ČSD Class S 499.0

ČSD S 499.0 / 499.1
ČD 240 / ZSSK 240

240 130-5 of ZSSK

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Škoda Works
Build date	1966–1969
Total produced	146

Specifications
Configuration:
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1,250 mm (4 ft 1 in)
Length	16,440 mm (53 ft 11 in)
Loco weight	85 tonnes (84 long tons; 94 short tons) (86 tonnes (85 long tons; 95 short tons) for 240 260-0)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead lines
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
MU working	yes
Loco brake	pneumatic, electrodynamic
Train brakes	pneumatic

Performance figures
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Power output	3,080 kW (4,130 hp)

Career
Operators	ČSD » ČD / ZSSK
Class	ČSD: S 499.0 & S 499.1, later 240; ČD: 240 ZSSK: 240
Number in class	ČDC: ? ZSSK: 48 passenger + 49 freight
Numbers	240 001-8 — 240 145-3, 240 260-0
Nicknames	Laminátka - because of the material of the locomotive body - made of laminate

The ČSD Class S 499.0 and S 499.1 are essentially ČSD Class S 489.0 locomotives with revised gearing for higher speeds and added electrodynamic braking system. They operate from the 25 kV 50 Hz overhead line electrification system in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Their design can be traced back to the S699.0 locomotives produced by Škoda in 1962. S 499.0 had a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), with S 499.1 140 km/h (87 mph).

ČD's cargo division (ČDC) operate the locomotives in the Czech Republic. In Slovakia the fleet is shared almost equally between ZSSK's passenger division and ZSCS, their cargo operations.^[1]

Numbering

Locomotives 240 001-8 to 240 120-6 are the original build S 499.0. 240 121-4 to 240 145-3 were converted from S 499.1 by CSD at ŽOS Vrútky, who down-graded the maximum speed to 120 km/h (75 mph). Locomotive 240.260-0 was converted from 230 060-6 in 2002 by fitment of class 240 bogies. It has a few other detail differences to a standard class 240 locomotive (weight is (1 tonne (0.98 long tons; 1.1 short tons) more for example).^[1]

During 2004 locomotives 240 049-7, 240 055-4 & 240 062-0 were converted to class 340 by fitment of 15 kV 16.7 Hz electrical equipment and ÖBB signalling/safety equipment.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bittner et al. (2008).

Bittner, Jaromír; Křenek, Jaroslav; Bohumil, Skála; Šrámek, Milan (2008). Czech & Slovak Locomotives 2009. Czech Republic: Gradis Bohemia. ISBN 978-80-86925-06-6.

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See also List of České dráhy locomotive classes

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