Roco HO 7300003 Diesel locomotive class T 466.2 ČSD era IV DC 2023 New Item

Diesel locomotive class T 466.2 belonging to the Czechoslovak State Railways. New design! ■ Design of the first series with smooth driver’s cab side wall ■ Finely detailed model with many separately attached plug-in parts ■ Free view through the driver’s cab ■ Delicately crafted safety railings ■ Wheelsets with low wheel flanges ■ Driver’s cab lighting installed; switchable in digital mode In the 1970s, the former Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) was in great need of powerful diesel goods train locomotives for medium-weight shunting and line service. For this purpose, the lighter T 466.2 variant was derived from industrial locomotive type T 448. Starting in 1977, it was manufactured by ČKD in Prague in nine construction series (with small differences in each case) with 494 units and was operated by with the ČSD until 1986.