CSD T478 2079 Diesel Locomotive IV

CSD T478 2079 Diesel Locomotive IV

1:87 scale model produced by Roco. This model is ready-to-run straight out of the box and would make a excellent addition to any model railway collection.

Features:

• Analogue DC Model
• Best suited to Epoch IV Model Railways
• This model mainly operates in Czech Republic
• Decorated in CSD company markings
• Best suited to 358mm radius curves
• Version of the 3rd production series with corrugated side walls up to the roof edge
• Finely detailed model with many separately attached plug-in parts
• Printed crests included as etched parts

Details

The CSD Class T 478.4 is a classic diesel-electric locomotive developed for the Czechoslovak State Railways (CSD) in the late 1970s and later operated by Ceské dráhy (CD) in the Czech Republic and Železnicná spolocnost Slovensko (ŽSR / ZSSK) in Slovakia as Class 754. Designed as an enhanced version of the earlier T 478.3 series, the T 478.4 introduced an electric train heating generator in place of steam heating and featured a more powerful engine with modernised electrical equipment. A total of 86 locomotives were built between 1978 and 1980 by CKD Praha, and their distinctive dual-cab front earned them the popular nickname “Brejlovec” (Goggles) among railway enthusiasts.

With a Bo'Bo' wheel arrangement, a power output of approximately 1,472 kW, and a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), the T 478.4, later Class 754, was widely used on heavy passenger and freight trains across standard-gauge routes in Czechoslovakia and its successor states. As railway electrification expanded, many locomotives continued in service with CD and ŽSR, while others were leased to operators abroad, including PKP Intercity in Poland.