770 058-6 in Bytcica

Čmeliak 770 058-6 na Mn vlaku v Bytčici 13. 3. 2007.

Diesel locomotive 770 058-6 switching in Bytcica station, Slovakia 3-13-2007.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• čmeliak
• 770
• T669
• diesel
• loco
• zssk
• cargo
• cmeliak
• cmel
• chme
• chme3

[Jirka7906]

These locos were made in former Czechoslovakia by ČKD company in Prague and this video was taken in Slovakia. Yes, more than 6000 engines as a ChME3 class were exportet to the former Soviet Union, but also were delivered and operating in Czech and Slovak republic.

[tpvalley]

some 3 axle trucks spread the rails on corners, but they r easier on the track weight wise.

Theses locos didnt have 4 axle trucks, they replaced a 4 axle prototype that couldnt get enough adhesion like u said.

I hope I didnt dream this!!lol.

[PepiQable]

Hi there !!! I jst want to say that some of u are quite erring about the CME order because the eternal power is 255 KN and the max pulling power for 1 hour is not 310 kN but 365 KN so thank you and Love Czechoslovakian Railways as I do :)

[K8S450DR]

Of course it deforms rails in sharper curves, even in Slovakia I think are some places where can't drive 6-axle locos (I guess)

[K8S450DR]

hmm. As I know these locos are having also originally 6 axles.. But if it isn't so and they really had 4 axles, it is for me really new information. Having 6 axles I think has some advantages, especially refering to adhesion (f.e. in steep slopes). But this is also why these locos are always less and less used because rail maintainers are saying that it deforms rails..But I don't know if it is really so

[tpvalley]

I read somewhere that before these locos a 4 axle design was used but it couldnt pull enough load so a 6 axle type was built...maybe that was different country, but Im almost sure it was this type of loco that replaced it; I might be mistaken though?

[K8S450DR]

Hmm I'm not sure if I good understand .-)) but in each case 770 and 771 have 6 axles.. And they in Russia as Chme3 known have also 6.. Once I've seen 4-axle-Chme3 in Lithuania (probably) on youtube, but I think it is not usual.. The horsepower is always similar.. The difference between 770 and 771 is in connecting of the axles, not in number of axles. And Chme3 is in this way similar to 770, although there are some other differences

[tpvalley]

I believe these replaced a similar horspower locomotives with only 4 axles?

[K8S450DR]

As well, this loco can move with far bigger load. The max pulling power is 255 KN, and for the 771 class with a made-over connecting of the gear 310 KN. Top speed of these locos is 90 km/h (in Russia they have 95)

[Moergil]

Jirka7906 is right. The one which you can see on this video is the oldest functional 770 in my city, Žilina. Local railroad and train station in Zilina is one of the last places in Slovakia, where are these locomotives still in work. I think that 770.058 is the only 770 which is used on local railroad Žilina-Rajec.