Electric locomotive 121 046 of the Czech State Railways.

■ Version with wide yellow stripe
■ Pantograph with an innovative fastening
■ Filigree design of the bogies and the spoked wheels
■ Fine metal wheels with low wheel flangess
■ In digital mode with switchable headlight/tail light, driver’s cab lighting, engine room lighting and bogie lighting

At the beginning of the 1960s, the former Czechoslovak State Railways (CSD) needed new, powerful electric goods locomotives for the 3 kV DC system in the north and east of the country. As a prototype, a locomotive from the E 499.1 class, under construction at that time, was adapted for goods train service. With a continuous output of 2,032 kW, they reached a top speed of 90 km/h. Skoda delivered a total of 85 locomotives of the E 469.1 class to the Czechoslovak State Railways.