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 flanges

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.