The Locomotives of Frihdrik Tešlov 

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Frihdrik Tešlov (1893-1967) took over as chief engineer after the ignominious departure of his predecessor in 1929. His first few years in office were taken up with providing the RSR with a new fleet of locomotives against a background of deep economic recession. The longevity of many of his locomotives from the 1930s, in particular the class 323D 4-6-0s, is ample proof of his success in this venture. After spending the period of the Second World War in exile, Tešlov returned to his homeland and his railway to lay the foundations of the RSR's highly successful post-war motive power policy, the fruits of which we still see today.

	323D	1933		323E	1934		344D	1935
	433B	1935		433C	1936		333A	1937
	474A	1938		344DD	1938		864A	1938
	433CC	1939		434B	1939	0-6-0T - picture pending	321D	1945
	423D	1946		323F	1947		523B	1948
	523C	1949		433D	1950		533A	1954

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