ČSD series E 417.0

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ČSD series E 417.0
Numbering: E 417.001
Number: 1
Manufacturer: Škoda Plzeň
Year of construction (s): 1931
Axis formula : Bo 'Bo'
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 12,180 mm
Height: 4,020 mm
Width: 3,140 mm
Trunnion Distance: 6,600 mm
Bogie axle base: 2,380 mm
Total wheelbase: 8,980 mm
Service mass: 65 t
Friction mass: 65 t
Wheel set mass : 17 t
Top speed: 40 km / h
Hourly output : 228 kW
Continuous output : 160 kW
Driving wheel diameter: 1,045 mm
Power system : 440 V accumulator
Number of traction motors: 4th
Drive: Paw camp

The ČSD series E 417.0 was an electric locomotive of the former Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD, which was intended for shunting service in the Prague node .

History and commitment

Even before the start of electrical operation in the Prague node, tests with battery locomotives were carried out to reduce air pollution in the tunnels around Prague main train station due to the increasing steam locomotive operation for moving work. The first such locomotive was equipped by Frantisek Krizik and Wide Field & Danek made E 407.0 , which started the trial service in June 1926th

In 1929 this machine got a sister locomotive E 407.002 , which had been improved in some details and was manufactured by the successor organization ČKD .

In the thirties, the production of the battery locomotives was transferred to Škoda , which in 1931 manufactured the only slightly changed ČKD predecessor as the E 417.0 . The further development of this locomotive was the E 416.0 .

The battery locomotives had the advantage that they could operate freely even on non-electrified tracks. Overall, they were very popular. Lt. In 1953, the source was still 2/5 of all electric locomotives for ČSD battery locomotives .

The literature does not reveal anything about the further use of the locomotive. It can be assumed that after the Prague node was re-tensioned to 3000 V direct current around 1962, it was no longer possible to use it in an operational manner.

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