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.
This locomotive has 3 pistons (two on the sides and one in the middle) with an approximate power of 1590 kW The first series (machines with serial numbers 001-006 and 008-036) had poor weight distribution on the tender and they had to be modified. The second series (machines with serial numbers 39-60) no longer had this defect and had more water in the tank on the sides.
Three are preserved, as of 2025 two of them were still operational (013 and 043).Výhrevna Vrútky, Železnica pre deti 2018, 5 June 2018, with photos of 477.013České dráhy, Železničář, 11 April 2019, page 4, mentions 477.043 pulled a train with hundreds of passengers in March 2019Annual report of Národní technické muzeum for calendar year 2009, mentions 477.060 was on display in Augsburg Railway Park
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