page_title: M62 locomotive
section_title: Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic class 781
hierarchical_section_title: M62 locomotive / Operators / Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic class 781
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: 781 600 - 2 im de:Eisenbahnmuseum Lužna u Rakovníka
context_page_description: The M62 is a Soviet-built diesel locomotive for heavy freight trains, exported to many Eastern Bloc countries as well as to Cuba, North Korea and Mongolia. Beside the single locomotive M62 also twin versions 2M62 and triple versions 3M62 have been built. A total number of 7164 single sections have been produced, which have been used to build 5231 locomotives.
context_section_description: Between 1966 and 1979 a total of 599 locomotives were imported into Czechoslovakia where at first they were given a T679.1 designation for standard-gauge locomotives and T679.5 for broad-gauge machines. Later in 1988 those numbers were changed  to 781 and 781.8 respectively. Those machines were working in the Czech Republic and Slovakia until 2002.
caption: Czech 781.600 locomotive in museum
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