KSR 500 series locomotives

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내연500 series
Electrical
CouplersAAR knuckle
Performance figures
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output735.5 kW (986.3 hp)
Tractive effort196.1 kN (44,100 lbf)

The 500 series locomotives are a group of

diesel-hydraulic locomotives bought either new or second-hand by the Korean State Railway from the Soviet Union and Russia
. The series includes several types of locomotive, all numbered in the 내연5xx range. The exact assignment of running numbers is not known, nor is the total number of units imported - or even all the types included in this series. However, the following are known:

  • American ALCO RSD-1. Around 20 units imported in the early 1990s.[1] 내연569 is operational in the Namp'o area.[2]
  • ТЭМ2 - Diesel-electric. Further development of the ТЭМ1. Number imported is not known, but at least two – 내연587 is operational in the P'yŏngyang area in a livery like the ТЭМ1s, and another has been seen painted in the North Korean standard light blue over dark green colours.
  • ТГМ3Б - Diesel-hydraulic. Eleven imported new from the USSR in 1972–73.[3] Very similar to the SM15-class of the Polish State Railways. At least one converted to electric operation via pantograph.
  • ТГМ4 - Diesel-hydraulic. Two imported new in 1985.[3]
  • ТГМ4БЛ - Diesel-hydraulic. Two imported new in 1991.[3]
  • ТГМ8Э - Diesel-hydraulic. Export version of ТГМ6, same as JŽ series 744. A total of nine were imported new - 4 in 1986 and 5 in 1990.[3]

Some second hand broad gauge (1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)

Rajin to dual (standard and broad) gauge, completed in 2013.[4]

Numbering

  • 내연565 - ТЭМ1
  • 내연567 - ТЭМ1
  • 내연569 - ТЭМ1
  • 내연573 - ТГМ8Э
  • 내연587 - ТЭМ2

Gallery

  • Russian ТЭМ1. Some North Korean units wear the same livery.
    Russian ТЭМ1. Some North Korean units wear the same livery.
  • Russian ТЭМ2. Some North Korean units wear the same livery.
    Russian ТЭМ2. Some North Korean units wear the same livery.
  • A ТГМ3 of the Soviet Railways.
    A ТГМ3 of the Soviet Railways.
  • A Russian ТГМ6; the ТГМ8Э is an export variant of this type.
    A Russian ТГМ6; the ТГМ8Э is an export variant of this type.

References

  1. ^ "【原创】朝鲜铁路机车车辆概况一览 -- 一介书生" [[Original] Korea List of railway rolling stock before - scholar]. CCHere (in Chinese).
  2. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
    .
  3. ^ a b c d "Экспортные тепловозы" [Export Locomotives]. scado.narod.ru (in Russian).
  4. ITAR TASS
    . 2013-09-22.
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