ČSD Class 477.0 explained

ČSD Class 477.0
Powertype:	Steam
Builder:	ČKD^[1]
Builddate:	1951-1952 (38), 1955 (22)
Whytetype:	4-8-4T^[2]
Cylindercount:	Three
Operator:	ČSD
Fleetnumbers:	477.001–477.060

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. 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]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Malec . Miroslav . Martinek . Michal . 1984 . Naše lokomotivy . cs . Praha . Albatros . 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]
5. Annual report of Národní technické muzeum for calendar year 2009, mentions 477.060 was on display in Augsburg Railway Park