ČSD Class E 499.3

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length	16,800 mm (55 ft 1 in)
Width	2,940 mm (9 ft 8 in)
Height	4,640 mm (15 ft 3 in)
Loco weight	84 tonnes (83 long tons; 93 short tons)
Electric system/s	3000 V DC overhead lines
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	AL 4562 FiR Thyristor control

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Škoda Works
Model	71E
Build date	1984–1992
Total produced	120+36 rebuilt from Class 162

ČSD E 499.3
ČD 163 / ZSSK 163
ČSD E 499.3; ČD 163 / ZSSK 163
	ČD 163.098
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Škoda Works
Model	71E
Build date	1984–1992
Total produced	120+36 rebuilt from Class 162
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length	16,800 mm (55 ft 1 in)
Width	2,940 mm (9 ft 8 in)
Height	4,640 mm (15 ft 3 in)
Loco weight	84 tonnes (83 long tons; 93 short tons)
Electric system/s	3000 V DC overhead lines
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	AL 4562 FiR Thyristor control
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Power output	3,480 kW (4,670 hp)
Tractive effort	285 kN (64,100 lbf)
Nicknames
Career
Nicknames	Peršing

ČSD Class E 499.3 electric locomotives were used primarily for passenger trains in Czechoslovakia. Locomotives which passed to České dráhy, rail operator in the Czech Republic are now classified as Class 163, those which passed to ZSSK, rail operator in Slovakia, are also Class 163.

E 499.3 locomotives operate on the 3,000 V DC system and are essentially a DC only version of the ES 499.1.

ČD Class 163.2 and some ZSSK Class 163 locomotives were rebuilt from ČD and ZSSK Class 162. This was caused by lack of fast dual system locomotives as only one Class 362 locomotive was built. This situation solved ČD by switching the bogies between locomotives of ČD Class 363 (same as ŽSR/ZSSK Class 363) and Class 162, ŽSR by switching only the speed-change box and axletrees between Class 363 and Class 162. After that procedure, the locomotives were classified ČD and ŽSR/ZSSK Class 362 and ČD Class 163.2 and ŽSR/ZSSK Class 163.