was on display in Augsburg Railway Park