ÄŒSD Class 477.0
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ÄŒSD Class 477.0 is the last type of steam locomotive made by
ČKD ČKD (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk) () was one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic. It is famous for the Tatra T3, a tramcar that sold 13,991 units worldwide. History ČKD was formed i ...
for
Czechoslovak State Railways Czechoslovak State Railways (''Československé státní dráhy'' in Czech or ''Československé štátne dráhy'' in Slovak, often abbreviated to ČSD) was the state-owned railway company of Czechoslovakia. The company was founded in 1918 a ...
. In total 60 tank locomotives with axle arrangement 2′D′ 2′ (
4-8-4 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type w ...
) 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).Annual report of Národní technické muzeum for calendar year 2009, mentions 477.060 was on display in
Augsburg Railway Park The Augsburg Railway Park (''Bahnpark Augsburg'') is a railway museum in Augsburg on part of the former Augsburg locomotive shed owned by the Deutsche Bahn. Following reconstruction work, the park officially reopened on 13 April 2009. In the futu ...


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{{Commons category, ÄŒSD Class 477.0 Steam locomotives of Czechoslovakia ÄŒKD locomotives 4-8-4T locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1951 Standard gauge locomotives of Czechoslovakia