Diesel locomotive class T 478.2 of the Czechoslovakian State
Railways.
■ 3rd locomotive series with beaded side walls which reach up to
the edge of the roof
■ Delicately etched plates with the loco numbers T 478 2059 and T
478 2062 are attached to the package.
The classes T 478.1 and T 478.2 are diesel electric multi-purpose
locomotives and earned their nick name "Bardotka", after the French
actress Brigitte Bardot, because of their striking exterior design.
From 1966 to 1971, 230 series locomotives were built for the ČSD at
the factory CKD in Prague. The locomotives hauled all types of
passenger and goods trains. You could find them also at the border
stations of the neighbouring countries.
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