Roco 7320004 - Diesel Locomotive 742 171 -2, CD Cargo

Diesel locomotive 742 171 of CD Cargo.

Form variation!

■ Version of the 3rd series with ribbed driver’s cab side wall and ribbed driver’s cab roof
■ Modernised version with cladded radiator box
■ Small upper headlight
■ Free view through the driver’s cab
■ Delicately crafted safety railings with transfer plate
■ Wheelsets with low wheel flanges
■ With switchable shunting light, individually switchable headlight or tail light and driver’s cab lighting in digital mode

In the 1970s, the former Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) was in great need of powerful diesel freight 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.
In 1998, the series designation T 466.2 was changed to 742. Many locomotives are still in use today in freight transport for CD Cargo on Czech rails.