https://www.ipernity.com/tag/23639/keyword/962253 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/57/5C/23639.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/23639/keyword/962253 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:53:19 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:53:19 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/5374495 tag:ipernity.com,2009-07-13,doc-5374495 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:42:06 +0000 2009-07-13T04:42:06+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/5374495"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/44/95/5374495.a29e1db1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I originally had no idea what this locomotive was because the photo was so blurred, but eventually I found the info that I needed. This is Ex-CSD 475.179, which is an operable 475 Class 4-8-2 based at Decin, as seen here. I don't have the exact build date, but it would have been sometime between 1947 and 1950. The power rating is 1480kW (1985 horsepower), and the maximum speed is officially 100Km/h, although obviously a locomotive this powerful with medium-size drivers could probably do more.</div> Ex-CSD #475.179, Decin, Ustecky Kraj, Bohemia (CZ), 2009 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/5374495"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/111/44/95/5374495.a29e1db1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I originally had no idea what this locomotive was because the photo was so blurred, but eventually I found the info that I needed. This is Ex-CSD 475.179, which is an operable 475 Class 4-8-2 based at Decin, as seen here. I don't have the exact build date, but it would have been sometime between 1947 and 1950. The power rating is 1480kW (1985 horsepower), and the maximum speed is officially 100Km/h, although obviously a locomotive this powerful with medium-size drivers could probably do more.</div> Jon Searles