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The ČKD ČME3 is a six axle road-switcher diesel-electric locomotive with electric transmission built by ČKD. The class were used primarily for shunting and mainline duties. Units have been operated by Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (as class ЧМЭ3, transliteration ChME3) and other ex-Soviet bloc countries, in Czechoslovakia (as class T669, later as ŽSR 770 and ČD 770 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic), on industrial railways in Poland (S200), in Albania (HSH T669.1), Iraq (DES 3101), Syria (LDE 1500) and in India (DEC 120).
The ČKD ČME3 is classified as a Co-Co or C-C diesel-electric locomotive, with all six axles powered. As such, it is particularly suited for pulling heavy, slow freight and cargo trains.
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- "Řada 770 (T669.0), 770.5,6 (T 669.05), 770.8 (T 669.5), "Čmelák" - Motorové lokomotivy - Atlas lokomotiv", www.zelpage.cz (in Czech), archived from the original on 2013-10-07, retrieved 2012-06-23
- Харьков транспортный. Ж.д. транспорт. Подвижной состав. Маневровые тепловозы ЧМЭ3 и их модификации, gortransport.kharkov.ua (in Russian)
- "Lokomotivní řady 770 (T 669.0), 771 (T 669.1) - Atlas Lokomotiv", www.atlaslokomotiv.net (in Czech)
- "ŠESTINÁPRAVOVÉ MOTOROVÉ LOKOMOTIVY ČKD Có Có 1 000 kW", www.skd.cz (in Czech), SKD TRADE, a.s., English-language version
- "770 (T 669.0) Class Locomotive", www.skd.cz (in Czech), SKD TRADE, a.s., English-language version
- ""Grerëza" T669", www.t699.net (in Albanian), archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2012-06-23
- "S200", www.locomotives.com.pl
- Andreas Grießing, T669-Site: T669 & Co
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